I have two pairs for sewing plus two smaller ones for snipping thread, etc, one pair for cutting hair and four in the kitchen drawer including shears that will cut bones or dowels or wire etc., and a couple DD can use for paper and crafts. Plus one small pair in my purse that was part of a set I bought when I first lived on my own @ 18 (38 years ago), I still have the sewing scissors from that set, and a pair of antique pinking shears that I no longer use.