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Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: stuiees on Thu, 13 January 2011, 18:57:15

I love all my cutco products. They are expensive (had a relative working as a sales rep for them) but after a demo how can you say no?  They really stand behind their products and I have always had good experiences when dealing with them / vector.  My favorite is the salmon knife. Slices those stubborn roasts reeaaal nice.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: bigpook on Thu, 13 January 2011, 20:08:40

Love that red Swingline stapler...I had to get one after seeing Office Space.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: bigpook on Thu, 13 January 2011, 20:10:04

Those Cutco scissors are pretty pricey..

amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Cutco-Cutlery-Super-Shears-Like/dp/B00279LFO2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1294970939&sr=8-1)

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Thu, 13 January 2011, 20:19:23

$127.99? Man, who would ever spend that much money on something as basic as scissors?

Errr....

(Looks at own sig. realizes what forum he's on.)

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 13 January 2011, 20:30:58

The one time I showed my dad my Model M he said it would make a better weapon than a keyboard... I was tempted to hit him with it.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Thu, 13 January 2011, 21:19:53

Quote from: ripster;278256

Can you stab a burglers eyes out with a keyboard?   Even a Model M would be a minor concussion.

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I dunno, a Model F might crack a skull. Then again, I think the limiting factor is how hard the average Geekhacker can swing it. Not many pictures on here, but most seem to be pretty geeky (dur). iMav, though; he could kill you with with a Model F. Hell, he could kill you with a dirty look. He'd kill you so hard the fire alarm would go off.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: instantkamera on Thu, 13 January 2011, 21:24:51

These scissors are DOPE.

Rip, do you wash the resin off these yourself, or do you send them in for a professional cleaning too?

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Thu, 13 January 2011, 22:34:32

iMav punching the wall needs to be an internet meme.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Apocrypha on Thu, 13 January 2011, 22:58:49

Already got some. And a whole Cutco knife set. Parents bought it a long time ago (20+ years?) and I've been using it my whole life. And one of my friend's brother sold these as well.

As much as there's a huge mark up, there is a lifetime guarantee of sharpness, and they've been around for a long time.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Zen on Fri, 14 January 2011, 08:19:53

All those crappy Chinese slave-made things have totally messed
up peoples idea about what real quality products, made of quality materials, cost .
My late grand-dad had a couple of scissors of the same quality, just euro-made,
he used them to cut out sisal from huge rolls he imported from Java and turned in to
floor-carpets for auto-mobiles ...  
Low quality steel would go dull after cutting half a carpet, the good ones where nice and sharp for months .
**** like that DOES matter for professionals !

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: bugfix on Fri, 14 January 2011, 08:24:34

I prefer my made in Solingen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solingen#History) unbreakable scissors.

(http://www.scharferladen.de/shop/images/dovo-285656.jpg)

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: godly_music on Fri, 14 January 2011, 10:10:05

I prefer Scissors for 2 bucks, and to put the remaining 97 into something that's worth spending on. Scissors for 2 bucks last for years too, and you can sharpen them. Gasp.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: kidchunks on Fri, 14 January 2011, 10:27:38

LOL wow when I first read the topic I thought scissor type switches.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: quadibloc on Fri, 14 January 2011, 17:53:09

Of course, nowadays, even the cheap scissors have a pattern of grooves on the inside so that they sharpen themselves. Quality products do last a lifetime, and it certainly is true that what with the cheap imported stuff that's available, it's hard to even find quality products when you want the quality version of a particular item. And hard to be sure it is the quality product, and not the cheap one at a higher price to make it look like it has quality - which is a reason that many people have given up bothering.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: panda-R on Fri, 14 January 2011, 18:33:04

how do i goes about generating an income to sustain my new found hobby in safety scissors?

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Post by: ironman31 on Fri, 14 January 2011, 22:30:00

I guess I'll have to get these for myself now.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: bugfix on Sat, 15 January 2011, 09:18:06

Quote from: ripster;278760

Why did Germany get rid of their royal family?  Costcutting?]

Lost the war, had a little revolution, didn't need the Kaiser anymore in the new republic.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: godly_music on Sat, 15 January 2011, 15:32:45

Although some of us are still loyal to the Kaiser.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: typo on Sat, 15 January 2011, 22:33:50

"tricky 777" is probably the best utility scissors. good luck finding them outside of germany though.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 22 January 2011, 20:30:28

I don't cut with scissors.

(http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00qvmQnhUdfEol/Gasonline-Chain-Saw-5200.jpg)

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: msiegel on Sat, 22 January 2011, 20:34:48

we know you secretly have sewing scissors stashed in the office-supplies drawer ;)

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: yagami on Mon, 24 January 2011, 02:57:38

Quote from: ripster;278205

Show Image

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5352745867_d932e92d14_z.jpg)

(http://www.kitazeinbou.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bake01-07.jpg)

even better
(http://www.makigumo.com/n_img/bakemonogatari-11.jpg)

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Scarzy on Tue, 25 January 2011, 03:36:03

Scissors aren't that manly, although hard to squeeze ones are. I practiced for years because I always thought of my mother holding them ready to cut hair. And cutting hair is not manly.

These days, I use my martial art skills to do any form of chopping.
(http://www.dankatie.com/karate/photos/breaking/1adam_break.jpg)

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Post by: J888www on Tue, 25 January 2011, 15:15:06

Any one have information as to the type of metal used in the manufacture of Cutco products ?

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: EverythingIBM on Tue, 25 January 2011, 23:54:40

I'm surprised no one posted this yet...
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/****cat37/Johnny-DeppEdward-Scissorhands.jpg)

Probably one of the first things I think of when I see "scissors" (I've watched every old tim burton movie as a child five thousand times over: it certainly explains a lot).

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Scarzy on Thu, 27 January 2011, 05:20:42

Quote from: ripster;284460

Only Australians are Manly.  Brits are Wankers.

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(http://www.schoolwebsites.com.au/web/Site/62/Uploads/manly1.gif)

That's not very nice, rip.

Isn't bondi outrageously packed all the time? I much prefer quiet beaches without screaming kids. However, in England we get no summer anyway, so sitting on a beach in 15*c is not seen on everyone's to do list.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Supergleep on Thu, 27 January 2011, 15:37:12

Quote from: ripster;284675

Hanzo steel.

*sigh* I hate to be a killjoy, but as a frequenter of a couple of knife forums, proclaiming Cutco steel as something amazing is about the equivalent of an OCN poster coming here and proclaiming his new G15 keyboard "is the best keyboard, evar!!1!!"

I've used the Cutco scissors and they're fine. The knives however are a joke, and in every knife community I've visited about as highly regarded as Bose is on an audiophile forum.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: instantkamera on Thu, 27 January 2011, 20:24:02

Quote from: Supergleep;285928

*sigh* I hate to be a killjoy, but as a frequenter of a couple of knife forums, proclaiming Cutco steel as something amazing is about the equivalent of an OCN poster coming here and proclaiming his new G15 keyboard "is the best keyboard, evar!!1!!"

I've used the Cutco scissors and they're fine. The knives however are a joke, and in every knife community I've visited about as highly regarded as Bose is on an audiophile forum.

Pray-tell, what ARE considered good knives? I'll come out and say that I have a not-even-remotely-cheap set of Henckels, and they are the sharpest things I have ever used, ever. They also seem fairly well constructed. However, I didn't pay for them, I just picked them out (wedding registry gift), so Im curious as to what are considered the topre of kitchen knives.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: woody on Fri, 28 January 2011, 04:03:51

Kyocera knives (http://www.kyoceraadvancedceramics.com/) are ceramic and very nice for soft food and kitchen work.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: bugfix on Fri, 28 January 2011, 10:28:53

Quote from: woody;286159

Kyocera knives (http://www.kyoceraadvancedceramics.com/) are ceramic and very nice for soft food and kitchen work.

They also make great printers and they're also sponsor of my favorite football club.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Supergleep on Fri, 28 January 2011, 10:57:23

Quote from: instantkamera;286045

Pray-tell, what ARE considered good knives? I'll come out and say that I have a not-even-remotely-cheap set of Henckels, and they are the sharpest things I have ever used, ever. They also seem fairly well constructed. However, I didn't pay for them, I just picked them out (wedding registry gift), so Im curious as to what are considered the topre of kitchen knives.

Probably the best Knife equivalent of a Topre in my mind would be a Nenox (http://korin.com/Brands/Nenohi_3) It is a premium knife at a premium price.

You can get equivalent or even better knives for cheaper, but you have to know where to look and, be willing to be patient sometimes.

For those that are interested, a good place for cutlery geeks is the In The Kitchen (http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showforum.php?fid/26/) sub-forum at Knifeforums.com.

For shopping, check out chef knives to go (http://www.chefknivestogo.com/) and Japanese Chefs Knives (http://japanesechefsknife.com/default.html). I've ordered from both and had good experiences with both.

I'm currently using a Tojiro DP 240mm Gyoto (Japanese for 'Cow Sword') but have my eye on a Hattori FH-7 Gyoto (http://japanesechefsknife.com/HattoriForumHighEndChefsKnives.html).

Knives, like keyboards, are a very personal decision, but a lot of fun :happy:

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Supergleep on Fri, 28 January 2011, 11:14:26

Quote from: ripster;286323

$1,521.  I knew I shouldn't have cheaped out.

REAL Hanzo Stteeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllll!

Where's the dude that was complaining about $90 scissors?

Yeah, Korin charges full-boat retail on all the Nenox stuff. I've yet to find a good discount location to get it. The more exotic Japanese Nenox knife styles can get pretty silly price-wise. Need a $4700 Yanagi? (meat slicer) (http://korin.com/Keyaki-Kensaki-Yanagi_2?sc=20&category=52057)

(http://korin.com/core/media/media.nl?id=32800&c=832324&h=a87d15ae1fef26237385)


What I'd actually like to get sometime is a Nenox 240mm Gyoto  (http://korin.com/Corian-Gyutou?sc=20&category=52057) at "only" $500

(http://korin.com/core/media/media.nl?id=32811&c=832324&h=a5dca3d0eff413ab45e8)

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Post by: mcsnails on Wed, 19 October 2011, 22:13:22

Dude, the photos in the original post need updating because of your flickr account deletion

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Post by: sinis on Wed, 19 October 2011, 23:19:08

I cut everything with this in the kitchen.

it is carbon steel, not stainless.

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need new batteries. my camera doesnt work.

Title: Best Manly Scissors - A BETTER Than Lifetime Warranty
Post by: Cthulhu on Thu, 20 October 2011, 15:42:30

Zwilling/J.A. Henckels scissors and knives are pretty good, the are made in solingen but
are of good quality (solingen stuff isnt that good anymore in general because the chinese
etc startet to assemble their "dirt" there to get the name).

I actually dint knew it, but they seem to be quite succesful in the US:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=zwilling+&x=0&y=0