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    Old 04-05-2012, 11:40 AM
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    I'm sold on Ginghers. I have about 5 pairs, one I've had for about 30 years, still very sharp. Next would be Fiskars, which is what I use when I don't want to risk my Ginghers. For DH, who just uses scissors for paper or other stuff, I buy the scissors from the dollar store, to keep him away from my good scissors.
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    Old 04-05-2012, 11:50 AM
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    I'll have to go home and count! I have a lot of fiskers, and a couple of another brand I can't remember. My mom has a pair of Ginghers, and I sigh whenever I use them, they feel so nice cutting through fabric, it's like I can feel the blades melting through each individual thread. I have a pair of really sharp tipped embroidery scissors that I love, I think they are a no-name brand. Next time I buy a pair of scissors, I'm going to get a really good quality, so I'll be interested to read everyone's thoughts on their brands.
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    Old 04-05-2012, 01:13 PM
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    Great quality scissors are not as expensive now as they use to be. It was hard to find Ginghers locally in most towns a few decades ago.
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    Old 04-05-2012, 01:29 PM
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    I probably have about 10 pair.
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    Old 04-05-2012, 01:36 PM
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    I love, love, love!! my Ginghers! and I have a bunch to prove it! I guess my favorite are the 5" knife edge ones....I have them at every sewing machine I have. I also have some from when I worked at the hospital...couple pairs of those are awesome. I use them to trim up embroidery designs. And I'm going, right now, to check out the new names I've seen mentioned on here...thanks guys, you're not only fabric enablers, now you're into the hardware too?????
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    Old 04-05-2012, 01:47 PM
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    Hmmm.....when I read this I thought only of shears initially. I felt guilty because I have two pairs. You all are making me feel better!

    But...I also have a pair of small Fiskars at every machine and my ironing board. I use them for snipping threads. I think I have 5 pairs of those. I have Gingher pinking shears. I also have left handed scissors I keep for if my DIL is here. Then, of course, there are the kitchen scissors, the paper scissors and the scissors for cutting hair. I forgot my rag quilt snips!

    Hmm...I think I am around 20 pairs plus the little suture scissors that I never know where will turn up. My DIL is a surgeon and she frequently drops them off in places around the house she thinks need them!
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    Old 04-05-2012, 02:17 PM
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    I have 3. A cheapy for cutting paper, 8" Gingher and another thread snipper made by Gingher. That's it.
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    Old 04-05-2012, 02:27 PM
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    Gingher, Dovo and Fiskars are the brands I have...some by my sewing machine, some in my sewing bags, 8", 5", 3", shears, applique scissors, embroidery scissors...have a pair for everything.Most for fabric and threads, some for paper. Have never counted, but probably have at least 20 pair.
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    Old 04-05-2012, 03:02 PM
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    I have several Fiskar's and hate them. I've sharpened them and still they don't cut. I just bought a Gingher's for applique and love them so far. My pinking shears are about 100 years old (I think they were my mother's!) and are awful. I have one other, don't know what it is, but it is useless also.
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    Old 04-05-2012, 03:08 PM
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    I must say, my Ginghers are the favorites. I have about 5 pair of them...maybe 20 pair of fiskars in different sizes for different uses, all the way from nippers to snippers and everywhere inbetween. I also have a few off brands, but go back to the best and 2nd best.I did just buy a new pair of OLFA's for applique' with the 5" blades and the large finger openings. I think I really like them. They were advertised in some of the quilting magazines and I got them a lot cheaper from ebay. I also got my Gingher curved embroidery scissors from ebay. I think I have 3 pair if pinkers as well and a pair of electics and electic pinkers...don't really like either one of them, so I go back to the good old manual ones.
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