Eli5: why are the tips of scissors worse at cutting than the base?
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They’re not inherently worse but the base is closer to your hand which affords you more control. Also we’re typically cutting paper which wobbles and flexes around alot but when it’s at the base a fair portion of it is resting between the blades and kept straight which makes cutting much easier. The tips are also more likely to ber worn out from use by trying to cut harder materials since if the base can’t cut something it slides all the way to the top where it sticks. Also from just handling the scissors or dropping them the tips are more exposed to damage.
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