I recently bought these for about £15 on eBay, they have a really good weight to them however I need to sharpen, or adjust the blades. Hutch any thoughts? I can cut wool cloth, Silesia, canvases etc but can't quite cut it with linings. Sadly the seller pictured them with a cut piece of PAPER! Still, I had to have them.
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Tom,
I have never seen that particular brand before but the method is still much the same as any pinking shears, you only sharpen them at about 10 - 15 degrees and take enough off them to get under any edge rounding but not much more. I own a pair of 1948 Wiss pinking shears that are in as new condition and they are horrible things to use. I do own a Singer pinking machine that cuts a wave pattern that works OK but I have rarely every found a use for it.
Buy the latest technology, when it comes to pinks. That's what I recommend at present. They are larger and cut so much better when buying from the best manufacturer's.
I have a pair of pinking shears, but I have used them just once. I don't see that they have much function really.
How often do you folks use them?
Home stitcher here, I use them on curves. They are faster than snipping.
To be honest, I don't really use them much either but if I can sharpen them all the better, otherwise they are really just a good object/paperweight. Thanks for your advice Hutch and the comments of others, good tip for cutting curves too.
Tlinings. Don't need to. But, I think it is better.
Go check pinnotti, they still selling nice 14" shears with big bolt
Is anyone here familiar with Pinotti shears? I can't quite tell from the photos if they are good, the blades look course/rough.
http://eshop.pinottimercerieingrosso.it/epages/990162544.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/990162544/Products/%22FORBICI%20TAGL14%22%22MANICI%20CROM%22
They look like a nice enough pair of 14 inch shears. Somewhere I have seen French made shears of a similar design. Price seems OK for good quality items.
I like the look of those, especially the handles. I'd prefer a bit more width through the blades, these look quite straight and pointed. €77 seems a fair price. There are worse-looking shears at twice the price out there.
Thank you Hutch, Thank you Henry,
I am considering these though shipping is a dog at 69.70 euros.
Can I bother you guys again? I am on the hunt for a pair of 12 inch or longer shears that would be good for shirting fabrics. I am not too keen on Kai, I have two pairs and they dull quickly. Can anyone recommend a decent pair?
What I see, nowadays, 15 sewing hacks, modern people use modern method - hack, cut over a few layers of aluminum foil a few times. That is a cheap handy way to sharpen for immediate, temperary result, I am not sure if it works for pinking shears. If you don't mind, it worth a try.
Jeffery,
Have a look here, I own 2 pairs of these and they are high quality industrial shears by WISS.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Wiss-W22W-12-Inch-Heavy-Duty-Right-Hand-Scissors-Inlaid-Shears-Fabric-Craft-Art/123781012916?epid=1284701018&hash=item1cd1ec5db4:g:5R8AAOSwtOJc6a-f&frcectupt=true
Thank you Hutch. These look great.
This is for Hutch-
Still in Covid "lock down" with Mom & Dad, Mom has decided to oil paint again, so I am halfway thru sorting her studio/junk/sewing room and ran across her Wiss CB9 pinking shears - which I have LOATHED my entire life. The scissors are no more than 2 years younger than me -if that - and still decently sharp. Mom forced me to use them on my first few clothing projects at age 13. The cotton summer clothing was washed and worn so much, the linked seam allowances disintegrated and so I learned to zig zag overcast. (A hideous waste of money for thread, according to Mom at the time.)
Hutch - further up the thread you mentioned having a pair of Wiss that were a bear to cut with, so I'm assuming the tiniest adjustment of the bolt will not help matters any. Is this a correct assumption? I did oil the hinge.
EDIT: Well, posting the pic didn't work. Let me know if I need to. Thank you!
The bolt is one I've never seen before, a T-shaped opening at one point only, so I'm also assuming a special tool perhaps? I'll try to post a pic.
I'm only wanting to trim the edges of some heavier woolens and microsuede that will be lined. Always thought I'd try these first and then just get a rotary cutter - no more often than I will want to use them.
I confess I have always hated pinking shears. I own a sharp Wiss pair that are my age (1948) and they are horrible to use. I hunted around and bought a wave profile pinking machine that works OK but If I am serious I overlock and edge, would never trust an edge that was cut with pinking shears or even the machine. Its a Singer from memory.
Pinking shears are handy for cutting curves in an enclosed seam but not much good for anything else, but that's just my opinion. I have two pair (Fiskars, I think) and often have to hunt for them the few times I need them.
Teresa, since discovering thread snips - AMAZING THINGS -especially with a bit of arthritis in the old fingers - I use them to snip curved seams. Definitely trying to dig out pinking shears for such a task would be much too time consuming.
I've just seen where the pinking shears can be used to grade bulky seam allowances where one layer is particularly thick - and as long as they're free (Mom has 2 more pairs)- she told me to help myself.
Mom was very severely mentally obsessed over the excessively demonic practice of wasting thread when I was young. (I assume this explains her ownership of 3 pairs of the dreadful tools.) I of course will be leaving many shoeboxes full of thread for my neice and nephew to deal with when I'm gone as I decided many decades ago never to deprive myself of the luxury of thread ownership. I'm even hoarding the old factory cones that were my Grandmother's originally. And as much as I have, I see photos of thread stashes online that make my collection seem perfectly sane.
Too much of anything was never a problem, at least you don't run out of things. With a couple of overlockers and back stands for normal machines, having plenty of cones is a blessing. I do have a collection of Rasant small reels but I only ever used them when thread had to match the fabric colour.
New pinks from the good shears makers are far better than old ones. Granddad's are junk compare the new ones. His were state of the art for commercial in his day. Good for melting into rebar now.
Pinks are good for linings that fray easily.