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Subject: Re: Grass Shears$$??????
From: Tony Krzyzewski <tonyk@kaon.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 09:17:17
Yes please.

I will cross your palm next time you are over here.

Tony

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  From: Tony Renshaw <renshaw@ozemail.com.au>
  Subject: Grass Shears$$?????? 
  Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 23:19:14 +1200 


> Gidday, 
> 
> I have a bunch of these grass shears if anyone is interested in giving them
> a try. They cost $8.00AUD (Aussie!) plus postage. Send me an e-mail with
> your snail mail address and I'll post them on. Believe me, for 8 Bucks, 
they
> are worth their weight in Gold!
> Quote:
> You know how your knuckles of your hand that has the  finger part of your
> scissors tends to get in the way against the layup when trimming? I 
recently
> sought out, or tried to, some offset handled scissors. When I finally found
> them they were worth a fortune, and were also very fine in construction. I
> found an alternative that might help people early on in their
> projects-"Garden Grass Snippers"!
> The pair I bought from China, worth about $8.00 AUD (cheap!), are great in
> that they have far better mechanical advantage, as they do NOT rely on 
thumb
> strength alone to cut through 1 or 2 layers of wetted out cloth. They are
> such that the "plane your operating hand works in" is perpendicular to the
> action or "plane of the blades", which makes sense if you imagine bending
> down and trimming grass from around something. This offset action enables
> your operating hand to be "out of the way". Mine, as most other types I 
have
> seen, are spring loaded back to open, which works easily after cutting 2
> layers of wetted out BID. I was also surprised how sharp they are, but I
> suppose the material they are designed to cut would be harder than wetted
> cloth. They cut easily right to the tip of the blade without additional
> pressure, or lateral load on the blades to ensure the blades stay together.
>  If your bugged by the same thing it will only cost you a few bucks to give
> this option a try!
> Regards
> Tony Renshaw
> Builder No.236
> 
> 

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