Family is gathered around grandpa in this exact situation. He raises his head off the pillow and squints around the room.

That you, Bill?
Yes, dad, it's me.
Is Carol here?
Yes, I'm here dad.
Jimmy? Sally? Are they here too?
Yes dad, the kids are here.
Is Walt here?
Yeah dad, I'm right here.
You're all here?
Yes, we're all here dad.
Everybody's right here?
Yes, dad.

Then why is the goddam kitchen light still on???

So I am definitely the odd person in the sewing world who cuts everything with my scissors. I’ve been a sailmaker for 30 years and we cut paper, Mylar, Kevlar, carbon fiber, fabric (of course), rope, tape, adhesives, you name it. I’ve been using the same pair for 20 of those 30 years as well. We do get them sharpened but not all the time.

Dyneema is the one thing that will mess up your scissors though. My buddy at work had a dull spot on his that wouldn’t sharpen from dyneema webbing. We ended up getting a special pair for that and Kevlar, with micro serrated teeth.

I will say though that a person’s scissors are sacred, you don’t touch another sailmakers pouch and tools. What they do with them is their business, use your own tools.

Whats the deal with fabric scissors? Do they break when used on other things?

Well don't leave them where they are accessible in cutting things that aren't fabric.

Or maybe keep them with your fabric things.

Or maybe get a whetstone like your grandma did, grandma

on the one hand, other people should respect your shit.

On the other hand, you should know better. I'm usually against victim blaming, but if the scissors that are the easiest to find are your fancy expensive ones, then what did you expect.

The best way to protect your fabric scissors is to ensure that other scissors are more easily available to the idiots who'd wreck yours without a second thought. This also means keeping track of the shitty tools you never use because they exist purely to keep others away from your good shit.

I've been on the receiving end of this, and I've learned from it. I like candles, and have lived with potheads most of my adult life. Lighters go missing faster than I can buy them. Now i keep an electric lighter that can't be used for smoking but can be used as a taser.