Originally Posted by
bearisgray
I remember that we used pinking shears to cut apart our school pictures to trade them with friends.
(1946-1959)
Also for cutting aup Christmas cards to turn them into gift tags.
Really not impressed with using pinking shears to "finish" seams any more. I think it gives clothing a very "home-made" look. Plus, after many washes the seam allowances fray eventually.
French seams, flat felled, bound, serged - all look nicer to me.
My Mom's pinking shears were pretty much off limits to me.
And how did one get them sharpehed?
I remember as a young child, sitting at the kitchen table cutting paper with my moms pinking shears. Spent hours at a time messing around with them.
We had a wonderful scissor and knife sharpening place in town for years, and the ownder did a wonderful job with sharpening, however, he closed up a number of years and no one has since replaced him or filled the niche.