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>If the blades are curved towards each other enough then you may not need sideways pressure from your thumb and fingers

I've never heard of nor seen scissors with blades curved towards each other and I don't see why they ever would be anything but straight in that dimension.




Then I think you're not paying attention, or you've misunderstood. I just checked 5 different pairs of scissors here, old, new, cheap, expensive, big, small, and all of them have blades that curve towards each other. When you look at them edge-on while they're closed, only the tips of the blades are touching, and light is visible coming through the gap between the blades everywhere else. That way only the cutting point is in contact as you use them.




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