Abstract: Scissors for accommodating different sized hands and for requiring a minimal force to close. The scissors include a pair of handles, a pair of cutting jaws, and a spring. The pair of cutting jaws extend from the pair of handles so as to form a pair of shanks. The pair of shanks overlap each other at the pair of cutting jaws and are pivotally connected to each other by a pivot pin. The spring is operatively connected to the pair of handles, is so constructed so as to have a non-biased initial open position for accommodating the different sized hands, and is so located for requiring the minimal force to close the pair of handles from the non-biased initial open position.

Abstract: An improved clipper of the type having a pair of pivoted members pivotally attached to each other by a pivot pin and having cutting jaws for cutting nails and being biased away from each other by a spring. The improvement includes a catching member. The catching member is non-rotationally mounted to one of the pair of pivoted members, and together with the cutting jaws, form a receptacle for the nail clippings when the cutting jaws are closed to thereby prevent the nail clippings from scattering.