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The instructor at a Columbus workshop had me hold the shears backward for 10 minutes
Last month I went to a small hands-on cutting workshop in Columbus, six chairs, one instructor, and about 20 people watching from folding chairs. We got to the dry cut section and I was doing my usual thing, thumb in the first hole, fingers in the second, closing the blades with my whole hand. She walked over, took my shears, flipped them around in my palm, and put the pivot point out past my pinky instead. Then she had me point the tip at the ceiling and just hold it there for 10 minutes while I watched the other students work. That felt silly at the time, but she wanted me to feel where the weight sits and how a loose grip lets the bottom blade do the work instead of my wrist. My hand used to ache after a busy Saturday, three or four cuts back to back, and I had just accepted that as part of the job. Two weeks later I did a full day of 11 cuts and no soreness at all, which honestly shocked me. Now I want to know if any of you were taught the pivot point thing early on, or did you learn it the hard way like I almost did?
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thomas_miller1mo ago
Holding shears weird for 10 minutes to fix wrist pain sounds like a stretch, most cuts don't take that long anyway. Maybe it helped you, but calling it some big lesson feels like a lot for a small trick.
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