I have never understood why we have scissors with magnetized blades. It is so frustrating to pick up a pair of scissors and find half of everything on the sewing table stuck to them! I lost an earring once, and found it a couple of days later, stuck to my sewing scissors! I have a magnetic "wand" I use to pick up pins and needles around my sewing area, and that is enough. When I pick up my scissors to cut something and find an extra pressure foot or a bunch of pins stuck to the blades, it makes me bonkers. Anybody else get frustrated with these things? I guess they serve a purpose for some, but I have never adjusted to them......

I never heard of magnetic scissors

I have never had magnatized scissors but I can see where they would be very irratating. I dont use magnets of any kind around my Baby Lock Elegante because of the computers.

i have never heard of magnatized scissors either...i can sure see why they would be aggrivating though...i have a computerized machine and keep all magnets away from me sewing room, i can not afford to replace my machine's (brain)

I don't have a computerized sewing machine, but I have wondered if those who do, have ever bought these scissors, not knowing they had magnetic blades. I have several pair of scissors, and all but one are magnetized. I don't use them anywhere near my computer.

Never heard of therm! What would be the point?

Another dunce cap moment for me- what is the reason they are magnetized???

I assume the magnet scissor blades are meant to be used to pick up pins and needles, but it sure gets frustrating when you pick up the scissors to cut, and find pins or whatever stuck to the blades. I have a pair of Gingher Dressmaker scissors that do not have the magnetic blades, and I treasure them, but don't like to use them for thread snipping.

Never heard of magnetic scissors and would be afraid to use them anywhere near a computerized machine

My parents use to magnetize them on purpose!

I have one pair and almost never use them for the reasons you stated. They are a pain.

i have one pair of small scissors that has somehow become magnetized but they didn't start that way.

odd and - yes - annoying. :lol:

I always find my pins stuck, i just thought all scissors came that way!!!! lol Lace

I have thought about this thread a lot today. When I was changing the needle in my machine I laid the screw driver down. I had put it in the tray that had my straight pins in it. When I picked the screw driver up it looked like a porcupine because THE SCREW DRIVER IS MAGNETIZED!!!!!!!!!!!
I know some screw drivers are magnetized but I hadn't thought to be sure the ones I use on my sewing machine are not. Could they magnetize the scizzors?
I have now put in an order to head of household for a set that is not magnetized. /Regards, Dorothy

I have one of the magnitized pin holders---Grabbit, I think it's called. I laid my scissors down unknowingly on the pin holder, now they're magnetized. I don't know how to de-magnetize them again.

Computerized machines have a shield so magnet pin holders and such won't faze them at all. I'm did what stitchhappy did, left my small scissors on a pin holder but it went away after a time. I have never seen magnetized scissors for sale.

I spoke to consumer services with the company that makes my scissors. They do not magnetize the scissors at the factory, They become magnetic after they leave the factory, either in the shipping, in the stores, or most often in the home. After reading some of your posts, I am sure you already knew they can become magnetic after you get them in your home, but I actually remember buying one pair of my scissors, taking them home, and noticing them to be magnetic immediately. I can't explain how they got that way.

On the other hand, my other scissors that are magnetic probably got that way in my sewing room, because I didn't notice it for a while. It just seemed over a period of time, I started to notice they were magnetized as well. I don't use those as often, so it took a while to see.

Regardless of how my scissors became magnetized, it is really frustrating to use them around pins and needles, and I sometimes even find an attachment stuck to them! I am keeping my one pair of scissors that are not magnetic, away from those "contagious" ones!