SCHERE

The scissors for cutting filamentary material, especially hair, include two shanks (4) pivotally connected to each other at a pivot joint (2); respective blades (7) for cutting the filamentary material extending from the shanks (4) and an electrically powered vibrator (5) for vibrating one of the shanks in a longitudinal direction at an ultrasonic frequency and with a displacement of about 100 to 200 mum. The pivot joint (2) includes a nail (14) extending from one shank, an eccentric washer (15) embedded in the other shank which engages around the nail and a miniature motor (17) for rotating the washer (15) and the shank in which it is embedded. In other embodiments the electrically powered vibrator (5) include a piezoelectric transducer (8) arranged to connect a shank to one of the blades or an exciter coil (19) wrapped around a strut region made of a magnetostrictive material in one shank.