(PSFK) — They say that you only know what you have until it’s gone, but the creators behind an innovative scissor redesign believe that you never know what you don’t have until you’ve tried that very thing. ReExcite has come up with RightShears, a scissor design that will definitely make you believe that there can be more to cutting than what the traditional scissor set would have you believe.
One may wonder why someone would even think about redesigning a pair of scissors; scissors tend to work well enough. Shane Robert Vermette, founder of ReExcite, shares that the idea came in September 2014 when he was working with his father-in-law.
“My father-in-law and I were cutting metal mesh to be used to cover a basement vent and it was a two-person job—one to hold the metal apart and one to cut—and it occurred to me that it could be done by one person using what would become RightShears.”
A traditional pair of scissors would have the handle and the blades aligned together, but with RightShears, the blades are positioned at a right angle, which means you’ll be holding the scissors from above for better control.
The reason behind the design is to allow people to not let their other hand touch the material when cutting. For one, it’s done for safety reasons and the other is that there are certain materials that need to be flat when cutting them, like cardboard. This new cutting process also works best when you cut on a table or counter.
RightShears also boast superior ergonomics that will allow any user to cut through materials with ease, be it cutting cardboard, metal mesh, leather, plastic containers, aluminum cans, vegetables, pizza and even poultry. Additionally, there’s less effort exerted when using this pair of shears, too.
ReExcite also emphasizes that the last scissor innovation happened way back in 100 AD when the Romans invented the pivoting scissors. That’s almost 2,000 years. Making the year 2016 as good of a time as any to make a bold change where scissors are concerned.
This article was written by Azalea Pena from PSFK and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.