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)
Sabatier Professional
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.
Fiskars, with the distinctive orange handles
I’ll second that. Used to use them in the studio and darkroom at a place I worked at some time ago, in fact I’ve still got a pair of the small ones that I used for cutting film and similar materials - woe betide anyone who took them without permission, and then used them for trying to cut thick card or wire! They’ve got such good blades that all you needed to do was start a cut then just push the scissors through the film or thin paper, although I avoided paper if possible, it blunts sharp edges very quickly.
I have got a pair of heavy duty kitchen scissors I bought from Wilco’s, very pointy blades with one edge slightly serrated, a toothed curved place for gripping stuck bottle tops, and a crown-top opener. They tend to get used for cutting dead stems and leaves in the garden, the blades can be separated for cleaning as well, which is very handy, they’d probably be the best option for everyday use.
If you search on Amazon for heavy duty kitchen shears with detachable blades you’ll find these, and plenty of variations on them.
Oxo goodgrips
Wusthof
Had them about ten years and they've been brilliant, cant fault them (they were 'only' about £50 when I bought them though , rather than the £89 they are now😳 Don't lose them and they'll be ethe last pair you'll need though)
Also got some Snap On ones in the tool box, nowhere near as good, I'd take the Wusthof every time.
Scissors are yet another part of the Great Conspiracy led by the right handed illuminati.
Hateful things. I use my teeth.
Fiskars, with the distinctive orange handles
Thirded.
5 years in. Still not blunt. Easier to find as nothing else in the kitchen drawers is orange.
Fiskars, with the distinctive orange handles
Thirded.
5 years in. Still not blunt. Easier to find as nothing else in the kitchen drawers is orange.
Fourthed. I have a mini folding pair that I take on trips as they are loads better than leatherman or SAK scissors.
Fiskars, with the distinctive orange handles
These are great, sharp, last for ages and easy to find in the kitchen drawer.
Kitchen Devils were a good buy and a reasonable price as well.
For general kitchen duty, there are good suggestions up thread - for anything more heavy-duty, something like this is good:
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/scissors/0487135
Using heavy-duty scissors for the tougher jobs means the kitchen scissors will last much longer. Also, learn to sharpen them, only buy ones that can be dismantled and adjusted. Never use sewing scissors for anything other than fabric and thread, especially if they are your partners!
Yet another vote for orange handled Fiskars/Wilkinson Sword scissors, these are 35+ years old and still the best in my house.
I stole them (by mistake) from a Saturday job when I was 16
Scissor suggestions in the post above about engineer tools
At the cheap end, these are really very good. Cut well, keep an edge... I've got a couple of sets, some in the car toolkit, some for general diy and stuff, some for the kitchen so some of those have been absolkutely brutalised, IIRC I broke one doing something completely stupid like cutting a car fuel hose with them but other'n that they've been great.
I used to live with a girl who cut up her pizza into slices with scissors.
Takes all sorts.
Scissors are yet another part of the Great Conspiracy led by the right handed illuminati.
Hateful things. I use my teeth.
You do realise that scissors are available for left-handed people…? I’d truly like to see a video of you using your teeth on some of the things I use scissors to cut!
File under cautionary tales.
I used to live with a girl who cut up her pizza into slices with scissors.
Takes all sorts.
So did I, Joey had seen someone on tv or something using scissors to cut up a pizza - she soon got used to the idea of me using a proper pizza cutter; a lot easier to clean afterwards.
I'm a bit of a scissor geek. We have my workroom shears - (Wilkinson sword) and snipping scissors (I'm a professional soft furnisher) tucked away in the workroom, never to be used on anything but fabric.
We have 2 pairs of parcel type small scissors for wrapping gifts and cutting paper (just from a local hardware shop).
Then we have 4 pairs in the kitchen. The best is Sheffield stainless steel and very old (for cutting up meat/off bacon rind. The others are decent quality for opening packs and snipping.
Victorinox make decent quality scissors at a decent price.
We have 2 pairs of parcel type small scissors for wrapping gifts and cutting paper (just from a local hardware shop).
I sometimes use scissors, but I find these things easier to use:
The workshop guys used them for trimming the masking sheets they put on cars prior to going into the paint spray booths. I used them for trimming excess from the backing sheet on vinyl graphics when I was working on school of motoring cars - the shiny silver dots are magnets, so I could just toss the cutter at the car and it would stick when I was using both hands to move the decal around. They’re great for trimming and cutting wrapping paper, I use them all the time.
I fold the paper where necessary, then just slide the cutter along the fold.
I usually just buy fiskars at a reasonable price and keep a sharpener in the scissor draw for when the kids inevitably use them to cut through something like wood, or aluminium sheet (don't ask).
I have some expensive ones for beard and hair trimming. That the kids don't use.
Added bonus is that i can pick fiskars up anywhere.
So, in the unlikely event anyone cares, I did what I always end up doing and buying 2 pairs, a pair of Fiskars and a pair of Sabatier Professional. These should do the job for general household and kitchen duties.