Abstract: A cutting device comprising first and second members each comprising a blade at one end and a handle at the other end, a pin on which the first and second members are pivotted so that the blades work with a scissor action for cutting purposes, and a clip which extends longitudinally along an outside face of one of the first and second members, the cutting device being such that the first and second members are retained on the pin between an abutment part at one end portion of the pin and the clip, the clip slides in a groove at the other end portion of the pin, the clip comprises a projection engaged in a complementary recess in one of the first and second members so as to hold the clip in a locking position on the pin, the clip further comprises a flat strip having at one end a slotted portion and at the other end the projection, the strip being bent on itself to define a limb parallel with the slotted portion and further bent so toward the slotted portion such that the projection extends substantially ortho