The scissor (pl. scissores) was a type of Roman gladiator. Very little is known about scissores besides the name, which means 'cutter, cleaver, render' (from scindo).[citation needed]
German historian and experimental archaeologist Marcus Junkelmann has speculated, based on a possible image of a scissor, that this type of gladiator fought using a weapon consisting of a hardened steel tube that encased the gladiator's entire forearm, with the hand end capped off and a semicircular blade attached to it. A handle inside the tube might have allowed the gladiator to maintain control in the heat of battle. This weapon might have been both deadly and versatile; the gladiator could use his protected arm to block his opponent's blows and quickly counterattack, the shape of the blade being such that even the slightest touch could cause a serious wound.[1]