Don't know about the hand size, but I have a pair of Case shears (sissors) that I got for $10 years ago at a hardware store. I can clean 65 doves an hour with them easy. I finally had to get a second pair to keep in the kitchen so I would always have a pair in my dove stool. My mother has a small pair of sissors that she got at an undertaker's convention. (long story) They will supposedly cut through a penny and would certainly fit smaller hands.