Safety Scissors

Safety Scissors

Class	Household
Weight	0.2
Condition	5
Wear Chance	1 in 5
Metal Value	4
Location	Containers
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.ScissorsBlunt`

Safety Scissors are a small pair of household scissors. In play they count as scissors, so they work in every recipe that calls for a pair.

That makes them useful for Tailoring, for cutting up cloth and leather, and for many small crafting jobs. They are light and easy to find early on. Their main cost is a short life, since they wear out after only a handful of uses.

Safety Scissors are found in medicine cabinets, post offices, pencil cases, classrooms and offices.

Using

The scissors serve as a kept tool in a long list of recipes. Cut Tarp turns a tarp into six Tarp Piece. Cut Up Belt gives a Buckle and Leather Strips. Cut Up Denim/Leather Clothing turns old clothes into Denim Strips or Leather Strips. Shred Tobacco makes a Pouch of Tobacco.

Tailoring leans on them most. Sewing recipes for shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, long johns, a pillow and a teddy bear all need scissors. Shorten Skirt, Shorten Sleeves, Shorten Trousers and Shorten Socks cut clothes down to a shorter style.

Heavier work uses them too. Scrap metal armour needs scissors along with Welding. Forging a Metal Codpiece, a Metal Neck Guard or Fingerless Gloves - Metal needs them at a forge with Blacksmithing and Tailoring. Make Improvised Gas Mask and Make Sheet also take a pair.

Upkeep

The scissors wear out fast. Each use has a one in five chance to cost a point of condition. With only a few points to lose, a pair lasts for a short run of jobs.

A dull pair can be sharpened. The Sharpen Blade recipe restores the edge. A file does a poorer job, and a Grindstone also works. Fix With Epoxy repairs a worn pair and needs Maintenance 3. A spent pair still gives a little metal when scrapped or melted.

Used in Crafting

Any recipe that asks for a scissors accepts it as the tool, such as Forge Codpiece, Forge Metal Neck Guard and Forge Fingerless Metal Gloves.

Locations

Medicine cabinets in waiting rooms, security rooms and police SWAT rooms hold a pair fairly often. Post office counters and desks are almost as good. Pencil cases in bags carry them now and then. Laboratory desks, classroom counters, art stores and daycares turn them up less often. Office shelves and general store shelves hold them rarely. Side tables in any building can also hide a pair. Overall they are a common find.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

Location	Container	Chance
Police SWAT room	Medicine cabinet	22.8%
Security	Medicine cabinet	22.8%
Waiting room	Medicine cabinet	22.8%
Post office	Counter	20.1%
Post office	Desk	20.1%
Post office storage	Counter	20.1%
Laboratory	Desk	8.2%
Laboratory	Other	8.2%
Classroom	Counter	7.1%
Elementary classroom	Counter	7.1%

Location	Container	Chance
Inside a bag or case	Pencil case	10.4%
Inside a bag or case	First aid kit	2.4%
Inside a bag or case	First aid kit camping	0.7%

Location	Container	Chance
General store	Shelves	5.5%
Art store	Counter	5.4%
Art store	Other	5.4%
Art store	Shelves	5.4%
Plazastore1	Other	3.2%
Gigamart	Shelves	2.7%
Book store	Counter	2.6%
Any building	Small box	<0.1%

Location	Container	Chance
Any building	Side table	4.6%
Any building	Office drawers	2.9%
Kitchen	Other	2.6%
Kitchen	Shelves	2.6%
Living room	Overhead cupboard	2.6%
Garage storage	Other	1.6%
Any building	Other	0.9%
Attic	Cardboard box	0.9%
Attic	Crate	0.9%
Attic	Other	0.9%