Depends on what for. I love my short pointy ginghers for snipping threads and using like a seam ripper. But for sewing shears i love the ones that come in the IKEA sewing kit. The whole kit is about $15 and also has a needle threader, thread snippers, taylors chalk, pibs and etc. Also good are the IKEA 3 pack. 2 short and one long for about $3 and all good scissors.