indispensable for cutting soft wire and plastic. The blades are beveled so that you can press them up against a joint and get a flush cut. A flush cut is like this: think of a clay head sculpt for a tiny doll head mounted on a toothpick. Now the head is cured, so you want to remove the remaining part of the stick protruding from the neck. Well, take your micro shears and place them against the neck and snip, voila! You will see the toothpick has been cut flush with the flat of the clay.

This is also handy when working with any sort of plastic model that has sprues you need removed, you know that annoying little hunk of plastic nub that gets left behind if you just twist it off? Well with these shears that nub is non-existent, the nippers Japanese style bow scissors can get right against Assortment of scissor types the surface of the part and cleanly remove the sprue. I love them and own about three pair, one with a straight blade and two with angled blades.