F. Dick Stamped Kitchen Shears

Kitchen shears take care of the jobs a knife handles poorly, and these F. Dick shears cut through herbs, twine and packaging as readily as poultry skin and small bones. A built-in bottle opener adds one more use.

Snip chives and dill straight over a dish, trim fat from chops, cut parchment to fit a pan or break down a chicken along the backbone. The stamped blades are light, which keeps the shears easy to handle for long periods. Keeping shears in the knife block also saves the chef’s knife from cutting through string and plastic.

Pull the blades apart for cleaning if they come apart, and dry them well before storing. The bottle opener sits close to the handle, out of the way of the cutting edges.

The F. Dick 9-slot knife block has a dedicated slot for shears. For sausages and grilled food, the F. Dick 5-inch sausage fork is a handy companion, and the F. Dick 9-inch mezzaluna minces herbs in quantity.