Comments on: All-Purpose Scissors That Everybody Needs http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:39:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ToolFreak http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-240234 ToolFreak Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:58:36 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-240234 I've had luck getting a few of these on various clearance racks, and while I'm pretty sure they're not the $18 surgical variety, they do hold up pretty well. A pair in the first aid kit and a pair in the toolbox, and so far they've held up fine. I’ve had luck getting a few of these on various clearance racks, and while I’m pretty sure they’re not the $18 surgical variety, they do hold up pretty well. A pair in the first aid kit and a pair in the toolbox, and so far they’ve held up fine.

]]> By: Todd http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-240076 Todd Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:53:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-240076 I have had the same pair of shears for 18 years (I am a ER doc so they get used and abused a lot) and they still cut pennies, and soft cotton bandages easily. They still look like new (once I clean off the plaster and fibreglass resin). I use them at home for just about everything too. I would echo Scote - I paid $18 for mine in 1989, but the $5 ones the department buys are useless after only a few months. I have had the same pair of shears for 18 years (I am a ER doc so they get used and abused a lot) and they still cut pennies, and soft cotton bandages easily. They still look like new (once I clean off the plaster and fibreglass resin). I use them at home for just about everything too.

I would echo Scote - I paid $18 for mine in 1989, but the $5 ones the department buys are useless after only a few months.

]]> By: Brad Justinen http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-240015 Brad Justinen Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:13:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-240015 I have a pair of these in my tool box and use them all the time! I have a pair of these in my tool box and use them all the time!

]]> By: Mr. Peepers http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-239966 Mr. Peepers Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:40:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-239966 Scote makes a good point. That being said, they are available at http://www.countycomm.com/shear.htm for a bit under three clams. Scote makes a good point.

That being said, they are available at

http://www.countycomm.com/shear.htm

for a bit under three clams.

]]> By: Scote http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-239809 Scote Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:11:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/all-purpose-scissors-that-everybody-needs/#comment-239809 While these seem like a generic commodity their is a variance in the quality. The pair I (over) spent $10 on are still tight an continue to work great, the cheap pairs I've bought all have loose hinges and cut like c**p. While these seem like a generic commodity their is a variance in the quality. The pair I (over) spent $10 on are still tight an continue to work great, the cheap pairs I’ve bought all have loose hinges and cut like c**p.

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