Anyone can do it. Making a pair of scissors, he said, is a nine.” A craftsperson cuts and drills the scissor blades out of the blank, which are then hand-hammered and prepared for assembly.

Ernest Wright and Son Ltd may be the last factory in Britain still making scissors by hand. Earlier this year it looked as though they too might be about to close. But then a video by photographer ...

Workers in the Indian city of Meerut toil away in dangerous workshops to make a simple household item: scissors. But the centuries-old industry is struggling to survive, because cheaper scissors ...

A perfectionist, as he prefers to call himself. The scissor market – locally known as Kainchi Bazaar – has 300 small-scale scissors making units employing nearly 15,000 people.

With the ingenuity and simplicity that always accompanies things which become obvious only after being invented, the Laser Scissors make keeping a straight line easy. Similar to laser levels used ...

Sharif Ahmad, vice-president, Meerut Scissors Manufacturers Special Purpose Vehicle, and a seventh-generation craftsman, told The Hindu on the phone: “The GI tag will make a difference to us.