Marek K
Contributor
I haven't started carrying a set of EMT shears yet, but I plan to... got a pair like this from LP, but haven't decided where to carry them yet.
Noting all the discussions about rusting rivets -- and al least a few comments about getting high-quality shears -- I've started looking around on the Internet for replacement shears, for when these rust.
Shears seem to be a commodity. I'm not finding a huge apparent difference in available ones, at least in the $3-$15 range.
There seem to be two common sizes -- 5-1/2", and 7-1/4 or 7-1/2" (I think mine are the larger ones). Almost all have plastic finger holes. The smaller ones seem to have a blunt plastic tip, while the larger ones have the bottom metal blade blunted in a shovel shape.
For each size, almost all the shears from all the vendors appear to be identical. Brand names are seldom given, but when they are the overwhelming brand name I see mentioned is Atwater Carey.
Looks like they're all stainless; and I'd bet they all have non-stainless rivets.
So... are they all pretty much the same in this price range?
Oh... there was one site that mentioned that EMT shears dull quickly. For Army medics, even making a few cuts in BDU fabric made them noticeably harder to use. I guess I'll just trust that they'll cut through pennies, and won't be running around the house trying them out on different things!
--Marek
Noting all the discussions about rusting rivets -- and al least a few comments about getting high-quality shears -- I've started looking around on the Internet for replacement shears, for when these rust.
Shears seem to be a commodity. I'm not finding a huge apparent difference in available ones, at least in the $3-$15 range.
There seem to be two common sizes -- 5-1/2", and 7-1/4 or 7-1/2" (I think mine are the larger ones). Almost all have plastic finger holes. The smaller ones seem to have a blunt plastic tip, while the larger ones have the bottom metal blade blunted in a shovel shape.
For each size, almost all the shears from all the vendors appear to be identical. Brand names are seldom given, but when they are the overwhelming brand name I see mentioned is Atwater Carey.
Looks like they're all stainless; and I'd bet they all have non-stainless rivets.
So... are they all pretty much the same in this price range?
Oh... there was one site that mentioned that EMT shears dull quickly. For Army medics, even making a few cuts in BDU fabric made them noticeably harder to use. I guess I'll just trust that they'll cut through pennies, and won't be running around the house trying them out on different things!
--Marek