Wusthof WU5558 Kitchen Shears, 8", Black

These Wusthof come-apart kitchen shears are perfect to butterfly a chicken! PROS: Shears open and close easily for cutting. They are not at all stiff to use! The blades are short (8 ins by 0.5 ins). This ensures good leverage for making precision cuts - whether it's deboning a chicken, cutting up veggies or even outdoors as a home gardening shears! Blades are made with high-carbon stainless steel so they stay sharp longer. One blade is serrated to prevent slippage during cutting and another is smooth to ensure a clean cut. Bone notch at end of kitchen shear blade easily cuts through chicken bones Blades meet together for smooth, precision cutting. When opened to the fullest, the blades come apart for easy cleaning. Rugged synthetic handles for either right or left handed users. Choice of black or green color synthetic handles These shears have steel-tooth insets in the handles to twist open bottle and jar caps. CONS: If you open the shears too far while cutting, the blades will come apart. As another reviewer remarked, to open the shears 'this far', you must be trying to cut a watermelon for the blades to come apart while in use! LOL :) SEE MY PHOTOS IN CUSTOMER IMAGES These are precision crafted shears proudly made by Wusthof knife making company of Germany. Wusthof is family owned for 7 generations and has been in the knife making business since 1813. If you are looking for a good quality pair of shears at a reasonable price, then these Wusthof Come-Apart Kitchen Shears are just the tool for your kitchen, home improvement tool kit or gardening shed!

Exactly what we were looking for, and fast service.

I wish I had bought these sooner. I have had cheap kitchen shears that came with a knife set when I was young and broke. As the knives have worn out, I have replaced them with quality knives...but I never replaced the plastic handled kitchen shears. Just to have a "nice, complete set" and to get that ugly plastic thing out of my drawer, I ordered this set of shears. It is amazing. I didn't realize how easy I could cut items with "minimal" effort on my part. I am used to putting a lot of hand squeezing into the other shears to get them to cut cardboard, etc...but these cut tough things like they were butter. My hands are very weak, so they are especially helpful to me. If you have arthritis or weak hands, consider getting some quality shears like these. They do most of the work for you. I also used to put my other shears in the dishwasher, with the blades open, to try and get them clean...but with the pull apart design, I know that there will be no chicken germs hiding in a crack. The taking apart and putting back together of the shears is very simple. I would have expected to pay $50-$60 for these, so they are really worth the price they are sold for in my opinion. It's possible there are better ones out there, but I do know that these are good, they do what you need, and they won't make you go broke. Update (January 2012) My shears are stiff and not working well. There is a place on the blade that is wrong and the cut is hanging up on it. We are doing a major home remodel and there has been a lot of "construction work" (i.e. cutting wires, etc) and so I think it is a result of misuse, but no one is fessing up to using them on metal. Oh well, at the price they are, I'm buying a second pair and will put these in the tool chest. They work, but I have to push too hard to make them complete the cut...but it is not a fault of the scissors, but because they've been damaged.

As advertised, these shears unlock at the hinge when fully-opened, allowing them to be easily cleaned (nothing is grosser than having tiny crevices in food-prep utensils that can't be effectively cleaned). And while they'll never come apart while you're actively using them gripping through both finger-holes, if you handle them by one side only while taking them out or putting them away there's the slight possibility that they could swing open all the way and send a heavy spike of stabbing pain southward. In all honesty, this is a very minor gripe - the product is otherwise great, and anything the company could do to fix this behavior would probably end up with an inferior product. However, purchasers should be aware of this possibility just to ward-off potential accidents.

I have a pair of J.A. Henckels Twinshear Kitchen Shears that I use for everything, but the blades cannot be taken apart and the joint is hard to clean. So when I need another pair of shears for cutting up baby/toddler food, I decided to get another pair reserved specially for cooked food. This pair is really worth every single penny. The blades are very sharp, and the handling is great. One blade is serrated on the top, so food does not slip as easily. It fits perfectly in my hands (my hand is on the large side for females, but definitely smaller than an average male's). The best part is that it comes apart for cleaning very, very easily. I only need to open the blades all the way to 90 degrees and pull them apart. There is no knob or any other parts other than the blades, so there is no loose part to lose. The precise machining makes the shears feel sturdy when cutting - the blades do not shift around in other directions at all, unlike many other come-apart models - but they come apart (and go back together) in a snap. I highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a new pair of shears. I am even thinking of replacing my other pair, only if I can find a way to tell the two apart...

Habe die Schere schon zum zweiten Mal gekauft, bei der ersten ist leider bei einem Sturz etwas abgebrochen. Vorher hat sie viele Jahre gute Dienste getan.

We LOVE it! Especially for cutting meat and bacon and opening wet packages. It holds well but is easy to disassemble for washing and drying. Which is great because we have lost many kitchen shears to rust thanks to humidity and water accumulating in the joints

Très bon produit que ces ciseaux. Dans la cuisine, c'est parfait, coupe bien, un peu lourd, mais la qualité est la ! Pour affûter les lames, il suffit de l'ouvrir à fond, se sépare en deux parties, et comme ça, pas besoin d'un affûteur à ciseaux. Je le recommande fortement, par exemple, en remplacement des blocs à couteaux, ou il y a la paire de ciseaux founit avec . . . . échanger le contre celui-la, et vous verrez que vous ne pourrez plus vous en passer. C'est ce que j'ai fait ! ! ! !

Wir kaufen die Schere jetzt zum zweiten Mal, weil sie einfach genial ist, und bei uns niemand mehr freiwillig mit der alten einfachen schneidet. Die Schere ist scharf, liegt gut in der Hand- aber das tun viele. Was diese so besonders macht, ist der super einfache Reinigungsmechanismus: auseinander drehen, spülen, trocknen, schnell wieder zusammenbauen. Das geht fix und ist sehr hygienisch. So nutzen wir diese Schere auch für Geflügel! Einfach mit der Schere zerteilen, hinterher alles spülen, ohne dass Siff oder Keime (mehr oder weniger unsichtbar) in der Schere bleiben. Absolut top für jede Küche!

These are great kitchen shears. I've had them for 5 years now and they are still going strong and cut as good as the day I bought them. I use these for just about everything from cutting whole chickens, cutting fresh herbs off the plant, cutting string, cutting open plastic deli meat packages and I'm a bit ashamed to admit, I've even used them as a make shift slotted and philips head screwdriver on a few occasions. The bottle opener works well but I have a dedicated bottle opener that I find easier to use. Cleaning wise, these are super easy. They come apart when you form a 90 degree angle with the blades and these just come apart. It makes washing them super simple and unlike scissors that do not come apart, I know that I am cleaning in between the blades, which is so important especially after cutting chicken and then switching to vegetables. Pros: - Comfortable to hold - Cuts just about everything and maintains its sharpness - Easy to clean Cons: - I guess they are more expensive than other brands