"Knife guy scissors"

I have plain ordinary scissors at my desk at home and work, they only get used occasionally.

I have larger scissors at my workbench at home and they tend to get used more, I would be willing to pay more to get really good scissors there. And just like knives I want the steel type to be listed on the blade and I want them from a manufacturer whose heat treat I can trust.

I have the possibility of occasionally traveling to locations with very strict knife laws. I've thought about carrying small scissors instead. The most frustrating thing is to be traveling and not be able to open even a little package because I can't tear the plastic, at least scissors would help with that. I might be willing to buy good scissors for this purpose.
 
Check out Heritage Cutlery, now owned by Klein. They make wonderful forged shears. I'm a very big fan of their 758LR stainless high leverage shears.
 
Buck Splizzers:
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$115

Checkeredchef 2 knife = scissors:
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$15
 
try these
Shun DM7300 Multi-Purpose Shears, Black/Silver
they have long blades so comfortable to wide things, very durable
split into 2 peaces so it is comfortable to wash and sharp
and has a big ring fitting 4 fingers of my husband hand
they do no give specific steel but tell it is Mo.V high carbone which I assume something like AUS-8, made in japan

I use it - seems to be good
 
Bought these for my mom, brother and sister. They all love them.
Kershaw, and they're like $30, IIRC.
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I've never really paid much attention but did a bit of looking after reading this thread and I see that some of the knife retailers that are members here also sell various scissors and shears.
 
It would be nice to have them available in tool steels/supers. For office stuff the fiskars cut well enough but without an accessible pivot, sharpening them can be a chore. I suppose it depends on the intended purpose, most high end hair shears are 440c I think.
 
Boutique scissors have a market just like boutique knives. More often than not, however, they are aimed at people who are not knife nuts. Do a search for hairdresser shears, and you'll find another branch of the cutlery rabbit hole to dive into. I've handled some of these before, and they are very fine objects to behold. I wouldn't mind owning a pair, even though I have no real use for them. Choosy hairdressers are often very strict about using these shears only on hair. Tailor shears are another branch, and many tailors are similarly extremely strict about what their shears are used for.

In these cases, form generally follows function, far more so than in the knife world. There are exceptions, though. Do a search for Mcusta scissors, and you'll see some unusually beautiful scissors, with exquisite form, in damascus steel. There are traditions for fancy, highly decorative scissors. Look up "chatelaine scissors", and you'll find that highly decorative scissors (among other gadgets) were a kind of fashionable EDC item for respectable women in Victorian times. Pretty much analogous to our preferred sharpened steel man baubles of today.
 
Check out the scissors at Japanese knife direct. Some really neat stuff along with really great knives by excellent makers. Look under specials.
 
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