Cutting

Cutting

Nigiri-basami is the Japanese term for small, metal shears with very sharp blades used for cutting embroidery threads.

Scissors, or 'pair of scissors', are a tool for cutting cloth and thread. The precursors of scissors were flint blades and shears. The English word scissors derives from the late Middle English 'sisources', which in its turn comes from the Old French word cisoires, meaning shears. The word cisoires derives from the late Latin word cisorium, the name for a cutting instrument.

The earliest textiles and threads were probably cut with sharp stones and later with fine, stone blades, such as those made of flint. The next stage in the development of equipment for cutting thread and cloth was the introduction of metal shears (sometimes called spring scissors). This appears to have taken place by the second or first millennium BC in Southwest Asia

A stiletto is a small pointed instrument with a long handle and blade, used in decorative needlework to make holes. The blade is round and tapering to a point. A stiletto pushes the ground warp and weft threads aside (rather than cutting them, as with a pair of scissors).