Field guide No. 584

Against a blue background, a pair of red-handled scissors curls one of its blades off in springy steel ribbons, cutting itself as it closes. Very sharp, briefly.

Scissors cutting their own blade

A self-sharpening problem.

Against a blue background, a pair of red-handled scissors curls one of its blades off in springy steel ribbons, cutting itself as it closes. Very sharp, briefly.

Field noteScissors cut what goes between their blades. These peel one of their own blades into curls.

Specimen
No. 584
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A blue studio backdrop.
Nearest existing relative
A pair of scissors.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking physics