lindaschipper

Years ago when my daughter was in high school she had some friends over...no problem. Until I walked into the kitchen and found one girl standing at the sink cutting up an aluminum Coke can with my good sewing shears!!! She just wanted to see how sharp they were!!!! They soon became my kitchen scissors. Wonder if she remembers this??

citruscountyquilter

I too grew up with the theory that anything but cloth dulled scissors and as such we were not to touch my mother's sewing scissors. My husband on the other hand grew up that it was fine to cut anything with any scissors. It was so hard to break him and later my kids of this. They always had the reasoning that they didn't know those were my sewing scissors. I finally tied a yellow ribbon on the handle and to this day the scissors with the ribbon on them are mine and need to be left alone no matter where anyone sees them in the house. Since there is now no question as to which scissors are my sewing scissors there is no longer a problem with them getting used for other things.

Aurora

It actually has nothing to do with the question, or the answer. The fact is they are my scissors and there is no reason why anyone other than myself should ever be using them.

Onebyone

The die cutting machines uses blades much like scissor blades. It takes years for a die to become dull cutting all types of paper.

celwood

I took a class from Anita Grossman and she said that it does not matter

Bubbie

This has ALWAYS been the rule. I don't think it was the paper that was so bad for our scissors, but all the OTHER stuff that gets cut along with the paper. I have seen the little plastic line from tags, take a DENT out of scissors. Also when someone picks up your scissors to cut someones bangs (you can end up with gunk on your scissors), hair products can make your scissors sticky. Cardboard (is a paper), but it will dull your scissors. So the RULE still stands in my house.

oldtnquiltinglady

ANYONE in my family who picks up a pair of scissors in my house for something they are working on, ALWAYS comes to find me to see if that is a pair of MY sewing scissors. And my children, by way of osmosis (I guess), have their OWN special pair of scissors in their homes. I must have made an impression on them at some point in my life, but I can't remember when it was specifically.

AZ Jane

Snopes gets their info from the internet like everyone else.

materialgrl

I think it matters,because what they MAY cut my scissors. If I say don't touch my scissors, I'm protecting them from the potential of being abused.I have fiskars all over the house for whatever else they need to cut, my ginghers are off limits to everyone but me.

BettyGee

I've heard that too, that paper, etc. will not dull your fabric cutting scissors. My fabric scissors are for fabric and may Heaven help anyone that uses them for anything else. Talk about dramatic, I'm with Sandra P on this and I don't care what anyone says. I'm 74 years old, have been sewing for fifty plus of those years and my mom told me fabric scissors are for fabric and don't use them for anything else. I've done that and it has served me well.