Monday, April 6, 2009

Scissors are insignificant or are they.

The object I pulled from the bag was not very interesting. Scissors are used every day and I can’t really imagine someone wondering where the first pair came from or who decided to make them. The first time I used scissors I was probably five and in kindergarten. The only thing I cared about then was cutting the shapes and pictures my teacher gave us. I thought the scissors were just a useless tool if you weren’t using them to do busy work my teacher gave us.
Though I never really understood their significance then, I now know they are used for many practical reasons. They are used to cut hair, fabrics when making clothes, in surgical operations, or when building a home types of scissors are used to cut them materials needed. People buy scissors without thinking about the purchase, they just realize they needed them for whatever reason.
The first scissors were made in Egypt and they didn't look at all like the tools we think about today. They were made of two bronze clips, I guess you could call them, and were connected by a bronze spring. They were used to cut materials just as we do now, but now they are a little more advanced.

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