I like my KAI the best, you can order off th.e lnternet. I have the ginger but they are too heavy

Hancock's Fabric use to have the KAI scissors. When they closed shop here and had the going out of business sale I bought a package set of small kai scissors. They are good scissors especially for detail cuts. I bought the Gingher and mondial scissors sets there too on the last day of the sale for 90% off! The owner was so mad at Hancock's he was practically giving notions away. The fabric that was not sold had to doused with black oil so no one could use it. That was Hancock's Fabric rule. How terrible to know the company would rather ruin the fabric instead of donating. May have been less of a tax deduction but so much more decent. I think about the hundreds of bolts being ruined whenever I go in one of the stores now.

I love Havel's.

WOW so many recommendations for Ginghers i will have to try them i have a whole drawer full of dull scissors. I have several friskars but they have dulled over the years they use to say free sharpning for life I checked the web site and they don't do that any longer.
thanks for the thread

Im a Gingher gal... and I use my fiskars for cutting paper, Insulbrite and Fusible- 2 different brands-that way i dont use my good scissors

Have 4 different types of Ginghers and love them all. Use Joann coupon to save!

I have used Ginghers for years. I recently got 3 styles of Kai brand. I love them. Can be found at www.kaiscissors.com

Other than my little scissors (which are shaped like a crane) that I keep by my machine, I rarely use scissors in my quilt room, so I'm not motivated to buy an expensive pair. So I have a good, but not terribly pricey pair of 8" Fiskars that I use only for fabric and they've stayed sharp and done a great job for over 5 years now without needing sharpened. I don't know what the brand is on the little pair, but they were a gift from my mom when I started quilting, so they are priceless to me. :)

I have mainly Ginghers, a couple of Clovers, some Dovo (for applique), and some Fiskars for paper. I also have some Havels and a pair of Kais.

I'm also a Gingher gal!! I've had mine for a very long time. The last time I was at a quilt show, they had scissor sharpening and I had them done. Hard to find someone to sharpen scissors well!