> On May 18, 2020, at 8:41 PM, Kirk Eppler via OldTools  wrote:
> 
>  It takes some
> strength to manipulate those big shears all day long, so the  5'6" tall guy
> had to work his upper body strength up to be able to use the 18", or he may
> have had to stop at 15" since the balance probably got to be awkward for
> his hands, or too big.  The big guys could start at a larger size?


Kirk

I call malarkey on that one.

I am 6’2" and my mom was 5’ plus a half inch and she had bigger hands than I do,
and she was as strong as a lady ox

Ed