I always keep an old pair of cheap scissors handy to open envelopes, cut paper, open packages, etc. in the living room for anyone to use for anything they want. When they get too dull to use any more I throw them out Since the fit I threw at our son for cutting gasket material with my sewing scissors no one in my house would dream of using my sewing scissors for anything at all. I probably have a shoe box full of scissors of one kind or another. I'm not picky about brand, just so they cut nicely.