Although the scissors are not amazing, they are very versatile

Scissors, known as reaming scissors or reamer in ancient times, or reaming scissors in Cantonese, are a tool for cutting objects with double blades. It is commonly used to cut hair, fabric, paper and food, etc. It is also used by doctors for surgery.
In the known archaeological data, it is believed that the ancient Egyptians began to use bronze casting scissors as early as the 3rd century BC. Scissors and some medical utensils are carved on the walls of the Temple of Kom Ombo, so scholars generally believe that the Egyptians pioneered the surgical technique.
Note: At present, some scholars believe that U-shaped scissors have appeared in Europe in the 5th century BC. (It is still controversial whether it is true or not, but it has been cited in academic reports and papers, so I will explain it here.)
But these scissors were not the cross-shaped style in use today, which is believed to have appeared in the 1st century AD by archaeologist Flinders Petrie. In the 5th century AD, Isidore of Seville, Spain, described tailors and barbers using these scissors as their main tool. Currently in China, the most famous scissors makers are Zhang Xiaoquan and Wang Mazi.
In addition, scissors have a very long history in China. The scissors unearthed in the ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty in Luoyang are more than 2,100 years old. In addition, around the 6th century AD, scissors were introduced to Japan from China, and mass production began in the Edo period in Japan.
This can be seen from the poem "Yong Liu" by He Zhizhang, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, "I don't know who cut the fine leaves, the spring breeze in February is like scissors". The long-standing folk art of paper-cutting also proves the long history of scissors in China. The pictographic meaning of the Chinese character "Scissor" means "there is a knife in front of the knife". The ancients called scissors "dragon knives", which shows their importance in life. The earliest real scissors in existence in China were found in Luoyang. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the famous ancient tomb museum again in Luoyang, where I saw this pair of scissors unearthed from the ancient tomb of the Western Han Dynasty, more than 2,100 years ago.
This rusted bronze scissors of the Western Han Dynasty are about 20 cm long, and are different in appearance from modern scissors. It has no shaft or fulcrum in the middle. It just hammers both ends of an iron bar into a knife shape and grinds out sharp edges, and then bends the iron bar into an "S" shape so that the blades at both ends correspond to each other. In this way, the scissors are naturally opened when not in use; when in use, people can cut off the things to be cut by pressing the blades at both ends. As soon as you let go, the scissors return to their original shape by relying on the elasticity of the wrought iron, just like modern people use tweezers.
It is now certain that in any country or era without scissors, people will use some other tool to trim their hair or other objects. Such as cutting, burning, etc. In ancient my country, the so-called "cutting gold and silver" for gold and silver slitting was actually cut with a guillotine knife.
Although the scissors are not amazing in appearance, they are very versatile. When tools such as knives and shovels cannot be used, scissors can easily solve it. Scissors have become an indispensable tool in people's daily production and life. Tailors need to cut cloth and thread, village women need to cut paper and metal skins, herdsmen need to cut wool, gardeners need to cut branches, and coppersmiths need scissors.
Modern scissors have been greatly improved from ancient scissors in terms of shape, material, craftsmanship, quality, variety, and function. However, judging from the existing relics, the scissors used by the Song Dynasty are generally close to the modern appearance. Luoyang Ancient Tomb Museum also has a pair of scissors unearthed from a tomb in the fifth year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1072), and its shape is very similar to modern scissors. This shows that the current model of scissors in China has been used for at least 1,000 years.
The famous scissors in contemporary China are "Wang Mazi" in Beijing and "Zhang Xiaoquan" in Hangzhou, so they are called "North Wang Nan Zhang". Zhang Xiaoquan scissors have "three hundred years of history and three hundred years of reputation", and are also known as "the crown of scissors". As early as 1910, Zhang Xiaoquan scissors won the silver medal at the first Nanyang Industry Fair (Department Fair), and won the gold medal and special award respectively at the Panama International Exposition in 1919 and the National Products Exhibition in 1923. In recent years, the export volume of Zhang Xiaoquan scissors has increased greatly, which is favored by people all over the world. The "Wang Mazi" scissors, which have a history of more than 360 years, have declined in recent years due to various reasons. This also shows the importance of carrying forward history and culture and protecting and developing "China's time-honored brands" from another perspective.
There are many types of scissors, and the material is mainly alloy steel. Generally, it consists of two parts - the movable blade controlled by the thumb and the stationary blade controlled by the ring finger. The two parts are fixed by a screw. Modern household scissors are made of ferrovanadium material, and the cutting thickness can be several times that of the existing ordinary scissors. Due to the good degree of combination of the blades, the cutting times of the tip of the scissors can be more than 5,000 times. These scissors use the metallic properties of vanadium, an important alloying additive in the iron and steel industry, in their processing technology. Vanadium increases the strength, toughness, ductility and heat resistance of steel. General household use of this kind of scissors can eliminate the need to sharpen the scissors.