Gingher 8” Knife Edge Bent Dressmaker Shears

I ordered 2 gingher brand fabric scissors and received 1 ginger in perfect shape and 1 fiskar in really bad shape. The blades don't come together to cut anything and they are extremely dull although they can be sharpened but the two blades are incredibly lose. I tried tightening them but they are tightened as far as they can go. The real problem stems from receiving what I didn't order. I thought I was getting 2 gongher shears. I like ginghers and only buy them for fabric. I am disappointed that someone would put fiskar shears in a gingher box when they don't even fit the box very well and sell them as this description - 2 of Gingher 8-Inch Knife Edge Dressmaker's Shears Sold by: Warehouse Deals, Inc. Return eligible through Jan 31, 2019 $18.19 Condition: Used - Like New - Item will come in original packaging Not good. I guess they are going back. I'm giving the seller a 2 because 50% of what I ordered was perfect. But the fiskars are completely wrong. If I wanted fiskar scissors I would have ordered fiskars. I would like another pair of shears but I want ginghers this time. I love gingher shears. They are the best. I am a professional seamstress and that is what I use. I guess I'm just amazed that a seller would swap a product out like that and not tell you. Especially in such such poor condition. These fiskar scissors were in terrible shape but described as "like new ginghers". 11 people found this helpful

I should be very clear as to how I've been using these scissors. I've been using them in my kitchen as kitchen shears, but I also use them to open packages. If you are cutting through fabric right now and this is your only intended use for these, then you do not know of the power that sits in your palm at this moment, my friend. Also, I think it is worth saying that I could not find any charming kitchen shears on Amazon, and these are much more beautiful than my previous kitchen shears, which are burried in some Alaskan landfill hopefully very far away. -Powerful -Minimal drag -No air resistance -With the right technique, one can cut through the very fabric of time and space -...and also one's finger

I used the previous copy of this shears for 20 years, then the nut holding the screw fell out and got lost. I bought a new on to replace it and then I replaced the nut on the old copy. Now I have two. I am impressed with the durability and comfort of the shears. I also did not keep the old one very well, used it as general purpose scissors, wire cutter and sometimes put it in a dishwasher. The old one looks and feels like the new one with almost no rusting and only a slight dulling on the knife edge. The steel is excellent quality - the definitely outlived and out performed any other scissors.

Hi I wanted to post this in response to several posts that made me hesitant about my purchase. First in response to the plain no brand scissors, clearly this is commercially packaged and branded. Regarding the casing, it comes with your standard hard plastic blade cover that does not fall off. Fits firmly. I bought an expensive pair of scissors that came with a metal case velvet lining that I never used and pretty sure 1/3 the cost was for the case. The blade is sharp though not magical, it is what you would expect. Cut through a wad of canvas fabric rolled up fairly easy after the initial bite. Cuts fabric cleaning from throat to tip. My hands are six inches tall and 4 inches wide and I was able to get all 4 fingers into the lower wider handle hole, thought it was tight for the pinky. All this said, if you haven't discovered a roller blade to cut fabric you are missing out. Roller blades put scissors to shame when cutting fabric. It has been so long since I used scissors to cut my main fabric pieces that I can't remember where I hid those expensive scissors mentioned earlier. Now I am doing fabric flowers and the blade and smaller scissors can't get the job done. Hope this helps.