Shears for rod material

Shears for dividing and cropping rod-shaped work material which is moving in a longitudinal direction, comprising two paraxial blade shafts driven in opposite directions and a blade holder rigidly secured to each blade shaft, and having therein at least one substantially plate-shaped blade, each blade having a cutting edge which is formed by a side face and a front face inclined at an acute angle thereto and which projects radially beyond the respective blade holders such that the cutting edges orbit along two circular paths which overlap slightly, the blades being secured to their respective holders so that in all positions of orbit the two clearance angles of the two blades located upstream of the cutting edges at the entry side are substantially equal to one another and the two clearance angles located downstream of said cutting edges at the delivery side are substantially equal to one another, such clearance angles being the angles formed between the longitudinal axis of the work material and the side or front faces of the blades, as the case may be.