Eli5: why are the tips of scissors worse at cutting than the base?

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Eli5: why are the tips of scissors worse at cutting than the base?

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You can easily pull apart the tips, not so with the inside. Closer to the rivet that joins, the tighter the connection.

The reason left handed scissors are hard to use is because in your right hand you’re pulling the blades apart, rather than joining them as you are used to.

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