I love Gingher scissors, I always kept a pair of Gingher snips beside my sewing machine, I also keep a little pair of the embroidery scissors in my sewing basket for when I'm hand sewing. I've had these for a really long time and still depend on them. My DH knows not to touch anything that doesn't have a colored handle.
I'd get a quilter these ones:
8" Gingher scissors
Gingher thread snips
Clover seam ripper
Gingher rotary cutter (from joanns- on sale)