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afvcommander t1_iuqey4c wrote

Reply to comment by kangsterizer in Scissors for life - electrician scissors for the win by ransuru

Depends of design of scissors. If they have thick blades and self sharpening design it really isn't needed. I have 4 pairs older than 20 years, never sharpened and all cut everyday stuff without any problems, paper, fabric etc.

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kangsterizer t1_iusm6dl wrote

i must have been using the "self sharpening" ones wrong for decades because they always eventually end up dull.. if you think about how its designed its logical - its better, yes, but magical, no.

I think these last a while for the typical household mind you, and so do the average knife - but if you use them daily they go bad within a few month, then you sharpen them and they're good for a few month again. cutting some materials like aluminum will actually help keeping them sharp enough, too (but fabric nope)

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afvcommander t1_iuthdsb wrote

When talking about BIFL, I think it is reasonably to talk about normal household use. There really is not anything BIFL for professional use unless we are talking items like crowbar.

I still think that normal user does not need to learn scissor sharpening if they just buy OK pair like made in finland series fiskars.

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kangsterizer t1_iuu0bzk wrote

BIFL are items we don't use, got it!

Jokes apart, I don't think any pair of scissors will last an actual lifetime (50-80 years) without sharpening unless you really use them only once a year. Basically, I think you're wrong, and that's OK, disagreeing is a thing.

With that said as well, there's plenty of things I personally thought lasted a long time (years and years) until I realized that indeed, people using them every other day or so would have them last a year or two. Scissors are definitely like that. For the record I only have fiscars myself (great mix of value, features, durability) and sharpen them +- once a year, sometimes maybe twice and use them maybe 2-3x a week for household tasks and thus they will last me probably forever (its been 20 years already) - but I figure many use them more like 2-3x a year.

I also have a pair of "shears" (as in medical shears), these don't need sharpening as often though I like to keep them sharp because they'll cut anything even when dull but its just a lot easier when they're really sharp (these cut fabric like jeans and stuff obviously).

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