Has anyone ever used/heard of the Guggenhein IX 9” Tailor Shears?

[Chicks]

This company claims to make a very good pair of tailor's shears I was wondering if anyone has used them? Thanks!

[hutch--]

You can find them at URL https://guggenhein.com/home

They are cheap enough to buy a pair to see what they work like. At 9 inches, they are really trimmers and I have seen the identical pattern from other places.

[Dunc]

Certainly tempting at that price...

[Hendrick]

I just ordered a pair, will let you know but frankly this look too good to be true.

I personally love my Sheffield made Ernest Wright shears, but I shamefully admit that I prefer the 10" to the 12"...

In other news, I bought a pair of "Sharpist" scissors in fashionable matte black to fine cut jersey and I must admit that these are fantastic, so if you are looking at something light and handleable, I can truly reccomend them...


I am in no way commercially attached to the companies mentioned above!


Cheers, Hendrick

[Dunc]

I notice that the "sale ends in" countdown timer resets each time you visit, so that's a bit shady...

[Hendrick]

Let's hope the timer is not symbolic fot the durability of the product...

[hutch--]

The price says they are Chinese made and you can find more or less identical ones on eBay for about the same price from Hong Kong. I bought 2 pairs of scissors from eBay that were made in Pakistan and when sharpened properly work fine. I modified the tips on one pair for a friend and keep the other pair in my workshop for general purpose cutting. I think they cost me about $15.00 AUD each.

[Theoretically Grey]

I use Chinese shears exclusively (mostly because of price & at amateur level) - I presume that as Chinese needs shears for their industry, they must know something about them. Of course, I am not speaking about top quality shears, about which I know very little (and against hutch nothing at all).

[hutch--]

There is only one rule, if they do the job, they do the job. If you like the ones you use, there is no real reason to change them.