What is Shears?

Although often used interchangeably with "scissors", the term shears is reserved by those in the industry for scissors longer than 15 cm (5.9 in).

The word shears is used to describe similar instruments that are larger in size.

As a general rule:

* scissors have blades less than 6 in (15 cm) long and usually have handles with finger holes of the same size.
* shears have blades longer than 6 in (15 cm) and often have one small handle with a hole that fits the thumb and one large handle with a hole that will fit two or more fingers.