quality scissors for shop work?

[steveo3002]

id like to upgrade to some premium branded scissors , general use around the garage

what are some good brands i can look at ?

 

[jakemac]

For good "gotta take care of them" scissors, WISS. Full stop.
For "where the hell are they ?" scissors, Fiskar.
For anything else, disposable Chinese junk.

 

[Cope]

I have several pair of vintage Wiss from the time they were good scissors. Mine are mostly the straight handle and my wife has a dozen pair of the bent handle in her sewing room. I bought mine at garage sales for $2-3 each.

 

[mbshop]

I have general scissors from lowes that work well for general usage. At lowes they also have larger heavy duty scissors that are really tough. I have two. Gotta look around because they tend to hide them. If you are talking cloth then that is a whole nother animal.

 

[jumbojak]

I've started using tin snips. They cut just about anything well and I can buy proper left handed versions.

 

[HanShotFirst]

These will cut through a LOT of stuff, and hold up very well.
https://www.grainger.com/product/11C665?cm_mmc=PPC:+Google+PLA&s_kwcid=AL!2966!3!166587266386!!!!82166196957!&ef_id=WWY_xQAAAIGPwwPA:20170922204003:s&kwid=productads-adid^166587266386-device^c-plaid^82166196957-sku^11C665-adType^PLA

 

[signcrafter]

I picked up a pair of milwaukee scissors from home depot maybe 6 months ago and have been very happy with them. I'm sure they aren't the best thing made but for 15 or so bucks they feel well built and have been great in the shop. I use them for cutting templates and other paper and cardboard things.

 

[Stadger]

Find an old pair of Wiss that haven't been sharpened improperly. The flat side of the blades should never touch a stone. I've had an old pair in my shop for over 20 years and a little maintenance has them cutting like new.

 

[Git]

Keep an eye on Amazon Warehouse - a couple of days ago I picked up a pair of Wiss 27N Industrial Shears for a little over $10

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018S7G14/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Thumper68]

I use the $.99 ones from HF for just about everything, when they start getting dull into the trash and a new pair comes out of the drawer.

Things in the shop get abused I am not investing in good ones for that.

 

[chrisnazzy]

WISS for than less $10 at Home Depot and you'll wonder why you didn't buy them sooner.

The way I discovered them was we found a pair someone had dropped in our parking lot last year. Started using them behind the counters and when I found them for sale at HD I picked up a set for my toolbox/garage. When I realized my wife and girls were going out and borrowing them several times a week I bought them another pair for the house.

Best scissors I've ever used!

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[lilredex]

In my shop, I use vintage fabric scissors like above, that you can find for around $1-2 at garage sales.

Also vintage Wiss V-10 snips that were $2 at a church sale. And, Craftsman No. 45466 snips that I found at PAL a few years back for around $8.

 

[T45]

Don't overlook Olfa.

Nice pair of lightweight but very sharp scissors is $15 flown in from Japan.
They don't replace super-heavy scissors but for utility work, packages, tapes, and general stuff they are perfect.

Also high vis, compact, and lightweight for mobile applications.

 

[samss]

Fiskar micro tip for making gaskets
HF for most everything else

 

[theoldwizard1]

Overpriced, but they have a lifetime warranty and work great, Cutco !

 

[mbshop]

To add to the list, I also have a hd pair from husky.

 

[JohnDeere1]

I like my wiss and Klein scissors my wife has left hand fiskars that are nice but screw me up when I've tried to use them lol I'm right hand .

 

[becker_atc]

I use some vintage scissors and also some Klein "free fall snips" chrome ones with the yellow handle


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[steveo3002]

whats the free fall feature?

 

[WittHay]

Don't overlook Olfa.

Nice pair of lightweight but very sharp scissors is $15 flown in from Japan.
They don't replace super-heavy scissors but for utility work, packages, tapes, and general stuff they are perfect.

Also high vis, compact, and lightweight for mobile applications.

I have a couple of pairs of Olfa, decent Japaneses scissors for cutting gasket material, sheets of emery cloth into smaller strips, looms for wires, and countless other uses that you need something better than the dollar store ****, but don't require a heavy duty metal one

 

[CGT80]

Find an old pair of Wiss that haven't been sharpened improperly. The flat side of the blades should never touch a stone. I've had an old pair in my shop for over 20 years and a little maintenance has them cutting like new.

x2, the inside does not need to be touched, other than to knock off the burr with a nail file after grinding a new edge on them. Other sharpeners will gouge the backs or wipe out the tips by being too heavy handed at the beginning and end of the stroke when sharpening. All of our scissor machines have tool holders and we can set the angle we want to sharpen the blades at and get consistent results.

Rust is the other killer of clipper blades and shears. When it gets to the point of creating pits in the steel, it effects how they cut.

My garage shears might be fiskars and were about 20 bucks, a number of years ago. They have a corrugated edge on at least one side. I don't know if it helps much for utility use. For grooming and salon use, our customers rarely request we corrugate their shears, but the wheels we use for a bevel edge help keep the hair from sliding on the edge of the blades. At my computer desk, I have kobal shears. They are nice for paper and are comfortable and sturdy but nothing fancy.

Apparently there are rumors that cutting paper towels or paper with good shears will damage them. Paper towels are one of the tools I keep in my sharpening bag. I wouldn't recommend using convex edge shears on paper all of the time, they were built to cut hair, but cutting the right kind of paper towel can tell you a lot about the condition of your shears.

Upholstery shops will use older shears that are well built and they are often in the style of the Wiss. If you take care of them and have a good sharpener service them, nice tools are great. If they will get beat up or you don't want to deal with having shears sharpened, just buy another pair for 5-30 dollars.

In the grooming industry, good shears cost between 80 and 250 dollars per pair and we have worked on some that sold for as high as $1400 per pair. Many animal groomers consider $40 shears to be great, but they are hit and miss with the quality and how they sharpen vs. something closer to 100 dollars and up. Shears for home and garage use are generally pretty dang cheap in comparison to what other pros use.

Now if you to ask me about side cutters or linesmans pliers, I would say Klein Journeyman only. With scissors, for the garage, I don't think you have to spend as much money.

 

[kctyphoon]

I have both pair of the Milwaukee scissors. You can't beat em for the money. The handles are solid metal inside the overmolded handles. $17 for the offset version, which are a little bigger that the straight variation. The offsets are better imo.

I've seen their demo where they had a jig set up to drop weights on the handles. I believe these were engineered to surpass the Wiss models. I love mine. Very heavy duty.

If u search YouTube I believe there are demos of them being used to cut all sorts of things, even metal flashing.

 

[metaldad]

home depot closed out some types of klein scissors a few years back for stupid cheap.
i bought out the rack of #23019sen offsets and #(?) duckbills.

 

[bushmechanic]

Fiskars ain't bad for the price. I think Milwaukee makes some now, as well.

One of the best ways to buy scissors, though, is to hit up antique stores or shop around on the net for similar items. Come upon a pair that's been kept up well, and you'll have something a hell of a lot better than most make nowadays for only a few dollars.

 

[man-a-fre]

Cutco scissors are the best, nothing I have found manufactured are even close to them.

 

[rlitman]

Cutco scissors are the best, nothing I have found manufactured are even close to them.

I have a set of Cutco super shears. They're really nice, though nowhere near worth their price. Have you seen these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/super-tijer...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

In any case, my Cutco shears live in my kitchen. I cannot think of any task I could use them in my shop where they would be even as good as the old Wiss shears I keep out there.

 

[Josh Hex]

I worked in a textile weaving shop for a while and they've provided us with a couple different brands of sheers over the years (heh). The ones I keep in my box at work now are a set of Heritage scissors. Keeping them well oiled, they stay clean and cut great in pretty much every non-HD task. I have a few more pairs at home that *ehem* seemed to have followed me home at the end of the day...

 

[cowboy73]

I use EMT scissors in the garage most of the time. I don't do upholstery work so they are plenty sharp enough to cut gasket material, cardboard, open packages, sandpaper, etc. They are cheap and can even cut light gauge metal if the need arises. You can cut a penny in half with them. They are pretty cheap and last a long time. I keep a pair in the fishing tackle box too.