For all you head scratchers and who would have thunk it's. From personal experience, you can't cut the legs off a stethoscope. They will disappear quicker than donuts at a police convention. Anything that you can do to make it unique and highly visible is a good thing.
In 5 years we've bought my lady 3 new scopes and a good one isn't cheap. All have been "borrowed" never to be returned.