Scissors and Swiffer Dusters

I don't have a ton of sewing scissors.

I These were my Aunt Ethel's.

And these, my cousin Alissa gave me.

Both pairs are too heavy for me to use.  They usually just hang out on the wall beside my sewing tables.

When I need to cut fabric by scissor, I use one of these

Usually the black pair because (don't tell anyone) I have been known to cut paper with the blue ones...  I usually cut my fabric with my Olfa 45 mm rotary cutter.

I used to have a pair of pinking shears in Israel.  They broke, I'm not sure if still in Israel or here in Canada.  And frankly, I haven't really needed them so didn't bother replacing them.

I am trying to be more conscious of my consumption and how I dispose of things.  Mintzy sent me a pattern for a Swiffer Duster replacement made from flannel, to be used and thrown in the laundry (instead of the garbage).  Since I have an old pair of flannel pajama bottoms, I thought I'd give it a try.  I mentioned it to Honey who had 3 pairs of pinking shears and was generous enough to give one pair to me.

 

BTW, I snipped through a scrap of fabric and they cut like a charm.

So before I start on the duster, I'm putting on these 

my father's magnifying glasses, and checking out who made the various scissors.

Aunt Ethel's pair have two stamps "made in Germany" and "forged steel".  

Alissa's pair has two stamps 

The first side has a stamp on one side which looks like a cloud and says "WISS, Newark NJ, made in U.S.A." The second side has a stamp which looks like a forge and has "steel no. 21" inside the forge.  I tried looking up WISS on the internet and found stuff but don't know how to copy it.  Suffice it to say, it was once a well known and sought after brand, initially as medical scissors in WWI.

My two most used are generic - the blue one was bought as part of a set I got,my favorite brand "on sale", most likely at Fabricland when it was still on Yonge Street above the North York subway station.  The black handled pair simply says "stainless steel korea" and has an image of something that looks to me like a dolphin on the flip side.

Now Honey's pinking shears are stamped "Haddon Hall" and "Japan".  Right now, all I care is that they cut.  Off to hellosewing.com/diy-reusable-swiffer-duster-cloths/