Eli5: why are the tips of scissors worse at cutting than the base?
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The left/right handedness also applies to what people are talking about.
Specifically scissors are designed so that the piece your thumb goes through is the inner blade, and your fingers the outer one. This way the natural way your hand pulls (thumb in, fingers slightly out) will force the blades together, helping cut.
But, if you are left handed and use right-handed scissors, now if you run into a tough material/cut, the natural pressure of your thumb pulling inwards is bad, as it opens the gap between the blades.
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