What you should know about scissors

Terminology, materials, edge and blade

4. The area between “eyes“ and blades: well formed handles

The area between the “eyes“ and the blade forms the handle. The eye ring is the working surface for the fingers. The eye rings should be formed so that they fit the natural shape of the fingers harmoniously. Of crucial importance for pain-free work is the careful, smooth surface finishing of the inside of the eye rings.

Depending on the scissors´ intended function - for rough or delicate work with either high or low energy involved - the eye ring must be appropriately large or small. The “eyes“ are shaped according to the size and function of the scissors. To enable large scissors to be held and worked with two or more fingers, the eye ring is often significantly larger and oval.

The eye rings of scissors with plastic handles can be adjusted to the anatomy of the hand particularly well. When developing new scissors and shears J.A. HENCKELS INTERNATIONAL preferably works with designers with a penchant for ergonomic aspects.

5. The scissor tips: Rounded or fine

The finer the cutting requirements on a pair of scissors - e.g. embroidery scissors - the more pointed and narrower the tip needs to be. A good pair of scissors must cut cleanly right up to the last millimetre of the blade. This is why scissors by
J.A. HENCKELS INTERNATIONAL are being tested with the “top cut” using special material.

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