Editing Scissors (section)

==Specialized scissors and shears==
Specialized scissors and shears include:

=== Gardening, agriculture and animal husbandry ===
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! Type
! Image
! Description/purpose
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| [[Hedge trimmer]]s
| [[File:Taille haie.jpg|150x150px]]
| for trimming [[hedge (barrier)|hedges]]
|-
| [[Grass shears]]
| [[File:Gardena-Grasschere klassisch.jpg|150px]]
| for trimming grass
|-
| [[Averruncator]]s
| [[File:Averruncator.png|150x150px]]
| for trimming high branches
|-
| [[Pruning shears]] or secateurs
| [[File:Secateur ouvert.jpg|150px]]
| for trimming small branches
|-
| [[Loppers]] 
| [[File:Astschere.jpg|150x150px]]
| for cutting through large branches
|-
| [[Sheep shearing#Blade shears|Blade shears]]
| [[File:BladeShears.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting an animal's fleece to harvest wool
|}

===Food and drug===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Type
! Image
! Description/purpose
|-
| Kitchen scissors or kitchen shears 
| [[File:Kitchen scissors.jpg|150px]]
| for food preparation and other purposes
|-e

| Poultry shears 
| [[File:Gefligelschéier.jpg|150px]]
| to cut [[poultry]]
|-
| [[Cigar cutter]]
| [[File:Cigar cutter.JPG|150px]]
| specialized scissors with concave blade edges to cut cigars
|}

===Grooming===
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! Type
! Image
! Description/purpose
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| [[Hair-cutting shears]]
| [[File:Hair Cutting Scissors.jpg|150px]]
| for trimming hair
|-
| Thinning shears
| [[File:Modellierschere.jpg|150px]]
| for thinning thick hair to avoid a bushy look
|-
| [[Hair clipper]]s
| [[File:Manual hair clippers.JPG|150px]]
| used by [[barber]]s, [[hairdresser]]s, and [[Dog grooming|pet groomers]] for cutting hair
|-
| Nail scissors
| [[File:Nagelschere.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting [[Nail (anatomy)|nails]]
|-
| Nose scissors
| [[File:Nose scissors.jpg|150px]]
| small scissors for [[nostril]] and ear hair
|}

===Metalwork===

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! Type
! Image
! Description/purpose
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| [[Snips#Tinner snips|Tinner snips]]
| [[File:Tin snips.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting through [[tin]]
|-
| [[Snips#Compound-action snips|Compound-action snips]]
| [[File:Cortachapa.png|150px]]
| for cutting through [[aluminium]] and [[stainless steel]]
|-
| Pipe and duct snips
|
|for cutting through [[Exhaust system|stove pipe]] and ducting
|-
| [[Hydraulic rescue tools|Hydraulic cutters]]
| [[File:Extrication cutter 1.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting heavy sheet metal, often in [[traffic collisions]]. Sometimes referred to by the [[genericized trademark]] "Jaws of Life".
|-
| [[Shear (sheet metal)#Throatless shear|Throatless shear]]
| [[File:ThroatlessShear.jpg|150x150px]]
| for cutting complex shapes in sheet metal
|}

===Medical===

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|-
! Type
! Image
! Description/purpose
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| [[Trauma shears]], or "tuff cuts"
| [[File:Aa_trauma_shears.jpg|150px]]
| for use in emergency medical response and rescue to cut off clothing
|-
| Dissection scissors
| 
| for cutting flesh in [[dissection]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Surgical scissors]]
| [[File:Mayo scissors 02.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting flesh in [[surgery]]<ref name="FullerFuller2012">{{cite book |last=Fuller |first=Joanna Kotcher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBU662BLit0C&pg=PA234 |title=Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice |last2=Fuller |first2=Joanna Ruth |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4557-2506-9 |page=234}}</ref>
|-
| [[Suture scissors]]
| [[File:Suture scissors on gray.png|150px]]
| for cutting [[Surgical suture|sutures]], the hook lifts the suture
|-
| [[Iris scissors]]
|
| for [[ophthalmic surgery]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Metzenbaum scissors]]
| [[File:Metzenbaum scissors.jpg|150px]]
| for delicate surgery{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Tenotomy scissors]]
| [[File:Tenotomy scissors.jpg|150px]]
| for delicate surgery<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bilsky |first1=Mark H. |last2=Vitaz |first2= Todd W.|year=2002|title=Surgical treatment of superior sulcus tumors with spinal and brachial plexus involvement|journal=[[Journal of Neurosurgery]]|volume=97|issue=3|pages=301–309|doi=10.3171/spi.2002.97.3.0301|pmid=12408383 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Mayo scissors]]
| [[File:Mayo surgical scissors.jpg|150px]]
| often for cutting [[fascia]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Bandage scissors]]
| [[File:Bandage Scissors.JPG|150px]]
| for cutting bandages<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burnham|first=Preston J.|date=1958-10-11|title=New bandage scissors|journal=[[Journal of the American Medical Association]]|volume=168|issue=6|pages=760|doi=10.1001/jama.1958.63000060001011|pmid=13575196}}</ref>
|}

===Ceremonial===
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! Type
! Image
! Description/purpose
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| Ceremonial scissors
| [[File:Joshua Kent, with the help of Col. Jay Silveria cut the ribbon and Carlos Mencia Kid Rock and Jessie James cut the ribbon to open new fitness stations at RAF Lakenheath.jpg|150px]]
| giant scissors used for ceremonial [[Ribbon-cutting ceremony|ribbon-cutting events]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|}

===Sewing and clothes-making===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type
! Image
! Description/purpose
|-
| Crafting scissors
| [[File:Paper trimmers.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting materials for [[Craft|crafts]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Buttonhole]] scissors
| [[File:Forbici da occhielli.jpg|80px]]
| for opening buttonholes{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Dressmaker's shears]]
| [[File:Tailors shears LH.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting fabric for [[Dressmaker|dressmaking]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Embroidery scissors]]
| [[File:Embroidery scissors2022.jpg|100px]]
| for cutting fabric for [[embroidery]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Pinking shears]]
| [[File:Zackenschere.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting cloth leaving a sawtooth edge{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
| [[Tailor]]'s scissors
| [[File:Schere 18-19 Jh.jpg|150px]]
| for cutting through heavy-duty materials such as leather or multiple layers of fabric{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|}