Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/351 - The Entangled Scissors/Solution

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 * The Entangled Scissors
 * Here is an old puzzle that many readers, who have forgotten to put on the string, will be glad to see again.

Solution

 * Slacken the string throughout so as to bring the scissors near the hand of the person holding the end.
 * Then work the loop shown at the bottom of the diagram backwards along the double cord.
 * Make the loop follow the double cord throughout, in and out through the fingerholes, until it is completely free of the scissors.
 * Then pass the loop right round the points of the scissors and follow the double cord backwards.
 * The string will then, if you have done this right, detach itself from the scissors.