Originally Posted by RkayD
my 15 year old daughter took my Orange Handled Fiskers ~the big pair~ to cut paper with..she doesn't understand why I'm upset. Can some of you help me explain to her so she doesn't think I'm just "freaking out" for nothing... Grrr!
There are 15 pair of scissors around here marked with a sharpie in big letters PAPER.
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Here was an interesting response to that question.
I've often wondered that myself. (Having grown up in a house where there was such a thing as 'good' scissors. That is, those not to be used for kids paper projects.)
For what it's worth here was an answer I found on an 'Ask the Scientist' forum.
"Various clays, and/or calcium carbonate, are a component of many papers,including cardboard. They are there to make the paper stiff, to adjust the absorption of inks, to keep the paper hard when it is wet (wet strength), and as a filler (Clays are less expensive than wood fiber in many cases, depending upon the quality of the paper.) These minerals are abrasive and dull the scissor."