Maggie Fox just wanted a pair of scissors that cut – properly – without tearing, jamming and pinching. Fed up with cheap, ugly, mass-market scissors that sever nothing but nerves, the Toronto ...

Workers in the Indian city of Meerut toil away in dangerous workshops to make a simple household item: scissors. But the centuries-old industry is struggling to survive, because cheaper scissors from ...

The UK's last artisan scissor maker says she is happy to be keeping the tradition alive. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, ...

The UK's last artisan scissor maker says she is happy to be keeping the tradition alive. Grace Horne, 55, has been making scissors for the past 15 years after moving to Sheffield with an eye to learn ...

Sure, sharpened scissors move through materials more easily and smoothly and will provide consistent results when cutting fabric, paper, plastic or other materials. And we know that dull scissors can ...

Ernest Wright and Son Ltd may be the last factory in Britain still making scissors by hand. Earlier this year it looked as though they too might be about to close. But then a video by photographer ...

All businesses face their ups and downs along the way to success. But the Hangzhou Zhang Xiaoquan Company can claim a history longer and more tumultuous than most. Imperial dynasties have come and ...

Left-handed people know the pain (literally) of using standard scissors. Fortunately, there are plenty of models out there that are tailor-made for southpaws. The best left-handed scissors have ...