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I really hope that "--->8---" catches on here as a way to quote an extract from something nicely :)

The actual size may change a lot depending on the font, but there’s a nice Unicode symbol for that:

——— <redacted> ———

Update: apparently HN doesn’t like some characters…

- 2700 Black Safety Scissors

- 2701 Upper Blade Scissors

- 2702 Black Scissors

- 2703 Lower Blade Scissors

- 2704 White Scissors

Oh that's neat, but I've no problem using the little emoticon style 8< or >8