Safety shears - meaning and definition
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Definition
Blunt-tipped medical scissors kept within reach during bondage so that restraints can be cut quickly and safely in an emergency.
At a glance
- Safety shears are blunt-tipped medical scissors kept nearby during bondage.
- Their rounded tip slides under material without cutting skin.
- They are considered essential because knots can jam and someone may need freeing fast.
- Community advice is to keep them in a known spot and practise using them.
- Cutting a rope is a small price for safety.
In detail
Safety shears have a rounded tip designed to slide under material without cutting skin. In rope and other restraint play they are considered essential equipment, because knots can jam and a restrained person may need freeing fast, for example if they feel faint or lose sensation.
Community advice is to keep them in a known spot, practise using them and accept that cutting a rope is a small price for safety.
In a sentence
- Before we start, I always show my partner where the safety shears are.
- The rope class handed out safety shears on day one.
Common questions
Why not just use ordinary scissors?
Ordinary scissors have sharp points that can cut skin when someone is in a hurry. Safety shears have a rounded tip designed to slide under material safely.