I have tried all sorts of scissors, nail clippers etc but none of them cut a soft braid cleanly!

Which do you recommend?

In reply to Post #1
ESP ones are good
I have just bought the thinking anglers ones to try them out

In reply to Post #1
My problem exactly
I've always made do with scissors - but scissors were rubbish on soft braid.
I bought the ridgemonkey luminous handled ones from AD last week.
Very pleased with them, wish I had bought a pair years ago.

I have found the ridge monkey braid scissors to be good. They glow in the dark Was dubious about them at first cut, braid easily not used for anything else only braid

In reply to Post #1
I bought a pair of Fox Edges Carp Braid Blades XS 3 or 4 years ago best money I ever spent highly recommended these

edit looks like the new Ridge monkey ones are the type ?

In reply to Post #1
Gardner ultra blades. So good i brought a spare set.

In reply to Post #6
Best I've tried so far as well.

In reply to Post #1
ESP ones

In reply to Post #8
My ESP ones are still doing the job after 4 years.

In reply to Post #1
I renewed mine a while ago following a recommendation on here. Titanium blades.

Westcott Titanium Curved Tip Needlework Scissors Sewing Embroidery 10cm. Around £3.50, absolutely superb

gardner ones the best

In reply to Post #4
I found the RM ones to be *****. Liked the glow in the dark idea but as a tool they're rubbish imo.

Been using the solar ones for a good ten years now, still cut anything I put in them.

Daz

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Ian - they are the same as the Fox ones except different handles and cheaper.
I use Fox Cortex coated braid - cutting that with scissors you end up with a fluffy cut end. With the RM braid scissors you get a clean cut. That is all I want from braid scissors.

In reply to Post #14
Yeah defo the same design....I guess we won't know if the blade quality is the same

In reply to Post #15
Another thumbs up for the Gardner ones!
Nice it has a push on blade protector

The new thinking anglers ones look good,stripper tool,and rig puller on them too.I have korda,taska and ridgemonkey ones,for me the ridgemonkey are the best ones

Can't believe the PB braid cutters (and copies) haven't been posted yet. Had both of them for years and they have been faultless!

I nether liked the RM scissors, too thick can't get close enough to some knots.

In reply to Post #18
These ones?

In reply to Post #18
Nice one Jason.
Yep - they must be the originals - Fox and Ridgemonkey just copied them. But Ridgemonkey are £8.99 and Fox and PB are £10.99

In reply to Post #7
https://gardnertackle.co.uk/product/ultra-blades/

In reply to Post #20
spot on Chuffy!!

Tony, lots of people do copies even cheaper than that on Ebay...exactly the same as well.

I have a set of Gardner Blades and I bought 5 pairs of surgical scissors off the bay a few years ago at the same price as the blades. I'd replace the cheap ones each year, still have both the Gardner are a back up.

Just bought 15 at a quid a pair.

In reply to Post #18
I had a pair of PB Products Cutter Pliers maybe mine were Friday ones ? as I cut a ring off of a swivel and it ruined the edge

In reply to Post #25
Don't say that I've just bought a pair

In reply to Post #25
They are braid scissors Gerry. Good for nothing else and they do ruin if you cut metal with them lol..🤣🤣

I usually use the brother in laws hand me down wire cutters (hes a sparkie) for taking rings off swivels etc. If you use them Cutters just on braid they last forever. 👍

Fox Edges Carp Braid Blades XS - Had them 3 years and they are still as sharp as the day I bought them. Cost about £13 which at the time I thought was excessive but wouldn't hesitate to go for another pair if I lost/broke these.

Also just to note, I always carry a Leatherman which I use for cutting swivels etc and keep the scissors for braid/line only

In reply to Post #25
I did the same with my first Fox braid blades. Cutting a swivel definitely ruins them, my fault entirely though

Why would you use braid scissors to cut swivels Not computing to me that.

The Ridgemonkey scissors seem fine to me for braid, although I don't use alot of braided hooklinks atm (when able to fish)

In reply to Post #31
Probably because I needed to remove the swivel for some reason and didn't have anything else to cut it with

In reply to Post #32
Best blades I ever had were the pb ones , had ,fox,esp,Gardner and there all fine at cutting braid with the coating on , but **** at cutting uncoated braid imo ,
A small veg board and a sharp Stanley retractable type knife/ blade is perfect ,

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In reply to Post #33
Best I've actually had were the Owner ones

Rapala rcd are the best I've used.

In reply to Post #1
Owners. No doubt.

In reply to Post #1
I love this forum - 37 replies about scissors - we're definitely in lock down

In reply to Post #38
Did some body say kettle?

In reply to Post #1
I use single edge razor blades/window scraper blades with a small plastic holder. I have tried normal double sided razor blades but these flex too much and you have to be careful not to cut yourself on the other side.

A bit fiddly to cut a small tag end so I tend to leave a long tag which makes it much easier.

You can pick them up cheap on eBay and replacement blades are cheap too.

In reply to Post #1
Owner Braid scissors without any question! Had my pair best part of 15 years & still as sharp as day I got them. I only cut SOFT braid with them as cutting nylon with them will blunted them. I use whatever I have in my box for cutting nylon & HARD coated braids suck as semi-stiff or stiff versions or snag leader type braids such as Quicksilver or ArmaKord as the Kevlar fibres in them will also blunted blades fast.

In reply to Post #1
I use scissors that have a serrated and normal blade for braid.
Helps.

Nicked some fabric scissors of the mother in-law

There's a gentleman on ebay that sells ceramic braid scissors for £11. A magnificent product imho, which cuts the inner braid on coated hooklinks clean on the first attempt, not to mention heavy leader type braided lines as well.