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Scissors for perforated paper
I am doing a bunch of Mill Hill kits right now, in between my
Chatelaine, and I am having a dickens of a time cutting them out neatly. Send me to remedial kindergarden! But seriously, every pair of scissors I try either won't cut to the end of the blades or tends to crush the paper, rather than cut it cleanly. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced solution, preferably available at ACMoore or Michaels? TIA, Sara |
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Sara ) writes:
I am doing a bunch of Mill Hill kits right now, in between my Chatelaine, and I am having a dickens of a time cutting them out neatly. Send me to remedial kindergarden! But seriously, every pair of scissors I try either won't cut to the end of the blades or tends to crush the paper, rather than cut it cleanly. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced solution, preferably available at ACMoore or Michaels? TIA, Sara Sara, The quality of the scissors is the quality of the steel in the blades. I am sorry, but quality never comes cheap. Jim. |
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"Sara" wrote in message ... I am doing a bunch of Mill Hill kits right now, in between my Chatelaine, and I am having a dickens of a time cutting them out neatly. Send me to remedial kindergarden! But seriously, every pair of scissors I try either won't cut to the end of the blades or tends to crush the paper, rather than cut it cleanly. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced solution, preferably available at ACMoore or Michaels? TIA, Sara I found the best scissors for that job was a surgical stitch cutter. I swiped mine from a nurse friend of mine, but I think you can find them at a reasonable price. Lucille |
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On 7/22/10 9:31 AM, in article ,
"Lucille" wrote: "Sara" wrote in message ... I am doing a bunch of Mill Hill kits right now, in between my Chatelaine, and I am having a dickens of a time cutting them out neatly. Send me to remedial kindergarden! But seriously, every pair of scissors I try either won't cut to the end of the blades or tends to crush the paper, rather than cut it cleanly. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced solution, preferably available at ACMoore or Michaels? TIA, Sara I found the best scissors for that job was a surgical stitch cutter. I swiped mine from a nurse friend of mine, but I think you can find them at a reasonable price. Lucille Hmm - hadn't thought of that one! C |
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"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... On 7/22/10 9:31 AM, in article , "Lucille" wrote: "Sara" wrote in message ... I am doing a bunch of Mill Hill kits right now, in between my Chatelaine, and I am having a dickens of a time cutting them out neatly. Send me to remedial kindergarden! But seriously, every pair of scissors I try either won't cut to the end of the blades or tends to crush the paper, rather than cut it cleanly. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced solution, preferably available at ACMoore or Michaels? TIA, Sara I found the best scissors for that job was a surgical stitch cutter. I swiped mine from a nurse friend of mine, but I think you can find them at a reasonable price. Lucille Hmm - hadn't thought of that one! I should add that I don't mean the throwaway kind with the curved tip. This one is a bent scissor with sharp points. C |
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On 7/22/10 2:49 PM, in article ,
"Lucille" wrote: "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... On 7/22/10 9:31 AM, in article , "Lucille" wrote: "Sara" wrote in message ... I am doing a bunch of Mill Hill kits right now, in between my Chatelaine, and I am having a dickens of a time cutting them out neatly. Send me to remedial kindergarden! But seriously, every pair of scissors I try either won't cut to the end of the blades or tends to crush the paper, rather than cut it cleanly. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced solution, preferably available at ACMoore or Michaels? TIA, Sara I found the best scissors for that job was a surgical stitch cutter. I swiped mine from a nurse friend of mine, but I think you can find them at a reasonable price. Lucille Hmm - hadn't thought of that one! I should add that I don't mean the throwaway kind with the curved tip. This one is a bent scissor with sharp points. C I actually got a bent scissor with points at Michaels - I think on sale for about $5. I've used my "Tooltron" cheapie $8 scissors - they've cut canvas, perf paper, etc. They're with my stitching supplies, but I use them for all the "don't use your good scissors" stuff - and they work fine. On the suture removal side - I was wondering - the last pair I got wouldn't really do for anything as hefty as perf paper. And the staple remover one, is just too blunt. The other option - depending on how steady your hand is - a blade cutter. I have a couple of Xacto knives that I use for cutting shapes from plastic. I also recently got a "fingertip" tool set, Fiskars - has a mini-xacto, mini-rotary cutter, mini-tweezers. Or a regular quilters rotary cutter - but you really need a mat to use with that. Often Joann's will have the small sets on sale or you could coupon them. Just be very careful using one. Ellice |
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On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:57:22 -0400, "Ellice K."
wrote: The other option - depending on how steady your hand is - a blade cutter. I have a couple of Xacto knives that I use for cutting shapes from plastic. I also recently got a "fingertip" tool set, Fiskars - has a mini-xacto, mini-rotary cutter, mini-tweezers. Or a regular quilters rotary cutter - but you really need a mat to use with that. Often Joann's will have the small sets on sale or you could coupon them. Just be very careful using one. Ellice I actually have a rotary cutter and mat, but there's no way that would work for the detail cutting. I have an exacto knife around here somewhere; maybe I'll try that.Could I use the rotary mat for a surface? Has anyone seen or tried the ceramic (I think) exacto style knife that I've seen in catalogs? Think geek maybe. Sara |
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Lucille wrote:
"Sara" wrote in message ... I am doing a bunch of Mill Hill kits right now, in between my Chatelaine, and I am having a dickens of a time cutting them out neatly. Send me to remedial kindergarden! But seriously, every pair of scissors I try either won't cut to the end of the blades or tends to crush the paper, rather than cut it cleanly. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced solution, preferably available at ACMoore or Michaels? TIA, Sara I found the best scissors for that job was a surgical stitch cutter. I swiped mine from a nurse friend of mine, but I think you can find them at a reasonable price. Lucille Hmm - hadn't thought of that one! I should add that I don't mean the throwaway kind with the curved tip. This one is a bent scissor with sharp points. C I have a wonderful pair of bent scissors, long handle, very short, sharp, pointed blades offset at about a 65 or 70 degree angle. BUT, I bought them in the drugstore, labelled "toenail scissors", cost around $10 I think. They live with my embroidery supplies, NOT in the bathroom. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans |
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