Gingher vs Mundial shears
Jacqui Manley
Hi experts,
I've decided to replace the Wiss shears I've had since I was a little
girl and I want to buy the best. From what I've been able to gather from
shops, the preferred brands are Gingher and Mundial. Of course those that
sell Gingher tell me that they are the best, those that sell Mundial say
they are the best.
Can you share your opinions as to which is better? I'm looking for shears
that cut cleanly and evenly, with very little maintenance - I don't want
to have to run out and get them sharpened all the time.
While I'm on the subject, the prices in Atlanta Thread and Supply beat the
prices in the stores around here. Are there other catalogs that might
even have better prices? Thanks.
Jacqui
friend of a fiend
In article <92141.100...@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> RS0...@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com (Jacqui Manley) writes:
<Gingher vs. Mundial>
>Can you share your opinions as to which is better? I'm looking for shears
>that cut cleanly and evenly, with very little maintenance - I don't want
>to have to run out and get them sharpened all the time.
I have a pair of Gingher dressmakers shears that I've had for
somewhere over 10 years. I have recently started thinking it
might be time to take them in and get them sharpened. They
definitely need sharpening in one small place, but that is
because I dropped them accidentally once, and when they landed,
one blade slightly damaged the knife-edge of the other blade.
(I still get distressed when I think about this and it happened
years ago...:-} ) However, in spite of the accident, they still
cut very cleanly on every kind of cloth I've ever tried to cut
with them (including heavier weight denims, and fairly sheer
stuff). I've always avoided cutting paper with them, though
I do go ahead and cut through the very thin tissue paper to cut
off the pattern excess. If it's a heavier paper pattern, though,
it gets trimmed to the cutting line with other scissors first.
I sometimes put a small drop of oil, the same stuff that I use
in my sewing machine, on the point between the blades, but that's
the only regular maintenance I've ever had to do (they have
occasionally started squeaking, which is why I oiled them).
I've never even heard of Mundial. However, If you do decide to
go with Gingher, I don't think you'll regret it.
=caroline=
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about Gingher. This was told by Eleanor Pearce Bailey (spelling?) at
a workshop she held here in Annapolis. (Anyone who has a chance to
attend one of her workshops should do it by all means---it was the most
entertaining evening I had had in years---we laughed, cried, enjoyed
her poetry, and learned her doll making techniques all in one evening)
anyway, at a conference the Gingher salesman was telling the wonders
of the Gingher scissors, and was going to demonstrate their sharpness
by cutting through 18 layers of polyester fabric. He gave his talk,
his warm-up, had the fabric ready, and when he finally cut the pile,
he also cut off his thumb! Everyone was aghast, they grabbed the thumb
and hustled the man off to the hospital to sew it back on. But while
he was gone, the Gingher scissors sold like hotcakes!
I've always wanted a pair, but have never bought them. My scissors
are good enough.
Anne
mary.rita.otto
(interesting story deleted)
>
In reference to Gingher's ...
>I've always wanted a pair, but have never bought them. My scissors
>are good enough.
>Anne
Sometimes the little luxuries in life make it so pleasant. I saw last
December that they had a special on Gingher shears at Minnesota Fabrics
($19.95) and asked for and got a pair as a Christmas gift. They are
absolutely the finest I have every owned. They cut far more accurately
than the Fiskars I'd been using. In the past few years, I have owned
several pair of Fiskars, and they were good. But the Ginghers, pardon
the pun, are a cut above.
Mary Otto
Anne Chamberlain
You are luckier than I. I have hinted for them for Christmas for years,
but that particular hint is never heard. As I said, the ones I have
are pretty good, and since I went back to work, I don't do as much sewing.
Anne
melanie.s.maher
The latest Home-Sew mail order catalog has the 8"
lightweight Mundial dressmaker shears half price. Regularly
$15.95, now $7.95.
Mel
Eddie Saxe
My SO clued me in to the existance of this article, and asked me to repost this
article to alt.folklore.urban, as she doesn't have posting privs. This story
just seems too similar to other urban folklore, that I would disbelieve it
without any naming of dates or locations. Anyone have any confirmation of this
story, either as a true event, or its history if not?
Also, please note that this is being cross-posted to alt.sewing, and please
change the newsgroups when the post is no longer relevant to that group.
Eddie "Just bringing up a new thread" Saxe
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Terry Chan
try...@laurium.cps.msu.edu (Deborah Trytten) writes:
+I can't verify the story itself, but I can tell you that Gingher scissors
+are sharp enough to do the job. I've gotten some *nasty* cuts from them.
+In fact, I should have had the last Gingher cut stitched, but decided
+that I'd rather bleed than pay emergency room fees. Even an average
+pair of kitchen shears can cut through chicken bones easily, so the story
+isn't out of the realm of possibility.
And, as we all know [all together now]...
IF IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED....
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Jim Tolar
>In article <1992May31....@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, rr...@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Runa Rahman) writes:
>|> If the scissors are THAT sharp, I don't think I'd want to handle them! I'd
>|> rather use a reasonably sharp pair of scissors than risk injury. I'm always
>|> extra careful with the sharp kitchen knives I use for cutting meat, and leave
>|> the others just a little dull for safety.
>|>
My father always told me that "it's not sharp tools that cause injuries,
it's dull ones."
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bill nelson
:
: My father always told me that "it's not sharp tools that cause injuries,
: it's dull ones."
That is usually the case.
Bill "To an implement, a person is just a tool" Nelson
Runa Rahman
am much more likely to get a cut when using or washing my extra-sharp knives.
How I would love to use them always!
Now, some will say "Well now, you are just going to have to be more careful" -
believe me, I'm more careful with stuff than most people I know! But I'm also
human, and subject to fatigue or distraction but, still need to cook ;)
Of course, I use sharp tools when I absolutely MUST - when cutting cloth or
meat. In these cases, I do agree with Jim - an injury is much more likely when
you're struggling with a tool that just doesn't cut it (pun intended ;).
Larry N. Osborne
>If the scissors are THAT sharp, I don't think I'd want to handle them! I'd
>rather use a reasonably sharp pair of scissors than risk injury. I'm always
>extra careful with the sharp kitchen knives I use for cutting meat, and leave
>the others just a little dull for safety.
This doesn't agree with either my experience or the wisdom I have been
handed by home ec instructors, scoutmasters, shop teachers,
carpenters, and lumberjacks (I _do_ get around, don't I).
The way I heard it, a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one
because there is much more danger of it slipping off whatever you are
working on (like a redwood tree or a tomato) and sliding into you.
This, of course, begs the question of why a knife that won't cut a
tomato will take you finger off, but the only serious kitchen
accident in my family occurred when my wife tried to cut a green
pepper with a dull knife. The knife slipped off the pepper and took
the top half inch of her index finger off. It was on memorial day and
we had to call the duty doctor who was just beginning a family
barbacue and arrived half looped (but he did reattach the fingertip).
-oz
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As the grand-daughter of a butcher, I was raised to believe that the
truly dangerous knives and scissors are the 'little bit dull' ones.
If your cutting instrument is not perfectly sharp, you have to apply
undue pressure to get through harder parts, and that's when you lose
control and cut yourself severely. I can testify that the only
time I've cut into myself is when I allowed a knife to get a
bit dull.
Marie-Christine
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Runa Rahman
My (regular) knives are SHARP - neither EXTRA-SHARP nor DULL! They cut whatever
I want to cut without undue pressure, and so I have never had accidents from
slipping. The sharpness of the knife matches the task at hand. If it's meat
or cantelopes, out come the extra-sharps :)
I am by no means advocating that we should keep our knives dull - I am just
telling you what works for ME :), and that's NOT a dull knife but one that's
not extra-sharp.
Now we get into the vague definition of "sharp" and "extra-sharp" - one that
is qualitative. In my mind, "extra-sharp" means I have to be "extra-careful"
so as not to cut myself ;)
Perhaps we should get technical and start measuring the width of the cutting
edge - our cross-sections:
dull sharp extra-sharp
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Glen Ecklund
>The way I heard it, a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one
>because there is much more danger of it slipping off whatever you are
>working on (like a redwood tree or a tomato) and sliding into you.
>This, of course, begs the question of why a knife that won't cut a
>tomato will take you finger off, but the only serious kitchen
Tomatoes are harder to cut than fingers, because they are so slippery.
Once it gets started, though, it cuts pretty easily. I would think
that tomatoes with fingerprints would be easier to cut.
>accident in my family occurred when my wife tried to cut a green
>pepper with a dull knife. The knife slipped off the pepper and took
>the top half inch of her index finger off. It was on memorial day and
>we had to call the duty doctor who was just beginning a family
>barbacue and arrived half looped (but he did reattach the fingertip).
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