There are also the scrapbooking favorites that crafters love which give you many styles of edge cuts. These can be purchased fairly cheaply these days at most shops and tend to be of cheap construction - being made mostly of plastic with thin inserted metal for the blades. Then there are the Japanese bonsai Variety of scrap booking scissors style shear, with the notable bow-shaped handles. Being a bonsai student myself I own a few pair of these (beware the cheap Chinese knock-offs which are Martha Stewart© fringe scissors relatively useless). And finally the odd types of shears that have some interesting but singular uses such as these fringe cutting shears being sold by the Martha Stewart© line of products.

I recommend that you do some research, look up some reviews of the brand and then generally pay a little more for this tool because there is a disproportionate difference between cheap scissors and quality ones. In my former life I went to school and spent some time as a barber and I learned the benefit of using a quality shear over a cheap one. At first the cheap one may seem to cut just as well and the savings make you feel