OT: Where to buy quality kitchen scissors

Bill D · Mar 26, 2016

Off Topic: We need to buy some new general purpose scissors for the kitchen. Need to be stainless and decent quality. All I see are made in China with a riveted joint.
how do I tell if they are quality and where can I buy some good ones. office stores craft stores or what?
Fiskars are now made in China, seem like average weakly made plastic handles.
Bill D

cmccull166 · Mar 26, 2016

Mcmaster carr had quite a selection in the newer catalog

poway_bob · Mar 26, 2016

One word..... Cutco

John Welden · Mar 26, 2016

I'd get shun, cutco or Mac. They're all good and come apart for cleaning.

Limy Sami · Mar 26, 2016

Fiskars Scissors | Cutting tools for home & garden

Scottl · Mar 26, 2016

It might be worth looking online at Chef's Supply. They carry a lot of higher end stuff and probably have something made in Germany.

mdshunk · Mar 26, 2016

x3 on the Cutco. I'm on the same pair from 2 marriages ago.

Onepass · Mar 26, 2016

I'll bet that was a unusual divorce decree ; 'party of the first part gets sole custody of the children; party of the second part gets the scissors, as long as he doesn't run with them...'

dcsipo · Mar 26, 2016

Bill D said:
Off Topic: We need to buy some new general purpose scissors for the kitchen. Need to be stainless and decent quality. All I see are made in China with a riveted joint.
how do I tell if they are quality and where can I buy some good ones. office stores craft stores or what?
Fiskars are now made in China, seem like average weakly made plastic handles.
Bill D

Cutco is the best engineered pair of shears by a wide margin

Amazon.com: CUTCO Model 77 Super Shears still in the box from the factory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Carbon Stainless blades and black handles.: Cutco Cutlery: Kitchen & Dining

The Solingen crowd is pale in comparison, but still good.

Amazon.com: J.A. Henckels International Kitchen Shears: Cutlery Shears: Kitchen & Dining
Amazon.com: Wusthof 5558-1 Come-Apart Kitchen Shears: Cutlery Shears: Kitchen & Dining

do not buy from amazon, search for better prices.

dee
;-D

SIP6A · Mar 26, 2016

Iv'e got a pair of Wusthof which are of good quality. The pair I have were made in Germany, but looking at those CUTCO those are really nice.

Limy Sami · Mar 26, 2016

My apologies - I didn't know Fiskars were now made in China.

Another good brand down the globalisation crapper.

adama · Mar 26, 2016

Limy Sami said:
My apologies - I didn't know Fiskars were now made in China.

Another good brand down the globalisation crapper.

Only some of there models Sami only some!!!

mnl · Mar 26, 2016

I have a pair of these. I like them a lot.

Buy Inox Pro Stainless Steel Kitchen Scissors - Tojiro at Japan Woodworker

snowman · Mar 26, 2016

I've got a pair of henckels, and I like them enough.

If I need a different pair, I'd probably buy a set of miltex bandage scissors. Not the plastic handle....though those are damn good as well.

I carried a pair daily for four years and never even had to sharpen them. I cut everything that came along from bandages, skin, plastic, cardboard, whatever I needed. Even wires on occasion.

cellardoor7 · Mar 26, 2016

Cutco, really nice, price includes lifetime sharpening

John Welden · Mar 26, 2016

I think the Shun's are like $40. They're plenty good enough. You could buy two pair and still be cheaper than the Cutco.

Stihl290 · Mar 26, 2016

Harbor freight.

Kidding, you could ask a local restaurant to see what they use. Usually, the professionals tend to use high quality tools that are reliable and will last.

L Vanice · Mar 26, 2016

Forty or fifty years ago, I bought a Griffon brand (Italy) kitchen shears made of forged carbon steel with plating. It was kind of cheap but OK quality and I never used it much. Once I got married, SWMBO used it a lot and even cut herself with it a number of times.

She bought a set of Cutco knives before we married and we still use them. About ten years ago she bought a Cutco kitchen shears from the child of an old friend who was trying to be a Cutco peddler. She has tried it a few times and says the joint is too stiff. They are very well made otherwise, with probably wax cast stainless blades and plastic handles.

Last year, Amazon had a $6.95 deal on this: Amazon.com: Culina(R) Kitchen Scissors 8" Heavy-Duty Come-Apart S/S, Multipurpose: Kitchen & Dining I bought it and SWMBO can use them OK. It is very well made from stainless flat stock with molded plastic handles. Probably Chinese, but not marked on the shears. Good deal at the sale price.

Larry

dian · Mar 27, 2016

are you guys serious? $120 for a pair of small scissors? i have around 20 scissors around the house and shop, i get them for $2 and sharpen them myself if needed. if they come appart i forge them into something else.

cellardoor7 · Mar 27, 2016

What might you forge a broken pair of $2 scissors into?

We all know that cheap shitty tools exist, the OP asked for quality kitchen scissors.

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