{"id":31024,"date":"2018-03-17T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=31024"},"modified":"2018-03-11T16:07:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T23:07:34","slug":"31024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/31024\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiss 8&#8243; Kitchen Shears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_49662\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Phqk9Hjuh0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In this Cool Tools video review we\u2019re going to take a look at a new pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2yZ9UIM\">classic kitchen shears<\/a>. These are made by Wiss, they\u2019re Italian made and run about $30. And by using the link in the description to pick them up on Amazon you help support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.<\/p>\n<p>These are all-metal, multi-purpose kitchen scissors. I remember growing up with a pair like these in our kitchen. They\u2019ve got a serious heft to them. This particular design has been made under the Wiss brand since the 1930s. And part of the appeal has always been the extra features they crammed in. This section here works as a bottle opener. Above that you have this nubby section meant for twisting off small lids. It can also work as a nut cracker or crab cracker.  There\u2019s a flat section on the handle that can be used as a small hammer.  And this little protrusion on the top is supposedly used for unsealing ball jars, or generally unsealing lids that are vacuumed tight.  Also, unlike the ones I grew up with, these include a deep notch on the blade that\u2019s perfect for cutting rope, or bundles of stems, without them slipping down the blade.  And because there\u2019s a removable screw here, there\u2019s no reason you can\u2019t take these apart to wash them if you use them on food or something messy. It also means you can tension them up easily if they get loose.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the downside for these from my time with them is that the extra weight compared the other scissors in my house makes me a little nervous about dropping them. If these drop on your hardwood wood floor or your foot &#8212; you\u2019re going to be crying.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the paint on the handle started to chip after just lightweight use. I see 50 year old versions of these on eBay where the paint has held on &#8212; so chalk that up to they just don\u2019t make them like they used to. If you can find an old pair and restore them, that might be the best way to go. But even then, an all-metal handle isn\u2019t super comfortable no matter what the paint looks like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old-fashioned multi-purpose kitchen shears<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[26,2337],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31024"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31036,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31024\/revisions\/31036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}