Talk:Scissors

Does friction actually cause the cutting, or is it the act of shearing the material to be cut? If there were a frictionless material to make blades of, I surmise they could be solid blocks , be perfectly pressed together, and cut more effectively than any friction-full scissors.no it does

Well, now to the article:Scissors. Under the heading History a casual editor Markusbo123 has 18 April 2006 omitted some historical facts, which can be found in the link [6] page 6. "Finlands annexion to the Swedish realm in the 1100s..."; page 10, "The Founder of FISKARS Ironworks Peter Thorwöste arrived from Holland, obtained in 1649 the concession (of Christina, the Queen of Sweden); page 22, the Cutlery Works started by a new owner in 1830, when Finland was "an autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire"; page 33, in 1917 Finland issued its Declaration of Independence; in 1967 FISKARS introduced new methods in the manufacturing of scissors; page 39, in 1977 FISKARS built a scissors plant in the U.S.A. (Wausau, Wisconsin). Some details may be reverted to the History as in 14 April. Comet27 17:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New comments see User talk:Comet27. Comet27 20:55, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It has been suggested that the article Shears be merged into Scissors (see history of Scissors 03:28, 4 March 2007).
First - observe that in the article Shears we have a picture of a pair of Fiskars shears, which is exactly the same tool and of the same size as in the last picture in the article Scissors.
Click on these pictures - you get the enlarged pictures in Wikimedia Commons - and you can see the same name FISKARS on the scissors' blades, on both of them.
The picture "A small pair of shears" has been taken with a digicamera very near the plastic handles - therefore a distorted perspective shows enlarged handles compared to the blades.
Conclusion: when the article Shears is ready to be merged into the article Scissors, the picture "A small pair of shears" should not be merged. I assume that an administrator will do the merger, if it shall be done. I have not experience for that.Comet27 10:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shears

Shears, as I was taught, not only are bigger, but the term describes the handles as well. Shears have a bigger slot for four fingers and a thumb. Scissors have equal size holes.

Un-pluralized Use

I noticed some people use the word "scissor", when they should use the word "scissors". example: "could you pass me the scissor?". Could that be a regional thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Everydayrockstar (talk • contribs) 21:56, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An easy way to correct them is to take out the bolt, and pass them a single one of the two blades. :-) --190.74.108.43 16:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree. Lighted Match 00:11, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Da Vinci invented scissors?

It is commonly stated and believed that Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Does anyone know the origin of this? If so, it should either be addressed or debunked in the article. EAP 14:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Poultry shears redirect

Shouldn't Poultry shears link to a blank page, instead of redirecting back to the page it is supposed to be coming from? ataricom (talk) 21:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mass Vandalism of page

Uh, I happened to stumble upon a thread on a certain imageboard where they were recreationally vandalizing this page and subtly adding inside jokes. Yeah, it's THAT imageboard. So now thanks to them this page is semi-protected. Any thoughts on this?

It's /b/, that's just who they are.