I have a pair of these I was told they were craft scissors to make strips of paper and confetti

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I've seen these sold in Tokyo for shredding documents at your desk at work -- clever marketing to make them "herb scissors".

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I have a pair similar to the one pictured that was given to me. It was sold as salad scissors though but it could just as easily be used for herbs. They work well but most of the time I forget about it and just go for a knife. In addition, they are slightly difficult to clean.

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I feel like I have seen those before but hadn't really known what they were for. I think they might be genius. I tend to have trouble chopping herbs. I'm impatient.

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The problem I see with those and why I never got them is....stems.

You don't want stems in your herbs. Parsley especially. When you take the leaves off the stems, then how exactly do you cut them with the scissors?

I haven't yet pulled the trigger, as to be honest, my 8 or 10" chefs knife works just fine for herbs and pretty quick, but a multi-blade mezzaluna works much better.

Silly to switch to a mezzaluna for home cooking though, when I already have the chefs knife out....just another thing to clean.

If I was catering, or prepping in a kitchen then I'd have my mezzaluna right next to my mandolin.

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looks like they would be perfect to chiffonade things uniformly, like basil.... probably not so great for things like parsley....

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I tend to use my 3-cup cuisinart processor to chop herbs or I'll chop them with a knife if I don't feel like cleaning the c'nart, but I'm all for gadgets, especially cooking gadgets - I must own a pair!

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Neat, but a normal pair of kitchen shears should do the trick still.

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My mom got me a pair of scissors that were double blades, with a sort
of scoop thing. They're great for doing things like chopping eggs for
egg salad, or chopping onions. Anything when you want smaller pieces
but they don't have to be even.
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