The Cutting Edge – Scissors And Shears
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Sewing Simple Information on Scissors and Shears
Scissors or shears are pretty much required equipment for sewing. That’s not the end of their usefulness however. You will find many uses for scissors or shears around the home. Because of this, you need to have at least one pair handy.
Sewing DIY – The Difference Between Scissors and. Shears
Even though most people use the names interchangeably, the facts are that scissors and shears aren’t really the same thing. They are built to perform different tasks.
Shears are the heavy duty dudes, and are used for the heavier cutting jobs. Scissors, on the other hand, are meant for the lighter cutting jobs such as trimming or clipping threads.
Sewing Simple – Shears Defined
The bigger of the two, shears generally measures about 6 inches or more in length. The ring handles of the shears are also of different sizes. There is a smaller ring handle to put your thumb in, and a bigger one to stick two or three fingers through. By placing your fingers through these rings it gives you better leverage with the shears. That makes it easier to perform the heavier tasks for which shears excel
The Smaller Cousins – Scissors
Scissors range in length from 6 inches on down to 3 inches or even less. Besides being smaller than shears, the handle rings are of equal size.
To make you’re sewing simple, choose the right cutting tool for the job – shears for the heavier cutting, and scissors for the lightweight stuff.
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May 17th, 2009 at 3:35 am
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May 23rd, 2009 at 1:20 am
Yea. They use shears to cut the hair off animals as well as cutting wool out of lamas and sheeps. It would be really odd if you took a scissors and attemted to bald a whole sheep.
Using shears to cut paper though, lets see you try that ^^
June 4th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Thanks for stopping by!
Yes, I happen to be a long-time shepherd. I don’t try cutting the wool with shears however. I prefer a shearing machine! Quicker!