Thanks Jan for the link to Gingers. I had forgotten about that. I have my grandmas pinking shears. Not sure what happened to them but they won't cut anything. I'm not sure how old they are but if grandma was still alive she would be 114 years old.
I have a cheap scissor sharpener I bought at Wal Mart that I use on all of my cheap scissors. They do a good job. I am afraid to try them on my good scissors.
I have always been told that cutting paper dulled scissors. I'm not sure if it is true or not. I save a couple of nicked up rotary cutter blades to use for cutting paper and other things like that. They worked great for cutting the rubber mats for my sons tool box.