Favorite modern shears?

[noid]

Never realized how awesome industrial shears were until I was gifted a pair of Wiss W20's.

Shear pleasure! It feels like regular scissors but on cheat mode.

I'm in the process of looking into getting another pair, but in ~8.5 inch this time.

Recommendations?

 

[F-22]

Check out XShear. They're actually trauma shears for EMS paramedics.

XShear 7.5” Heavy Duty Trauma Shears. Blue and Gray Handles, Stainless

The XSHEAR® is a revolutionary new heavy duty trauma shear featuring: Hardened stainless steel blades that are twice as thick as most trauma shears, sharpened to razor edge. Patented blunt tip and curved design for gentler edge near skin. Soft touch inner handles for comfort and slip resistance...

xshear.com

They'll cut through anything really well and won't get dull easily, and are quite reasonably priced.


Fiskars makes top notch scissors as well (but not trauma shears). Interestingly, it's also one of the oldest companies in the world too.

 

[cavalry]

I recently acquired Kershaw Taskmaster scissors. The "multitool" parts of them really don't interest me, but I was cutting some rubber sheet the other day and it did it with ease.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086RNF44R/?tag=atomicindus08-20

As mentioned above the trauma scissors are great (and cheap) as well. Yes, they will cut a penny.

 

[w.hansen]

I got vim shears, alittle expensive

 

[dr_clyde]

I have Kershaw Taskmaster shears in my box for scissors type activity.

For aviation shears/snips I like older Wiss, but my favorites have always been Malco. Klenk and Midwest are decent too.

For bigger sheet metal I have really old Bluebird, Pexto and Clauss shears that work excellent too.

 

[ecotec]

I have Kershaw Taskmaster shears in my box for scissors type activity.

For aviation shears/snips I like older Wiss, but my favorites have always been Malco. Klenk and Midwest are decent too.

For bigger sheet metal I have really old Bluebird, Pexto and Clauss shears that work excellent too.

For aviation snips, Malco makes Wiss and Midwest look like garbage.

I have never used Klenk.

 

[KnurledNut]

Never realized how awesome industrial shears were until I was gifted a pair of Wiss W20's.

Shear pleasure! It feels like regular scissors but on cheat mode.

I'm in the process of looking into getting another pair, but in ~8.5 inch this time.

Recommendations?

I have a vintage pair from these guys:
(pic courtesy of feebay)

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[lardy1]

I've been pondering these for awhile. I wish I knew about these when I was still working on the lake freighters.

PH-55 | ENGINEER INC.-Global

4-in-1 Combination scissors, consisting of flat blade, anti-slip serrated blade, wire cutter & safety box opener. Comes with a safety blade cap and finger pinch guard.

www.engineertools-jp.com

 

[F-22]

I've been pondering these for awhile. I wish I knew about these when I was still working on the lake freighters.

PH-55 | ENGINEER INC.-Global

4-in-1 Combination scissors, consisting of flat blade, anti-slip serrated blade, wire cutter & safety box opener. Comes with a safety blade cap and finger pinch guard.

www.engineertools-jp.com

Those are very interesting to me too, but I've heard they're not particularly great. The styling kind of divides me. I think the Olfa SCS-2 might be a better choice.