I was NOT a smart child, and i managed to damage a pair of these by cutting the cord on a plugged in device. But otherwise yeah, they last forever!
Wow! That's shocking!
:)
Well, I'm sure you're not the only child to ever do that.
One might say it was a shear heart attack.
Never done it with Scissors, but have done is twice with linemans pliers, they blew out ~1/4"Ø hole centered on the cutting edges.
It was a little bit too exciting. How did your childhood pants fair?
Done this with same result.
I'm surprised you weren't even more damaged!
Most of Fiskars scissors have a plastic-covered (orange) handle. Ones that don't have them are very rare. And yes, when you see them there's no way to tell whether they were made in the 1980's or in 2020's, because they will work the same and look the same either way.
These werent Fiskars, i think they were another brand listed in another comment (Gingher?) And solid metal sewing shears 😅
Ok, that's a shocking thing to hear indeed!
Yeah, apparently it made a pretty solid notch in the blade. My survival of early childhood borders on impressive, they knew my mom by name in the ER
when I was a kid we'd dip a butter knife in the swimming pool and pull a mains powered plug out of the socket half way and take turns touching the wet knife to the prongs. we'd then discuss how your muscles would lock up and you couldnt pull the knife away
Forgery is a crime. You should buy real scissors.
on the topic of good scissors i can really suggest this german brand ZWILLING.
my mom still has a pair she inherited from her granddad and she’s in her 70s
Those are really nice shears. I have a affinity for all-stainless steel kitchen tools.
If I needed new kitchen shears I'd consider those.
the categorisation as kitchen shears is a bit weird, but they have all sorts of scissors and shears on there.
The bottle opener integrated into the handle is probably why the op assumes they are kitchen shears.
Plus your link is to "kuechenscheren" which translates from the german to "kitchen scissors".
That's the name we use in the US for kitchen scissors.
Do you use the word scissors for some other kind of tool?
Usually, we seem to call ones that cut softer material scissors. "Craft scissors" "hairdresser scissors"
If it cuts material that's more substantial, we'll call them shears.
"Kitchen shears" "garden shears" "metal shears"
Fiskars scissors in general are some of the highest quality shit you can get for reasonable price
You're right, now that I think about it, I also have a garden basket and watering can that's also Fiskars.
People also praise their splitting axes. Apparently they have a really good warranty.
Yeah their axes are also really nice
The sharpening for these is particularly easy because you only really have to follow the angles that are already there. Even as a complete amateur I was able to bring new life to an old pair of Gingher scissors
It really is. Since the cutting edge is so obtuse it doesn't take a lot of work. The angle itself is close to 90°.
Yeah but then how does the stock of the company grow if people only need one?! Won't somebody please think of the shareholders?!
You can get a permanent reusable buy it for life scissors for each room. Confuses future archaeology but screw those people.
You can also get forged kitchen scissors. Great for vegetables. Tired of chopping (just about anything that fits in scissors)? Scissors!
I have some "stainless steel" kitchen shears that are not only all-metal, but also have the two halves come apart for cleaning. Unfortunately, the nut on the piece that forms the hinge axle is a different alloy than the rest that's less stainless, so that was a bit of a letdown. If it were welded on instead, it would've been perfect.
Perhaps you can replace the nut?
Yeah, I probably should. It's not that bad and I've got a looooot of stuff ahead of it on my to-do list, though.
Oh, hey a story I can actually chime in on with a story of my own. Back when I was like 10 or 11, I was getting serious about RC cars. And I needed a pair of 'scissors' that would be strong enough to cut plastic sheet. The hobby shop guy was like, well, we have this one pair of cutting shears that'll last you for life, but they're kinda expensive. They were $10 in 1980s dollars - I thought I was getting fucking robbed, but paid it because I needed them. I still have & use them, they rock (could use a sharpening at this point though). Made by Fiskars, which I see is the same as in OPs photo.
So yeah, I don't see Fiskars often here in the states, but when I do, I buy them if it's a tool I think I will want to keep. At this point, anything I buy from them will outlast me.
What stores carry these? I've looked for scissors at various local stores in the US and never saw this type.
Have you tried craft or hobby stores.
If there's a fabric section of a store they might carry these. I believe this style was originally used for cutting fabrics.
I don't remember the brand offhand, but Alec Steele did a video in which he showed (and participated in) the manufacturing of some of these.
Fiskars are fantastic. There's also a Japanese brand that I can't remember the name of that is also fantastic.
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