this reminds me of the clever little tool i found the other day. I like to buy old sewing boxes at auctions, sales etc. They are always full of such goodies. Well this one had a little pair of sissory looking things. Like sissors without the finger rings and I thought how odd- I was thinking about pitching it but just couldn't. It sat on my sewing table for months. Well the other day I was sewing and my sizzers were not within reach so I grabbed these odd looking things and I'm hooked. They are so so cool. They aren't worth a hoot cutting material or paper or anything like that. I guess I would call them thread snips. They sit next to my sewing machine and you can just grab them and snip away at the threads. No trying to get your finger and thumb in the sissor holes. you just grab and snip!