I was dismayed one day to walk in to my kitchen and find my son cutting up raw chicken with my good scissors. Needless t say, they went in the trash after that. So I went out and purchased a new pair of Fiskars. Two months later, my left-handed daughter was cutting wrapping paper with them. She ended up taking them home with her since they worked better than any other scissors she's tried. I have since bought yet another pair and put the fear of God into my children! By the way, my children were in their early 30's at the time!! I didn't start quilting until they were either in college or out on their own.