Over 35 years ago I bought a pair of embroidery scissors -- they cost $20 which was a weeks worth of groceries. They had a very sharp point and would make a good cut with the point. They were not ginghers, but I don't remember the brand. DH borrowed them and cut speaker wire -- because they were the only thing he tried that had a fine enough tip to cut the wire. He promised me new scissors, but by the time we had saved to buy them the shop no longer carried the brand (too expensive). We are still married -- but I do remind him about the scissors when I find him rumaging in my sewing room.