I must say, my Ginghers are the favorites. I have about 5 pair of them...maybe 20 pair of fiskars in different sizes for different uses, all the way from nippers to snippers and everywhere inbetween. I also have a few off brands, but go back to the best and 2nd best.I did just buy a new pair of OLFA's for applique' with the 5" blades and the large finger openings. I think I really like them. They were advertised in some of the quilting magazines and I got them a lot cheaper from ebay. I also got my Gingher curved embroidery scissors from ebay. I think I have 3 pair if pinkers as well and a pair of electics and electic pinkers...don't really like either one of them, so I go back to the good old manual ones.