Another question about the scissors: Does this "Bow" interfere with the
operation of the scissors?  Will they close all the way? Lots of scissors have a
slight bow in them, and this makes the ends come together tightly when closing
them. I always thought this was intentional on the part of the maker.

I guess if the bow interferes with operation, then I would try to gently massage
it back closer to straight.

On Aug 10, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Kirk Eppler wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Matthew Groves <Matthew.Groves@c...>wrote:
> 
>> Does the bow go most of the length of the blade or is it sharper than that?
>> 
>> 
> The bow starts about 1/3 of the way from the hinge, and goes about 1/3 of
> the length.  Almost like a bubble in the blade.  I guess bow was a bad
> choice, implies something different.
> 
> These were someone's garage scissors, found in a toolbox that had been
> about 1/2 flooded based on the rust line inside the box.
> 
> Kirk in HMB
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