a question about certain scissors
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Topic: a question about certain scissors
Posted By: confused
Subject: a question about certain scissors
Date Posted: July 08 2003 at 9:47pm
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does anyone know whats the name of the scissors whose blades are zig-zagged, and more importantly, what they are used for?
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Posted By: Debbie
Date Posted: July 09 2003 at 10:10am
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They are called pinking shears and are used for material and things like that! The spelling may be wrong! Debbie
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Posted By: Jennifer
Date Posted: July 13 2003 at 10:04am
There may be two types of scissors of which you're thinking. Larger, thicker scissors are called pinking shears, like Debbie stated. I use them to cut fabric because the scissors have tiny "triangles" cut out all across the edge of the blade. The idea is that fabric is less likely to ravel if it's cut like that instead of in a straight line.
There are also some scissors that are meant to cut hair which are much smaller than pinking shears that kind of look look regular scissors with little notches cut out of them. I'm not sure what they're called now, but they used to be called "thinning shears." If someone has extremely thick hair in one area and doesn't want it shorter but just less thick, the thinning shears cut out some of that bulk.
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