I use my embroidery Ginghers quite often when I'm piecing. Snipping apart chain pieced units, for example, or trimming the ending threads close. Clipping corners, curves. Almost never use my larger scissors. Mine are Fiskars, so very light. I've actually been looking at the larger Ginghers, but now you've brought up a good point - I probably wouldn't use them enough to make them worth it!