The design of two pieces of metal that have sharpened edges and are bolted in a way so that slide against each other for cutting is what we call scissors. Scissors can be used to cut all sorts of thin objects like paper and fabric but the ones we are concerned with is hair cutting scissors.
Shears generally describe a scissor that is larger in size. Basically a scissor that is longer than 6 inches are called shears. The earliest use of scissors was recorded in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Those early scissors were a designed by connecting apair of flat bronze plates by bending the handle which gave it a spring action when used.
Because it was a made from one bent piece of metal it had a spring action quality to it. So when you used them the metal would move back and forth because of this spring like quality. The modern scissors we know of today started in ancient Rome and china. But even though that was available the older spring model scissors were still in use up 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.
With the arrival of hair styling, came a different incarnations of the scissor and one of them is the thinning shear. It is similar to ordinary scissors but the flat blades have teeth like a comb and it is used for thinning rather than trimming hair. hence the name. Stylists use it after the haircut for people who have thick hair and give the hair a layered finish look. - 30305
Shears generally describe a scissor that is larger in size. Basically a scissor that is longer than 6 inches are called shears. The earliest use of scissors was recorded in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Those early scissors were a designed by connecting apair of flat bronze plates by bending the handle which gave it a spring action when used.
Because it was a made from one bent piece of metal it had a spring action quality to it. So when you used them the metal would move back and forth because of this spring like quality. The modern scissors we know of today started in ancient Rome and china. But even though that was available the older spring model scissors were still in use up 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.
With the arrival of hair styling, came a different incarnations of the scissor and one of them is the thinning shear. It is similar to ordinary scissors but the flat blades have teeth like a comb and it is used for thinning rather than trimming hair. hence the name. Stylists use it after the haircut for people who have thick hair and give the hair a layered finish look. - 30305
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