How could he???
 

DSIL grabbed my 7" Karen Kay Buckley scissors (the purple handled ones) and cut the plastic ties on some decking material -- they were with some fabric scraps I was working with. He knows where I keep utility scissors -- they were about 3 steps away in a drawer. I tried them on fabric and they don't quite cut right -- sigh. I really love those scissors - guess I will put them on my Christmas list again.... (At least they are still made DH used a favorite pair of embroidery scissors to cut wire and I never could replace them.)

My question - is he still alive?

Time to buy locks and close around the end of the scissors.

Oh, Bad bad.

make him buy you a new pair. No reason to be that lazy.

Some people just don't have a clue!

What she said.

They can't be resharpened? If so, make him pay for the service.

He doesn't need to be strung up, his car keyed or run out of town........lol

Explain again that "your" scissors are off limits. And let it go.

Yes, make him buy you a new pair right now, not at Christmas. He should know the cost of ruining your favorite scissors.

My husband knows if they are not beige handles he is not allow to cut with them , of it means sudden death in out house.

When I read about how some here go bonkers over their scissors. I think of that Pace Picante sauce commercial.........about getting a rope.........lol

I'm with Chasing Hawk... why not just have him pay for the sharpening?

That's one of my biggest pet peeves! My kids have done that on more than one occasion. I feel your pain.

I agree - if he pays for his mistake then that is the best reminder not to repeat it.

Put a big label on saying do not touch.

I bought a pair of these and could not understand the big deal. Then found out they were defective. The new pair is wonderful😃 They can not be sharped due to the teeth. I agree he should pay for a replacement now.

There are some sharpening services that have the right tools to sharpen serrated blades. If you ask around at guild or LQS, you might find one. I have one in Chicago (Northwestern Cutlery) that does it, but it would cost $19 in shipping if you don't live in the area plus $3.50 to sharpen so at that point you may as well just get a new pair of scissors. The shipping cost is really only worthwhile if you are sending several knives/scissors out to be sharpened at once.

I would task him with finding a solution to your now dull scissors... especially since they were in your sewing space. I had to label all my scissors for a while until family members eventually learned the difference between sewing scissors, kitchen shears & paper scissors. Took waaaaaay too long for them to learn, if you ask me. :p But eventually they got the hint from all my "annoying" little labels telling them what's what.

My family never touched my scissors. Penalty was to terrible to face! My 11 yr old DGD has started sewing with me and I gave her my late mother's scissors. I told her to never cut anything but fabric with them. Her mother picked them up to cut something out of a magazine. Quick as a wink she screamed "Don't cut paper with my scissors. In fact, do not use my sewing scissors please."

I had a quilting friend who was here for a 'sew in' try to use my Gingher snips to open a package of snaps. She should have known better because she was a sewer. I was pretty upset. So now, when the ladies are coming I put away items that I really care about like my Gingher scissors. It saves hard feelings.

Micro serrated scissors can NOT be resharpened. Basically all they can do is rehone the scissors edge but in doing so they will remove the micro-serration which is the very thing that makes Karen's scissors so wonderful. Additionally, if he used them to cut plastic ties on some decking material I suspect he did more than damage the scissor's micro serrated cutting edge. These scissors are manufactured to cut fabric, not plastic. I suspect he did more damage to them torquing them to cut heavy plastic ties so they are probably no longer aligned properly any more. Make the SIL buy you a new pair now.

The 7 1/2 inch KB scissors are $19.99 online and you are waiting nine months for Christmas hoping you get a new pair? He didn't wait to ruin them.

you just can't teach some people. He would be buying me a pr of sissors TODAY.

My thoughts exactly!!

I agree! I had my house cleaner use my Gingher duck bill scissor cutting the threads off the roller on the vacuum. I tried to tell her to ask me for the Fiskars that have a very sharp point that would better than my Gingher. I started to hide my Gingher when she comes over now.

Right now! Don't wait for Christmas...

Mother's day is coming up!

My DH did that and he came home from work to find his classic car in the driveway and me standing there with the garden hose waiting to 'wash' it. He understood what I meant then and has never touched my sewing scissors again. Sometime, you have to get their attention.......

Don't wait for Christmas...go buy them now.

I am so sorry your good scissors are ruined! I hope this was just a male-no-thinking-thing and not a long term pattern of disrespect to you. I see a lot of passive/aggressive behavior in my world.

If the problem is the latter, you'll never be able to "tell him/make him" to get you a new pair.

If the former, perhaps a dangling fob on the end of your good scissors, for the next pair that you get, will provide a reminder to avoid using the scissors for anything but fabric.

My Husband would do something like that. The closest thing is what gets used. I keep my stuff in drawers, not out in sight.

What THEY said!

I've marked, with a Sharpie, either fabric or paper, on all my scissors. Solved the problem.

Oh my, tell him to start saving!! he should replace them since he now knows they were your good scissors!

My hubs, and family learned the hard way to keep their
hands off ALL my scissors.

I simple put a ribbon on the handles if they are "free to use"
NO ribbon means keep your paws off.

Why are you letting him get away with it? He ruined your perfect scissors - he owes you a new pair NOW. AND since you can't be using them until the new ones come in, he should also add something else to the order.

Oh my goodness folks... they are JUST scissors!

Nothing but nothing is worth having a hassle with my son in law over a $20 - $25 item.

I've used some things inappropriately in life and now so has he. We learn and maybe make the same mistake again but it is not earth scattering event in my opinion.

I've never understood the drama this repeatedly seems to cause. There are scissors in our house that cost lots of money and if they got ruined I'd be sad but not wanting to call out a lynching mob.

Hopefully you explained (possibly even for a 3rd or 4th time) about scissors, got an apology and hopefully he will replace them. If he was cutting decking material, was he there doing you a favor that would have cost you money if someone else did it? If your "good" scissors were "out" and not where he was use to seeing them, could he have thought they were the "everyday" scissors since he doesn't use/see them all the time?

Take a breath...there are far worse things in life.

Off my soapbox and back to the grindstone.

My idea exactly! Love it.

You do have valid points -

However - I would still be very irked - until I cooled off, anyway!

Go get his favorite tool and use it for say, chopping up concrete!! It's a valid response.. outside of a severe beating with a cast iron skillet.... OH and just put padlocks on all your scissors from now on. THAT should be a clue.

I agree with what others said make him buy a new pair and make him understand that anything yours is off limits for his use