Vicloon Kitchen Scissors, Sharp Kitchen Scissors

These clever ‘scissors’ came wrapped in cellophane inside a colourful box, so would make a handy, cheap, present for someone – or a great raffle prize etc. You can also use them yourself, lol. There are no instructions inside the box, but there are six small pictures with suggestions for use, on the outside of the box. These are not really scissors, as such, as scissors have two blades – this gadget has one blade that cuts downwards onto a sort of long narrow chopping board.
What’s nice about the gadget is that it is quick and easy to use for cutting smallish items of food that you’d normally cut or slice on a chopping board, with a separate knife, such as potatoes, tomatoes, radishes, cucumber, apples and other fruits etc. In many cases these ‘scissors’ are safer to use than a knife and a board because there is less risk of cutting a finger, as often happens when a food item rolls as you cut it, the knife slips off it – and you slice a finger instead. The only problem is that some raw foods like potatoes are quite hard to cut, and an older person with arthritic hands could have a problem squeezing this 2-in-1 gadget hard enough to cut through.

I love the shape of the handles which are covered in non-slip, soft grip, silicon. They feel very comfortable in the hand, which is great if you have lots to cut. The handles should also help those with stiff finger joints, and carpal tunnel syndrome, etc. Shape-wise, and with their safety lock and spring mechanism, they somehow feel a bit like secateurs to use. It’s great, too, that they are dishwasher safe, and can be hung up in the kitchen, instead of taking up space in an already over-full cutlery and utensils drawers – useful too to keep in a caravan etc, where space is limited. And probably best of all…. they are not expensive.