
Upper Hand Control is holding, not gripping the handle.
Find the "Sweet Balance Point" on your scissors each time you pick them up. They are designed to be used in a consistent method that allows the thumb to control the blades opening and closing movement while you are cutting.
The fingers are slightly bent at the first knuckle and resting on the handle. Only the small finger continuously pushes downward slightly on the finger rest. This pushes the handle softly upward to meet your relaxed fingers.


Practice Holding Your Scissors, Again
The scissors balance is evenly distributed across all your fingers. Now the fingers are balancing the weight, freeing the thumb to easily open and close the blades without any burden on the wrist. This method also prevents the finger ring blade from bobbling and provides a stable hand.
The small finger allows you to balance the scissors when pressing down lightly on the finger rest. Without a finger rest the scissors weight is automatically shifted to the thumb, and that will generate a negative reaction to apply resistance against the ring.
To find the scissors "sweet balance point,"no thumb is needed.
When opening and closing the blade, place as little thumb inside the ring hole as possible. It should be more of a touching of the thumb ring, not an insertion.
There should not be any scissor weight on your thumb or pushing against the ring. When opening and closing the blades, you will notice how smooth and effortless this action is.
Each time you pick up your scissors finding the "sweet balance point" should be instinctive, there is no rationale for the thumb affecting the scissors mobility until you start cutting hair.
