Sunday, March 11, 2012

Fiskars Shop Boss scissors

Fran found these in the Walmart clearance aisle for $5 last week. NIP. They are basically tin snips with a built in wire cutter and a ceramic piece that can be used to take off a sharp edge after cutting light weight sheet metal.

The package says it can also be used to open bottles, but I have not needed a bottle opener for a lot of years. It also has a pencil holder.

The little hook on the end of one blade is supposed to be a twine cutter. I tried it on some jute twine. It worked OK in that role, but cutting twine using the snips as a pair of scissors worked too, and was a little easier I think. In fact, they cut paper pretty well, so they seem to be an adequate pair of scissors as well as tin snips.

It comes with a plastic sheath/belt holder. I don't cut sheet metal much, but they may come in handy. They are going in my car kit.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you said to get you something...it's something!