Ascend Tools 5-1/2 inch Carbon Steel Shears - Kevlar, Dyneema, Vectran, Spectra, Technora, Nomex, Innegra, Dacron, Fiberglass, Carbon Fiber, Fiber Optic Kevlar Shears

Well made small scissors. Very sharp and cuts well. Kind of pricey, but you get a quality scissors. Cuts Dyneema, nylon, and polyester strands clean.

Well made with nice carry pouch.

I use the scissors to cut Amsteel cord and they cut it effortlessly. Highly recommended.

Looks small, but it does the job. Good for on hands and serrated cutting edge, does a clean cut.

The media could not be loaded. Where have these shears been all my life? I’ve gotten by (barely) with regular paper-type Fiskars scissors, wire-cutter-style dykes, tin snips, many other types of scissors, and X-Acto knives. But I recently had a super-tough job facing me: Precisely trimming to the edge, some 40-mil-thick (1 mm) discolored and hardened rear-window vinyl on my convertible (a Miata) after having glued on a piggy backed replacement sheet of clear PVC. Nothing was working and I was depressed.After careful research here on Amazon, I ordered these 5½-inch carbon steel shears from Ascend Tools. Everyone should own a pair of these; you don’t know what you’re missing. They handily fill the gap between regular scissors and tin snips, and they do a wonderful job.In the photo, note the curved cut line denoted by the arrow; that’s where I cut away the old, orange-translucent, UV-hardened original rear window near-flush to the OEM heat-welded join border. It was easy. I precisely advanced every 2 to 3 millimeters and didn’t have to use the “lateral squeeze English” on the handles like we all unconsciously do with regular scissors when cutting extra-thin or extra-tough materials. See the video.I can’t say enough good things about these shears. They are exceedingly well made, commercial-grade instruments and are well-worth the money. There are a multitude of ways to make things cheaper but doing so necessarily sacrifices in quality; this is a temptation that Ascend clearly didn’t want to make.I should have owned these decades ago. Darn. They would have saved me a lot of time and would also have improved the quality of many of my projects. I just stowed them in a privileged spot on my peg board after having wiped them down with a few drops of 3-In-1 oil (treatment reserved for “special” tools).

Perfect handling. Sharp.

I work a lot with epoxy and I can be tough on scissors. As a result, I've tried numerous scissors rated to cut kevlar cloth. The Ascend scissors are by far the best and a good value too boot. I am always surprised these smaller scissors out perform larger and supposedly more ergonomic brands. The Ascend blades also hold sharpness much longer than any others I've tried. I've also found these scissors useful for cutting synthetic ropes, especially the higher end lines.

The shears cut well and are durable. They are not great for cutting gel impregnated carbon fiber. They cut both thin metal and woven cloth fiber with ease but are not exceptional.