Great for work.
I got my pair of raptors a few months ago now and I can honestly say they are worth the money. Im a EMT in a fairly high call volume city and do a lot of trauma runs so my raptors get a lot of use. They have held up great to everything ive had to cut thought, everything from shirts to leather boots were cleared swiftly with these. I get the price is a bit of a shock to some people, but look at it this way, my agency has significant funding, I can go to supply and get as many $2 shears as I want, yet over half of our staff is carrying raptors on their belts, there's a reason for that.