Many boot makers have strong feelings about using scissors; my mentor Jay Griffith wouldn’t allow scissors in his shop, not even to cut threads. I use scissors for some tasks and knives for others, but to demonstrate that I’m equally proficient with both I cut one of the flowers on the right with a knife and one with scissors. I will say that cutting the little inside flower-shaped hole with scissors is not ideal. For the larger pile I’ll do it as I normally do — I’ve cut out all the flowers shapes with scissors and I’ll cut the inside holes with the knife.