I had a big shop with 6 employees doing rag rugs. Scissors were always gone. The main seamstress tied her pair to the sewing machine. I bought 6 new pairs and permanently numbered them. I try to make a note of WHERE WAS IT WHEN I FOUND IT FINALLY.....and the answer was in the dying room where we dyed the fabric. Often times we would find two pairs of perfectly good scissors together!!!! in the same place. I just figured it was mating season.