Forged Scissors
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Wow! That’s shocking!
Well, I’m sure you’re not the only child to ever do that.
One might say it was a shear heart attack.
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Never done it with Scissors, but have done is twice with linemans pliers, they blew out ~1/4"Ø hole centered on the cutting edges.
It was a little bit too exciting. How did your childhood pants fair?
Done this with same result.
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Yeah, apparently it made a pretty solid notch in the blade. My survival of early childhood borders on impressive, they knew my mom by name in the ER
when I was a kid we’d dip a butter knife in the swimming pool and pull a mains powered plug out of the socket half way and take turns touching the wet knife to the prongs. we’d then discuss how your muscles would lock up and you couldnt pull the knife away
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Fiskars scissors in general are some of the highest quality shit you can get for reasonable price
You’re right, now that I think about it, I also have a garden basket and watering can that’s also Fiskars.
People also praise their splitting axes. Apparently they have a really good warranty.
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I have some “stainless steel” kitchen shears that are not only all-metal, but also have the two halves come apart for cleaning. Unfortunately, the nut on the piece that forms the hinge axle is a different alloy than the rest that’s less stainless, so that was a bit of a letdown. If it were welded on instead, it would’ve been perfect.
Perhaps you can replace the nut?
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Perhaps you can replace the nut?
Yeah, I probably should. It’s not that bad and I’ve got a looooot of stuff ahead of it on my to-do list, though.
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That’s the name we use in the US for kitchen scissors.
Do you use the word scissors for some other kind of tool?
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You’re right, now that I think about it, I also have a garden basket and watering can that’s also Fiskars.
People also praise their splitting axes. Apparently they have a really good warranty.
Yeah their axes are also really nice
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Do you use the word scissors for some other kind of tool?
Usually, we seem to call ones that cut softer material scissors. “Craft scissors” “hairdresser scissors”
If it cuts material that’s more substantial, we’ll call them shears.
“Kitchen shears” “garden shears” “metal shears”
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Forged scissors are a good purchase if you are looking for scissors that will last your entire life. They are resharpenable, reparable, and contain no plastic or coatings that wears out.
These are made by Fiskars and are stainless steel but you can find some that are made by hand with other steels.
I use these for cutting paper, thread, fabric and thin leather.
#buyitforlife #tools #oc
What stores carry these? I’ve looked for scissors at various local stores in the US and never saw this type.
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Forged scissors are a good purchase if you are looking for scissors that will last your entire life. They are resharpenable, reparable, and contain no plastic or coatings that wears out.
These are made by Fiskars and are stainless steel but you can find some that are made by hand with other steels.
I use these for cutting paper, thread, fabric and thin leather.
#buyitforlife #tools #oc
Oh, hey a story I can actually chime in on with a story of my own. Back when I was like 10 or 11, I was getting serious about RC cars. And I needed a pair of ‘scissors’ that would be strong enough to cut plastic sheet. The hobby shop guy was like, well, we have this one pair of cutting shears that’ll last you for life, but they’re kinda expensive. They were $10 in 1980s dollars - I thought I was getting fucking robbed, but paid it because I needed them. I still have & use them, they rock (could use a sharpening at this point though). Made by Fiskars, which I see is the same as in OPs photo.
So yeah, I don’t see Fiskars often here in the states, but when I do, I buy them if it’s a tool I think I will want to keep. At this point, anything I buy from them will outlast me.
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What stores carry these? I’ve looked for scissors at various local stores in the US and never saw this type.
Have you tried craft or hobby stores.
If there’s a fabric section of a store they might carry these. I believe this style was originally used for cutting fabrics.
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Forged scissors are a good purchase if you are looking for scissors that will last your entire life. They are resharpenable, reparable, and contain no plastic or coatings that wears out.
These are made by Fiskars and are stainless steel but you can find some that are made by hand with other steels.
I use these for cutting paper, thread, fabric and thin leather.
#buyitforlife #tools #oc
You can also get forged kitchen scissors. Great for vegetables. Tired of chopping (just about anything that fits in scissors)? Scissors!
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Forged scissors are a good purchase if you are looking for scissors that will last your entire life. They are resharpenable, reparable, and contain no plastic or coatings that wears out.
These are made by Fiskars and are stainless steel but you can find some that are made by hand with other steels.
I use these for cutting paper, thread, fabric and thin leather.
#buyitforlife #tools #oc
I don’t remember the brand offhand, but Alec Steele did a video in which he showed (and participated in) the manufacturing of some of these.
