Eli5: why are the tips of scissors worse at cutting than the base?
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I think some people are missing the mark here.
While scissors are weaker at the tip/end due to reduced leverage, most people aren’t cutting things with scissors that require a ton of force.
But (cheap) scissors are allowed to flex a good amount away from their parallel orientation St the hinge. So the tips of scissors may just not touch like they are supposed to, especially under stress. The area near the hinge will pretty much always be held very close together, thus creating the proper contact surface for cutting.
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