This heading includes :
(1) Paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners (including pocket type) and blades therefor, but not pencil sharpening machines of heading 84.72. (2) Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments, including nail files (folding or not). Such instruments also include nail cleaners, corn-cutters, corn-extractors, cuticle cutting knives, cuticle pressers and pushers, nail nippers and clippers. Manicure or pedicure sets usually contain such instruments in boxes, cases, etc., and may include scissors, non-metallic nail polishers, hair removing tweezers, etc., which, taken separately, would be classified in their appropriate headings. (3) Hair clippers, hand-operated, non-electric. Electric hair clippers with self-contained electric motors are classified in heading 85.10; mechanical clippers for animals, usually mounted on a stand and equipped with a flexible transmission, are classified in heading 84.36. The heading covers not only the spare parts of hair clippers of this heading, but also cutting plates and heads for the mechanical clippers of heading 84.36. (4) Butchers' or kitchen choppers, cleavers, and mincing knives. These articles do not have the normal shape of a knife, and may be designed for use with one or both hands.
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