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I just got the nearest pair of scissors and cut a sheet of paper with it, it was equally easy both with my left hand and my right. Even holding it very loosely

I just got the nearest pair of scissors and cut a sheet of paper with it, it was equally easy both with my left hand and my right. Even holding it very loosely so I couldn't secretly unconsciously apply some horizontal force it cut fine, as well as when tilted slightly left or right. The two halves seem perfectly identical, too, so I don't know what's this talk about "nearer blade on the bottom" either by some sibling comment, seems like both blades are about equally near and obviously one is on the bottom and the other on top. So in short I have no idea what everyone's on about.

im3w1l 4y ago
I did the same and had the same result. From reading the the other comments, I suspect a high-end pair of scissors is more tolerant of technique whereas as low end scissor you have to push and pull the blades just so for it to work.
mkl 4y ago
Some scissors are more ambidextrous than others. If the blades are curved towards each other enough then you may not need sideways pressure from your thumb and fingers, and even sideways pressure in the wrong direction may not matter. I have some scissors like this and some not. Alternatively, it's possible to apply the sideways pressure in the opposite direction to the "natural" one, and thereby use scissors with the hand they're not intended for (you may even be doing that without realising - I do). My dad is left-handed but struggles to use left-handed scissors as he didn't have access to them until later in life and is just used to applying sideways pressure in the "wrong" direction.
- bondarchuk 4y ago
  >If the blades are curved towards each other enough then you may not need sideways pressure from your thumb and fingers I've never heard of nor seen scissors with blades curved towards each other and I don't see why they ever would be anything but straight in that dimension.
  - mkl 4y ago
    Then I think you're not paying attention, or you've misunderstood. I just checked 5 different pairs of scissors here, old, new, cheap, expensive, big, small, and all of them have blades that curve towards each other. When you look at them edge-on while they're closed, only the tips of the blades are touching, and light is visible coming through the gap between the blades everywhere else. That way only the cutting point is in contact as you use them.

im3w1l 4y ago

I did the same and had the same result. From reading the the other comments, I suspect a high-end pair of scissors is more tolerant of technique whereas as low end scissor you have to push and pull the blades just so for it to work.

mkl 4y ago

Some scissors are more ambidextrous than others. If the blades are curved towards each other enough then you may not need sideways pressure from your thumb and fingers, and even sideways pressure in the wrong direction may not matter. I have some scissors like this and some not. Alternatively, it's possible to apply the sideways pressure in the opposite direction to the "natural" one, and thereby use scissors with the hand they're not intended for (you may even be doing that without realising - I do). My dad is left-handed but struggles to use left-handed scissors as he didn't have access to them until later in life and is just used to applying sideways pressure in the "wrong" direction.

bondarchuk 4y ago
>If the blades are curved towards each other enough then you may not need sideways pressure from your thumb and fingers I've never heard of nor seen scissors with blades curved towards each other and I don't see why they ever would be anything but straight in that dimension.
- mkl 4y ago
  Then I think you're not paying attention, or you've misunderstood. I just checked 5 different pairs of scissors here, old, new, cheap, expensive, big, small, and all of them have blades that curve towards each other. When you look at them edge-on while they're closed, only the tips of the blades are touching, and light is visible coming through the gap between the blades everywhere else. That way only the cutting point is in contact as you use them.