Comments on: Choosing embroidery and fabric scissors

By: amberley

amberley — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:27:57 +0000

In reply to Cheryl Cracknell. Hello Cheryl, you can purchase scissor sharpeners for this! Fiskars sell one and you might be able to find them in your local haberdashers'. Some haberdashers' will offer a scissor sharpening service so it's worth asking!

By: Thelma Russell

Thelma Russell — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:01:18 +0000

The worst ones for me are the storks – the handles are thin, which makes them hard to pick up from a flat surface. Smalll scissors with fairly chunky handles are much easier,
In larger scissors, I love the Fiskars spring loaded ones with neoprene handle covers. Sadly, they don’t seem to be made any more, but I managed to get a new pair on ebay recently.

By: Cheryl Cracknell

Cheryl Cracknell — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:07:37 +0000

How can you sharpen scissors? I bought a pair of Fiskars for cutting out fabric, and after a few uses cut through a pin holding the pattern to the fabric. OOO! They are useless now, they will only cut a very short length!

By: Elaine H Millar

Elaine H Millar — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:22:19 +0000

Kai scissors. They are simply the best. So sharp and they stay that way.

By: Ann Holmes

Ann Holmes — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:41:51 +0000

Has anyone used Dr Slick scissors for fine embroidery. They are pointed, straight or curved , incredibly sharp and a dream to handle and use. ( my husband introduced me to Dr Slick scissors many years ago. He purchased them for the fine intricacies of fly tying ) I understand Dr Slick was/ is a Dr who tied flies for fishing, could not find scissors suitable so developed his own. There is a website. Having spent many years ‘handling’ theatre grade surgical scissors these are superior to the Ernest Wright scissors mentioned in an earlier comment.

By: Marta Brysha

Marta Brysha — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 02:57:04 +0000

I haven’t had the privilege of trying the Ernest Wright scissors, but all other embroidery scissors I have tried cannot compare to Dr Slick Razor Scissors. Designed for fly-tying these scissors are the sharpest I have ever tried. They are not cheap at AUD 60, but they are the best for very fine work with silk. You do have to be careful if working with a fine silk ground because they will readily puncture a ground pulled taught on a frame.

http://www.drslick.com/catalog/view_item/scissors/razor

By: Emma Gerrard

Emma Gerrard — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:13:44 +0000

I wouldn’t be without my Ernest Wright embroidery scissors, the points are sharper than any others I have used, worth every penny

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:27:09 +0000

Kai scissors are the best in my book. They hold their sharpness. The small curved embroidery scissors are great for all handwork.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:37:40 +0000

I love my thread snips. When I’m doing free-motion embroidery, I have them clamped in my palm ready to snip threads. Much quicker than scissors. But I’ve recently bought some long curved embroidery scissors and I don’t know how I’ve managed to do without them for all these years!

By: Kandace Thomas

Kandace Thomas — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 03:53:30 +0000

I have used the Fiskar scissors mentioned by Aran Illingworth for a very long time. I lost my original pair purchased about 1995 and replaced it about ten years ago. I found the original pair and both continue to snip threads just fine. They are also quite easy to grip.