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11-11-2011, 06:59 PM

#11

It'sJustMe

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Join Date: Jul 2011

Location: SE PA

Posts: 360

For 8" shears, Ginghers are weighted well - well balanced in the hand. Never owned
a pair but that's because my Wiss from 1970 are still going strong.
Gotta say I love my 5" and 6.5" smaller Fiskars. They cut right to the tip and
have never needed to sharpen them.

11-11-2011, 07:06 PM

#12

Sheila_H

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Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Posts: 976

I use Fiskars and hide them from my DH he takes my scissors outside to open bags, get stuff I honestly was close to killing him this summer lol So he knows now my sewing box and my quilting area is off limits for scissor grabs. I like everyone else have a pair for fabric and another pair for paper and love these, I got them for 1/2 price at our local fabric shop this summer think I spent $10 for the set of 3.

11-11-2011, 07:19 PM

#13

Sunnie

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: Morgantown, PA area

Posts: 1,247

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeannieT

I splurged when JoAnn ran all scissors 50% off and got a great pair of Ginghers AND a great Fiskars set too! Well worth the money....but I leave "decoy" scissors laying out for DH to see when he comes in my sewing room thinking he needs to use my stuff....

Too funny, but I do the same thing. The good scissors are hidden.

12-10-2011, 05:52 PM

#14

nangars

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Join Date: Sep 2010

Location: California

Posts: 551

I have many pairs of scissors, one of my favorites in my Gingher's, sometime you can get a good deal on Ebay on them. Much better than even Joanne's with the coupon. I have all kinds of scissors, even have my original Swiss scissors that I got in the 50's. Have small and large ones. If you watch Ebay you can get the 8" for around $20 something. They are heavy scissors but they will last forever.