[jperras]

Those scissors apparently have a habit of the handle melting away (see reviews): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SSVNNZC

As one comment pointed out, they could be using nitrocellulose in the handle.

[grues-dinner]

After another pair of kitchen scissors had the plastic handle fall off, revealing a tiny metal tang creating the inevitable weak spot, I went looking for an all-metal pair. Not at all easy to source as it turns out, there are only a small handful of even vaguely reasonably priced models available.

They're just scissors, how are we still as a species finding ways to make them shitter and more breakable? They're a solved problem and yet some guy managed to hit on a way make them out of melting plastic?

I don't need them to be laser etched or artisanal or blessed by levitating monks or whatever. Just two bits of metal with a rivet that will still be scissor-shaped when I'm dead and buried. It's not even that much more metal than plastic handled scissors, and the hard bit is in the edges anyway, not the handles. It's probably never been cheaper or easier to make not-shit things and yet there's just so much shit everywhere.

[nielsbot]

Slightly an aside, but you might try searching for dressmakers shears instead. Lots of those seem to be all metal. (Not sure what you consider a reasonable price however)

[pfdietz]

> how are we still as a species finding ways to make them shitter and more breakable?

Products when they are first introduced tend to be overengineered, since the way they will be used is not entirely known. As this knowledge accumulates the products can be optimized to be just good enough (just strong enough, just durable enough). You should expect in equilibrium that products will be optimized for minimum cost at the minimum tolerable level of quality.

[B1FF_PSUVM]

Preach it. I'm holding tight to my heirloom all stainless steel scissors with "don't-run-with-scissors" sharp ends.

On the other hand, we aren't being advised not to run with scissors any more.

[black6]

There's a booth in a consignment shop in town that has a load of old high carbon steel Case scissors of different sizes. Resale shops may be the way to go.

[fritzo]

Labor has never been more expensive than now. Raw resources have never been under more competition than now. We as a species are more numerous and consume more scissors than ever before. Supply chains have never farther separated end user from producer, as now.

[fourthark]

I find no mention of melting in the reviews. Are you joking?

[jperras]

Sorry, the reviews are actually on the Scotch site itself: https://www.scotchbrand.com/3M/en_US/p/d/cbgnhw011057/

[RobotToaster]

I doubt they would use nitrocellulose, genuine celluloid is expensive and hard to obtain in my experience.

[tim333]

I had a look and didn't find one where they melted. Do you have a link to the specific review?

[jrootabega]

Can you copy or screenshot one? Amazon requires login to sort through reviews for some people.

[jperras]

The reviews are on the Scotch site itself, not on Amazon: https://www.scotchbrand.com/3M/en_US/p/d/cbgnhw011057/