Shears Explained

Shears may refer to:

Cutting devices

Scissors, also called shears
Hair-cutting shears
Blade shears, typically used for shearing animals
Grass shears, for lawn trimming
Kitchen shears, scissors used in the kitchen for food preparation
Pinking shears, scissors the blades of which are sawtoothed instead of straight; they leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge
Pruning shears, for cutting branches and stems
Snips, for cutting metal
Trauma shears, scissors used by emergency medical personnel to cut clothing

Albert Shears (1900–1954), English footballer
Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English clergyman
Curtis Shears (1901–1988), American Olympic fencer
Ernest Shears (1849–1917), Anglican clergyman in South Africa
George Shears (1890–1978), Major League Baseball pitcher
Jake Shears (born 1978), lead vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters
Philip James Shears (1887–1972), British Army officer
Stevie Shears (born c. 1950), musician known for playing in English rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox
Tara Shears (born 1969), English physicist
Daniel Towers Shears (1784–1860), English coppersmith and inventor
James Shears (c1750-1820), English coppersmith
James Henry Shears (1788–1855), English coppersmith and entrepreneur

Sally Shears (also known as Molly Millions), a recurring character in stories and novels written by William Gibson