"One of the local characters is a surgeon, and he swears by
surgical scissors. He says he uses them until they get dull
and then returns them to the hospital and swipes a new pair. "


Thats my story too. Bought a pair of surgical scissors at a supply
shop: short tips, big finger holes, dulled steel, extra razor sharp
blades. I also got a second pair that is MOST cool....it has a little
U-shaped section at the tip of the lower blade. Its for cutting thread
really close: you lay the thread in the U-shaped section, then slide
the scissor right up against the knot and snip it off. I suspect its
used in surgery to cut stitches extremely close, quickly and
efficiently; or maybe to hook under stitches to cut them free. I use it
all the time when I have thread thats inside of, for example, a really
dense hackle and I want to cut the thread but not the hackle. They look
a lot like this: http://tinyurl.com/dwywf

--riverman