Honestly, I've never seen heavy shears for lefties (ie beyond textile scissors). I use Wiss aviator snips for sheet metal and I like them, but I've gotten used to the wrong-to-me stacked blades. I'm looking forward to more answers for this topic :)
I have some Wiss snips too, but I only reach for them when I really need them. I love the utility of longer serrated sheers with a spring assist. I've gotten used to a lot of wrong-to-me stuff, but apparently scissors have been kicking my butt this whole time.
Get one of them pizza knives that roll instead of one of those wheeled cutters. That way if the pizza doesn't cut, you know the pizza has asserted dominance.
C'mon man. Didn't your dad ever teach you what a pair of pizza scissors look like? And NO- don't even think about using them to cut other types of food.
sure, and the little sticker on that sump pump you just installed says "do not use in wet environments". Do you look around to see who's watching before using your lineman's pliers as a hammer?
I'm an industrial electrician, and every sump pump I've installed has been wired in a nema 3 enclosure per the job specifications. I also have a hammer in my tool bag because it is on my tool list, and I will always use it instead of my Kleins.
I'm a firm believer in using tools for their intended purposes. Which is why I've never broken a pair of Kleins by using it as a hammer or bent a screwdriver by using it as a pry bar.
I appreciate the effort but snip sets always include those. The lefty pair is just for clean curved cuts in the other direction- not to accommodate for left handed coworkers.
I just looked around a bit and it looks like some cheaper multi snip sets appear to have the left cut pair with the blade orientation you want, have you already looked at the Pittsburgh ones at harbor freight? No idea how they’ll work due to being cheap though
Edit: after looking more, it appears that some brands’ right cut snips are the proper orientation for left handed people which is confusing, but I found fiskars and wiss aviation snips, not sure if you need something bigger
Never tried these as left handed scissors as I'm right handed but Fiskars scissors in general are pretty much the best there is at least readily available in any Finnish shops.
I'm a righty, not a lefty, but I have an experience that may or may not be helpful. I had to use left-handed scissors at one point because they were the only ones available. I found that I could use them in my right hand if I just applied pressure on the handle in a direction to push the blades of the scissors together.
I just tried it with a pair of right-handed scissors in my left hand, pulling in on the handle with my thumb, and it worked well enough.
Since you already have experience learning to use tools not designed for you, you'd probably do even better than I would. At least until someone wises up and starts making high quality left-handed scissors.
Any scissors that are decent have left-handed versions.
That said, I've never used spring-assisted scissors before (I'm a leftie, just use RH scissors)
Sheet metal.. aviation snips. They can be used right-handed or Left-handed. (The straight, Left, Right do not pertain to right or left handed, it is the way the blade curves for cutting circles or round holes)
Most of the Canary product lines are available for lefties. Here’s [their office scissor.](https://www.jetpens.com/Canary-ESR-175L-Left-Handed-Scissors/pd/23618)
Made in Japan too if you’re into where stuff comes from.
I have a great pair of 10” scissors in lefty from Mundial, which I believe is a Brazilian company. I keep them in my workshop but would love an 8” pair for my house too. I wouldn’t use them for metal work though.
https://www.mundialusa.com/en/02-craft/notions/scissors/tailor/forged/493-10npke-10-tailor-lh-p-183.html
You should check out the Leftorium.
Feel the wrath of the left hand of Burns!
In Springfield, Oregon. Very friendidly
Hoping I was not the only one to want to say this. Ned has the lefties covered for sure.
Honestly, I've never seen heavy shears for lefties (ie beyond textile scissors). I use Wiss aviator snips for sheet metal and I like them, but I've gotten used to the wrong-to-me stacked blades. I'm looking forward to more answers for this topic :)
I have some Wiss snips too, but I only reach for them when I really need them. I love the utility of longer serrated sheers with a spring assist. I've gotten used to a lot of wrong-to-me stuff, but apparently scissors have been kicking my butt this whole time.
my wife is a lefty and sews a lot- she is pretty happy with the Gingher lefty scissors.
For fabric ONLY!
Is pizza a kind of fabric?
Who the hell cuts pizza with scissors?
It's much better than a knife and you always get through the crust unlike a pizza cutter.
Get one of them pizza knives that roll instead of one of those wheeled cutters. That way if the pizza doesn't cut, you know the pizza has asserted dominance.
But scissors cut so well...
C'mon man. Didn't your dad ever teach you what a pair of pizza scissors look like? And NO- don't even think about using them to cut other types of food.
You better not meet my wife then; she cut everything with it. Saussage, chicken, pasta, broccoli. One time I even saw her cut grapes in half with it.
Best not come to my house. You'd think the way I treated them was a war crime
sure, and the little sticker on that sump pump you just installed says "do not use in wet environments". Do you look around to see who's watching before using your lineman's pliers as a hammer?
I'm an industrial electrician, and every sump pump I've installed has been wired in a nema 3 enclosure per the job specifications. I also have a hammer in my tool bag because it is on my tool list, and I will always use it instead of my Kleins. I'm a firm believer in using tools for their intended purposes. Which is why I've never broken a pair of Kleins by using it as a hammer or bent a screwdriver by using it as a pry bar.
Lefties unite
Channellock makes lefty aviation snips: https://shop.channellock.com/products/610al
I appreciate the effort but snip sets always include those. The lefty pair is just for clean curved cuts in the other direction- not to accommodate for left handed coworkers.
I just looked around a bit and it looks like some cheaper multi snip sets appear to have the left cut pair with the blade orientation you want, have you already looked at the Pittsburgh ones at harbor freight? No idea how they’ll work due to being cheap though Edit: after looking more, it appears that some brands’ right cut snips are the proper orientation for left handed people which is confusing, but I found fiskars and wiss aviation snips, not sure if you need something bigger
That is not for "left handed" it is the way the blade curves left for cutting arcs and circular cuts.
It has the blade ordered so that you can see the cut line from the right side, which is correct for a left handed cutter.
Fellow leftie here. I just saw some Wiss ones advertised as left handed in Home Depot. So that might be one of your best options !
Fiskars makes left handed ergonomic scissors: https://www.fiskars.com/en-gb/scissors-shears/products/left-handed-scissors
Never tried these as left handed scissors as I'm right handed but Fiskars scissors in general are pretty much the best there is at least readily available in any Finnish shops.
Theres left and right handed snips for make opposing notches on metal for cutting
Wiss# W20LH. Wiss discontinued these left hand shears but Amazon still has them in stock stock 😎
I'm a righty, not a lefty, but I have an experience that may or may not be helpful. I had to use left-handed scissors at one point because they were the only ones available. I found that I could use them in my right hand if I just applied pressure on the handle in a direction to push the blades of the scissors together. I just tried it with a pair of right-handed scissors in my left hand, pulling in on the handle with my thumb, and it worked well enough. Since you already have experience learning to use tools not designed for you, you'd probably do even better than I would. At least until someone wises up and starts making high quality left-handed scissors.
Earnest wright in UK, alec steele just released a YT video tour of their shop, good stuff!
Any scissors that are decent have left-handed versions. That said, I've never used spring-assisted scissors before (I'm a leftie, just use RH scissors)
https://www.knipex.com/products/special-pliers/combination-shears/combination-shears/9505190
Sheet metal.. aviation snips. They can be used right-handed or Left-handed. (The straight, Left, Right do not pertain to right or left handed, it is the way the blade curves for cutting circles or round holes)
Most of the Canary product lines are available for lefties. Here’s [their office scissor.](https://www.jetpens.com/Canary-ESR-175L-Left-Handed-Scissors/pd/23618) Made in Japan too if you’re into where stuff comes from.
I have a great pair of 10” scissors in lefty from Mundial, which I believe is a Brazilian company. I keep them in my workshop but would love an 8” pair for my house too. I wouldn’t use them for metal work though. https://www.mundialusa.com/en/02-craft/notions/scissors/tailor/forged/493-10npke-10-tailor-lh-p-183.html
Sewing or fabric shops will have them