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Cutting paper with a scissors
My missus caught me cutting paper with her hairdressing scissors the other day and went beserk on the basis that "cutting paper with a hairdressing scissors will blunt the scissors". This makes absolutely no sense at all - scissors are much harder than paper - how can paper blunt scissors?
I have spoken to a few people since and get the same responses
1. All females say that paper blunts scissors
2. All men say 'Impossible'.
Does anyone know the correct answer? Is it scientifically possible for paper to blunt a hairdressing scissors? Somehow I can't see it - or am I missing something?
I have spoken to a few people since and get the same responses
1. All females say that paper blunts scissors
2. All men say 'Impossible'.
Does anyone know the correct answer? Is it scientifically possible for paper to blunt a hairdressing scissors? Somehow I can't see it - or am I missing something?
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My ex used my dressmaking shears for cutting wallpaper... I had to have them professionally sharpened and reset yes ..they had been blunted... not sure how it happens but I have sewing scissors, kitchen scissors, hair scissors, nail scissors, paper shears, garden scissors, nurses scissors (sharp sharp, sharp blunt and bandage) and lots of cheap everyday ones
My experience (pace my mother and certain ladies) is that cutting paper sharpens scissors slightly because the rough content of the paper grinds the steel. It depends on the paper: the rougher the better.
Even my wife now recognises that an excellent way to sharpen scissors is to cut sandpaper with them. Now it's not a case of her keeping her dressmaking scissors away from me, but of my keeping my sandpaper away from her!
Even my wife now recognises that an excellent way to sharpen scissors is to cut sandpaper with them. Now it's not a case of her keeping her dressmaking scissors away from me, but of my keeping my sandpaper away from her!