I don't have nearly the scissors all of you have. I have around 10-15 pair. My Gingher's I inherited from my sister I don't care for. They don't cut straight and they make me work to cut fabric. I buy good quality scissors from my LQS and I have two pair of pink/dark pink scissors (don't know the brand name) and they are my favorite. I just tried using my Gingher's yesterday for cutting and they swerve to the right. I don't think it's anything I'm doing because my other scissors work fine. I do have a pair of pinking Gingher scissors but haven't used them yet. But, I have some small Gingher scissors that work really nice. I guess it's only the large pair I have trouble with. And I don't know if they need sharpening. I don't know how much my sister used them.