Timeline for Are these fabric scissors?
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| Jun 7, 2021 at 15:26 | comment | added | Chris H | @Willeke there's paper and paper, i.e. cutting out patterns on fairly thin paper is far from hacking away at kids' craft projects or the cardboard templates I use making bike luggage. | |
| May 23, 2021 at 16:09 | comment | added | Willeke | My mother would cut fabric, the paper pattern she used for sewing and our hair with this pair of scissors, but when it got a bit dull she would only cut fabric. And that helped. After about 40 years she replaced it with a new pair but the old pair got used as general pair and it is still good enough for fabric. As long as you are sensible in what you cut, no metal and not too hard plastics. | |
| May 23, 2021 at 15:54 | comment | added | csk | @Willeke That's an excellent point, but a good pair of fabric scissors can be dulled by using it to cut paper, or it can get nicks in the cutting edge. I've never actually had a pair sharpened, but I've definitely seen scissor sharpening services advertised at quilt shows. I don't know how effective it is, but I think it would be worth having a decent pair sharpened to get rid of the dull spots. | |
| May 23, 2021 at 15:42 | vote | accept | Bernie2436 | ||
| May 23, 2021 at 5:53 | comment | added | Willeke | Good scissors, used only for fabric, do not need sharpening. My mother bought a pair of Singer scissors with her sewing machine 65 years ago and they are still sharp. But drop a pair on their points and you can throw them out, ruined beyond hope on repair. | |
| May 23, 2021 at 2:12 | history | edited | csk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 23, 2021 at 2:04 | history | answered | csk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |