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Fed up with buying crap quality scissors that go blunt or break so want to buy some better ones. General household and kitchen usage, don't need to be artisan stuff just something that'll stay sharp and last.
Anything with Sheffield written on them.
We've got these at home, they've been well used for a good couple of years and are standing up well. Maybe not going to be a life long purchase, but at the price that's OK and they aren't showing any signs of needing replacement yet. Previous scissors have all failed at the handle loops, these are decent. Would buy again, and recommend too.
https://www.johnlewis.com/joseph-joseph-powergrip-kitchen-scissors/p3959298
How hard are you sessioning your scissors? Can't think I've ever broken some or had any real problem with them going blunt.
We have some from Pro Cook - they're good at cutting, comfortable.
I broke the last pair of kitchen scissors cutting the dork disk off a bike 🤣 🤣
Fiskars, with the distinctive orange handles
I just go tot he hardware shop in town and biy the sheffiled made (black handled steel jobs).
Abou the same cost as those Joseph + Josephs without being plastic tat (my experience of joseph + joseph in general)
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They seem to vanish in this house, don't break. MrsF is keen sewer/knitter, and she has sewing scissors, you get shot if you use them. God knows where the cheap ones keep going. Jus tone pair that stays in the kitchen would be handy. Ikea ones are fine.
MrsF is keen sewer/knitter, and she has sewing scissors, you get shot if you use them.
Ha, my mum was the same. No way would I have borrowed the dressmakers scissors!
To be fair i am pretty bloody protective of mysewing scissors!
They seem to vanish in this house, don't break. MrsF is keen sewer/knitter, and she has sewing scissors, you get shot if you use them. God knows where the cheap ones keep going. Jus tone pair that stays in the kitchen would be handy. Ikea ones are fine.
In answer to the problem of losing them, these sort that for a fiver
https://www.procook.co.uk/product/colourpro-scissors-blue
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My fav threads on stw are people posting about fancy things that I didn't know could be fancy.
https://www.ernestwright.co.uk/
I bought some of these as a gift and I wanted to keep them
No idea if they are as good nowadays, but we have 3 pairs of Ikea kitchen scissors, all bought at same time in early 00s . Admittedly pair we use in the kitchen are starting to blunt now. Those I keep in the garage can still cut up old inner tubes or cloth for rags. The other, pair kept for family use and mostly cutting up wrapping paper , sellotape and string or kids school projects are good as new.