So many scissors, so many choices, but how do you know???? I guess you just try one ~ right? I'm happy with the choice I made, I'm new to grooming my own dog (who knew that taking a Labradoodle puppy home from the shelter committed me to a lifetime of grooming charges? Not ME! ;) ) So I started to groom her myself and it's a learning process. I have good clippers but soon knew I needed to be doing some scissoring too and the curved blade is ideal for not only "rounding" on the feet, ears, and face but,,, using the backside of the curve keeps the tips safely away from stuff you don't want to cut! These cut Much more easily than the hair scissors I had and, as I said, the curved blade becomes a real asset! I just ordered a pair of Fengliren thinning scissors because I was so pleased with these...