The 13 inch Classic Tailor Shears are for the skillful. Handmade to perfection, these magnificent, long blades give you a consistent, sublime and precise cut. To store between uses, a wide bolt allows upright workbench resting. Hot forged and made with carbon steel, these shears are the ultimate tailor’s tool. And as such, you will receive them in a handmade suede pouch.
13″ Classic Tailor Shears
£280.00
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Made in Sheffield
Details
- Category
- Sewing
- Type
- Fabric shears, Tailor shears
- Use
- Tailors and craftsmen, cutting fabric
- Total length
- 13 inch / 33.65 cm
- Blade length
- 6.3 inch / 16 cm
- Weight
- 900 g
- Steel
- C50 carbon steel
- Forging
- Hot drop forged
- Finish
- Hand polished
- Packaging
- Suede pouch handmade in Sheffield
- Extra
- Wide bolt for bench resting and easy pick-up
- Handedness
- Right-handed
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What’s the difference between shears and scissors?
There are definitive differences between scissors and shears – although some patterns do exhibit a mixture of traits associated with both types of cutting tool.
The main point of distinction can be found in the bows, which are the looped handles used to hold the shears or scissors. Shears tend to have two differently-sized bows, with a larger bow at the bottom to accommodate two or more of the user’s fingers. Meanwhile, the two bows of a pair of scissors are usually equal, or thereabouts.
Shears are usually longer and heavier than the average pair of scissors, in-keeping with the tougher cutting applications for which they are generally used. Whereas scissors are generally used to cut relatively soft or thin materials such as thread, paper or foodstuffs, shears must often cut more resistant materials such as cloth, denim, or even plastics or mesh (depending on their specialisation).
Of course, the greater length and weight of shears explains why the design of their bows differs from that of most scissors: you need to use more fingers to hold the tool steady while you cut.
