Gingher's are GREAT! And I believe they are still 40% off at Joann's for the moment. That, their rotary cutters and the big Olfa mats. :) So At that savings I would say to get the Gingher dress shears and then a pair of their small embroidery scissors. That's just my opinion though. :)

Here's what I have and they are on a GREAT sale! :)

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd12802

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd31916

So you'll be spending around $34 plus tax but it's a great deal for these scissors. :)

I still use my first pair of Fiskars, purchased in the early 70's when I sewed all my own clothes. They have never been sharpened and still are my first choice for fabric cutting. I have added other Fiskars as I find them on sale because I like to have several backups.

I like Kai for scissors and shears.

http://www.kaiscissors.com/category.php?category_id=50

I like Fiskars, they come in all sizes from nippers to shears. They also sell a small sharpener (I got mine from Amazon) that keeps them amazingly sharp. I even used it to rescue a pair of scissors that my mother in law used to cut ribbon with wire embeded in it.

I just bought a pair of Fiskar scissors that say they are the sharpest scissors around. I love them. They are a little more expensive than the regular Fiskars but well worth the money.

I have a pair of Ginghers that my parents gave me for Christmas when I was a teen, I'm 54 now. I have bought two more pair since then. I give them as gifts also.
They cost a bit, but Joanns has a sale on them every once in awhile. Or you can use one of their coupons, 40-50% off sometimes. Makes them more reasonable. If you can wait put them on your Christmas/birthday list. With the years of wear you get out of them, they are well worth the price.

Try on Ebay. I got some Ginghers very reasonably. You have to be patient & shop but it can be done.

I like my Ginghers. I have some little Gingher snips that my mother bought me about 40 years ago. They're still sharp as can be.

P. S. This website has good prices on sewing supplies:

http://www.jhittlesewing.com/sewing/catalog.php

I have 2 pairs of the Fiskars soft touch 8-inch scissors, and also the 4-inch soft touch. I find these easy to handle with my arthritic hands, and can be used either left or right handed. I also have several pairs that friends have given me - one pair was even gold plated, but it was too heavy. I was using Weiss scissors until they came up with the softtouch.