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Are scissors sharper than secateurs?

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    What an utterly pointless discussion.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    I suppose the potential of secateurs to be used as a weapon is considered to be less than scissors for reasons pointed out.

     That's not to say they couldn't cause some harm so you'd probably not let a child play with them for example. 

    Lots of things can be dangerous , like broken glass ,  a sharpened screwdriver or table knife, a brick, rope. I suppose it may depend on the likelyhood of it being used as a weapon.
  • Astro said:
    I suppose the potential of secateurs to be used as a weapon is considered to be less than scissors for reasons pointed out.

     That's not to say they couldn't cause some harm so you'd probably not let a child play with them for example. 

    Lots of things can be dangerous , like broken glass ,  a sharpened screwdriver or table knife, a brick, rope. I suppose it may depend on the likelyhood of it being used as a weapon.
    The first paragraph: is that because secateurs are generally blunter? In fact I've just gone out into the garden now and found it's slightly easier to penetrate the soil with scissors than secateurs.
  • TeTe Posts: 193
    Should this not be posted on the giggle page 
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  • Not being rude, but it feels like I'm looking after a 2 year old who keeps asking 'Why?'

    In response I want to ask 'Why do you want to know?'  

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  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    quwa475 said:
    Astro said:
    I suppose the potential of secateurs to be used as a weapon is considered to be less than scissors for reasons pointed out.

     That's not to say they couldn't cause some harm so you'd probably not let a child play with them for example. 

    Lots of things can be dangerous , like broken glass ,  a sharpened screwdriver or table knife, a brick, rope. I suppose it may depend on the likelyhood of it being used as a weapon.
    The first paragraph: is that because secateurs are generally blunter? In fact I've just gone out into the garden now and found it's slightly easier to penetrate the soil with scissors than secateurs.
     Though both scissors and secateurs serve a similar purpose of being able to cut material using one hand one would make an easy weapon and the other not. Secateurs have relatively short blades one of which has a rounded tip. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    You're not very enterprising @quwa475.  If you can't look on the shelves, look online.  I'm sure many of your potential customers are doing just that.
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  • Not being rude, but it feels like I'm looking after a 2 year old who keeps asking 'Why?'

    In response I want to ask 'Why do you want to know?'  
    Just out of curiosity
  • Astro said:
    quwa475 said:
    Astro said:
    I suppose the potential of secateurs to be used as a weapon is considered to be less than scissors for reasons pointed out.

     That's not to say they couldn't cause some harm so you'd probably not let a child play with them for example. 

    Lots of things can be dangerous , like broken glass ,  a sharpened screwdriver or table knife, a brick, rope. I suppose it may depend on the likelyhood of it being used as a weapon.
    The first paragraph: is that because secateurs are generally blunter? In fact I've just gone out into the garden now and found it's slightly easier to penetrate the soil with scissors than secateurs.
     Though both scissors and secateurs serve a similar purpose of being able to cut material using one hand one would make an easy weapon and the other not. Secateurs have relatively short blades one of which has a rounded tip. 
    Astro said:
    quwa475 said:
    Astro said:
    I suppose the potential of secateurs to be used as a weapon is considered to be less than scissors for reasons pointed out.

     That's not to say they couldn't cause some harm so you'd probably not let a child play with them for example. 

    Lots of things can be dangerous , like broken glass ,  a sharpened screwdriver or table knife, a brick, rope. I suppose it may depend on the likelyhood of it being used as a weapon.
    The first paragraph: is that because secateurs are generally blunter? In fact I've just gone out into the garden now and found it's slightly easier to penetrate the soil with scissors than secateurs.
     Though both scissors and secateurs serve a similar purpose of being able to cut material using one hand one would make an easy weapon and the other not. Secateurs have relatively short blades one of which has a rounded tip. 
    Which one is the easy weapon?
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