Shears - heavy duty

[713alan]

My fingers barely survived Christmas. I want a set of shears/scissors that can open even child (adult) proof plastic packaging. What do you use?

 

[bama_lou]

Trauma shears good enough for you? They can cut pennies in half.

 

[Shann]

Trauma shears good enough for you? They can cut pennies in half.

I second that. I got a pair from my vet to take a fiberglass cast off my dog. Blister packs stand no chance!

 

[Sid Post]

Get a pair of the heavy Gingher scissors. The G8-U is a good model to start. Ebay is your friend if you're looking for good scissors. I don't recall the name offhand but, I got a pair of japanese yellow scissors that have little microteeth in the cutting edge that really hangs onto the plastic packaging which tends to slip on normal scissors.

 

[mete]

A proper kitchen shear [with serrations] should work also, though I've never tried.

 

[713alan]

Thanks for the advise

 

[Rugger]

Trauma shears good enough for you? They can cut pennies in half.

+1 on that. I have a few of them in the the house & in the car.:thumbup:

 

[Iron City]

Buy a pair of Wiss multipurpose shears...

(http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/CF_Files/model_detail.cfm?upc=037103126481

...at HD for $11, they will cut pretty much anything for the rest of your life.

 

[jeeperaz]

I use this so often I bought one for both the home and the garage...

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001032.php

$14 at Home Depot. Fiskars Titanium Nitride 8 inch Shop Snip

 

[mlot51]

A proper kitchen shear [with serrations] should work also, though I've never tried.

Thats what I use, and they work great. Much smaller and lighter than some of the other suggestions, but the serrations "bite" right in. Any serrated scissor should perform much better at this task than a non-serrated one.

 

[Donnydo]

Has anyone tried the Safety Boy Rescue Cutter from aeromedix.com? Kind of pricey at $65 compared to the normal EMT shears.

Joe

 

[Rugger]

Has anyone tried the Safety Boy Rescue Cutter from aeromedix.com? Kind of pricey at $65 compared to the normal EMT shears.

Joe

Looks nice- but you can buy +/- 30 pair of EMT shears for that.