A great set of kitchen scissors are perfect for a wide variety of kitchen duties, such as cutting various foods, clipping herbs or opening packaging.

A left of right-handed set of kitchen shears, with hardened or high-carbon stainless steel blades, offer a smooth and exact cutting action for all types of food preparation, such as raw or cooked meats, shredding salad, vegetables, fish, and fruits, as well as cardboard, paper, twine, flowers, and even carpet.

An all-purpose pair of kitchen shears comes with such functions as a bone and twig cutter, jar-lid gripper and opener, screwdriver, bottle opener, herb stripper and a nutcracker, as well as the sharpened serrated blade edge for a distinctive, precise, and slip proof cut.

Popular choices in the series of kitchen scissors consist of –

• The Wusthof Come-Apart Kitchen Shears, with its powerful 8-inch cutting high-carbon stainless steel blades, work for left or right-handers, comes apart for ease in sharpening, and a tooth-insert in the handle twists open jar and bottle caps – and retails at $19.95.

• The Oxo Good Grips Kitchen & Herb Scissors offers micro-serrated steel blades to grip items and prevent slippage, with cushioned pads for comfort in cutting, and a convenient herb stripper to remove fresh herbs from its stem – and retails at $16.99.

• The multi-functional Messermeister 8.5-inch Take-Apart Utility Shears, with a resilient stainless steel blades and designed for right-handed use, offers a #1 rated choice suggested by a number of gourmet magazines – and retails at $24.95.

A high-quality set of kitchen scissors often comes with separating blades for quick and thorough hygienic cleaning, as well as being dishwasher safe – although hand-washing is often recommended, and soft grip handles to feel comfortable in a variety of hand-sizes.

Accessories to complement the kitchen scissor include a 2-stage knife and scissor sharpener, with V-shaped sharpening slot to offer the ideal alignment or angle and carbide blades to sharpen all-types of left of right-handed scissors or knives – a quick edge on a scissor blade is possible with a mere 3 or 4 strokes.

All in all, a multiuse pair of 5 – 8.5-inch shears offers a wide variety of uses, with its ability to dice bacon, cut boneless chicken, trim vegetables, clip herbs or opening packages and cleaning is often a breeze on those shears, which come apart.