Shears Evolve And Make Life Easier

By Alexander Stone

Scissors as we all know is a object designed to cut hair, by sliding 2 pieces of sharp flat metal against each other. They have been used to cut more flimsy objects like textile or paper. Basically scissors are used for its speed and precision

Shears are basically the same as scissors but they are generally longer than scissors. The ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians get the credit for inventing scissors. Of course those early scissors were cruder in design and were basically a piece of flat metal that was bent in way so that the flat sharp edges slide against each other.

When those early scissors were used they would act like a tong or a spring when pressed together and then when you released them it would go back to its original shape.scissors we use today goes back to roman and chinesetimes.Although the older model spring scissors were used until the 16th century

The name scissors and shears are some times interchangeable, but the fact is shears are usually bigger than scissors. Because of that they are used to cut heavier objects. The other type of sheer is attached to a table and the blades are moved with a lever and are used to cut very strong objects like steel plates.

As the hair styling industry took of many different styling tools were invented along the way. One of them that are quite popular nowadays is the thinning sheer. So-called because it is used for thinning thick hair after the main hair cut. It is basically a scissor with comb like blades so as to not to cut all of the hair by passing some of the hair through the gaps or teeth. - 31964

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