Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Kids & Ginghers

hmmmmm, got any dogs? maybe you could just feed'em to the dogs. why oh why do kids not listen when given strict instructions as to what they can not touch, not ever ever ever. if they need something, ask for it first. omg, i'd be spitting sumpin and the air'd be blue as blue can be. grrrrrrrrrrrr'n along with ya in the south pacific, jeanne

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Hi Lorraine,

My husband did that to a big pair of dressmaking shears his seamstress mother had - after she died all her sewing stuff came to me because I sew and had two little girls who might like to in the future.

He though they would be great for cutting: vinyl, rubber matting, fibreglass, and anything else he found in the garage. I nearly cried when I found them - they had been destroyed beyond repair. I saw a pair in a material shop years later and they were worth about AU$300. Needless to say my sewing room is out of bounds to everyone except me.

Hope that yours are repairable.

Hope they now understand why your scissors mean so much to you! If they're old enough to have any money, maybe they should pay for the repair. IMO the mis-use of my scissors is grounds for divorce -but that might be going a little too far for ones own children. Roberta in D

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?????? Di, he lives and you're still married to him? i'm sure you've got way more patience than i'd have that is for sure. no one dares touch any of my sewing stuff without asking first. they know what would happen if they do. grrrrrrrr is only the start. i'm off now to grab a cuppa and a bit of oat fudge slice. tis nearly time for CSI. cheers, jeanne

"Di" wrote...

Always suspicious of repairs to scissors - they never seem to be set right.

There's only one answer - they replace. Don't know how old they are, but if they are too young to have the money, they pay the debt off by doing jobs around the house.

Then they wont (or may not - I have two pairs of embroidery scissors which are now just for paper after DS about 18 years ago didn't learn his lesson!) 'borrow' them again.

Don't sell the boys down to Rio yet!

From the Gingher site

"The repair service charge is $7.50 per pair for any model of Gingher scissors, shears, thread nippers or pinking shears. This fee covers repairs, sharpening, adjustments, parts, and return packaging and shipping. Simply pack up your item(s) with a note requesting service, and enclose a check or money order for the correct amount. International customers must send a bank check in U.S. dollars or a check drawn on a U.S. funds account. International customers also have to pay an extra $5.00 to cover the shipping charges."

The paragraaph preceding this one says they don't promise that they will be as pretty as new, but that they will fix them up to like new functionality.

So all is not lost! Some extra chores will no doubt cover the cost of getting them fixed up. Plus some more extra chores to cover the cosmetic damages, and maybe some lack of TV or other such things that they be thankful they are just missing out on something instead of being rendered down for tallow... How you will get across that touching your Ginghers in the future will equal death or worse is entirely up to you. (G)

DD3 was sentanced to cleaning the catboxes for life. She has not touched my Ginghers without permission since.

NightMist

Sending Ginghers off to their repair place works great. Packing them so the points don't damage the nice mail carrier is a bit of a trick; a couple of wraps with bubble wrap and some sturdy tape will do it. My Ginghers have always come back home greatly improved. There are several new brands of scissors out now that may be as special as Gingher. It seems like someone here even said that hairdresser shears from the dollar store were good. While you are trying to survive 'the boys', you probably will want to have lots of scissors that they are welcome to convenient and easily identified. Ginghers should be kept well out of sight. Nobody knows where I hide mine. Polly

I have sent off a couple of pair of the ginghers myself. I was really pleased but mine were not abused. For $7.50 worth a try. I was lucky enough to have the original blade cover/holder for mine. Taria

Polly Esther wrote:

I buy the Chicago Cutlery kitchen scissors when I see them on sale. Our nearest outlet mall had them 2/$5 (YES that's right!) last time I was there. I should have bought them all. But since I've never worn mine out; once I had the kids outfitted (each with two pair) and gifts given, I didn't really need a pile of them. But they are the first scissors anyone in the family seeks out when needed. I feel my sewing scissors are safe as long as my kitchen scissors are available and the back up Fiskars paper scissors are in the desk. It also helps that the children have grown and flown the nest. No grands, yet. :-)

And, when did you last see them, Ms Polly? . In message , Polly Esther writes

I just checked. They're right where I keep them. I just can not bear for someone to use my best Ginghers, no matter what they're cutting, and then slam them down on a table. It's just better to hide them than to have to toss some careless soul to the gators. Polly

On a Fons & Porter show once, they actually had a little padlock through the handles so they couldn't be used without unlocking. They kept the key in their accessory box for the SM. I though it was a great idea if there are people in the house who will sneak in and torture your scissors ..........

Patti in Seattle

I put little charms on all of my scissors to keep them from being confused. Something a little ominous like a skull and crossbones or pink would probably do the trick and keep your scissors safe from the likes of those kids.

*nods wisely* THAT'S why our young'uns are so cute ... if'n they weren't, we'd have eaten'em long ago. Probably the first time they flush somethin' down the potty that shouldn't be (memories of Legos, action figures , and Barbie doll clothes floatin' amongst nasty, nasty mess comes to mind). :-)

On the serious side, I hope they can be fixed. IIRC, you can send'em in to Gingher and they'll fix'em for you. I almost recall (which with my brain is no guarantee) that they'll send you back a new pair if'n they can't fix'em.

-- Connie :-)

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Yep, hubby *tried* to use mine for cutting WIRE!! I saw him in my sewin' room, hands wrapped 'round "Sarah" (aw, c'mon ... don't ya'll name YOUR Ginghers???), poised to cut that nasty ol' wire. I screamed, durn nigh gave him a heart attack (which was still preferable to his defilin' my precious Ginghers) and strong-armed him OUT.

Afterwards, I put a "Mr. Yuk" sticker on my Ginghers (and all her sisters that came to live with me afterwards) ... so far, the ugly li'l green frown-y face has worked. I just put the sticker on a circle of cardboard and punched a hole in it, ran some ribbon through the hole and tied the ribbon to my Ginghers.

So far, so good. Knock on wood. :-)

-- Connie :-)

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... just remove the obvious!)

How 'bout usin' their GameBoy as a Tailor's Clap?? That might work ...

Oh dear! Lorraine, that's so frustrating, I know. But I do think Gingher will repair them if you send them in. Best of luck.

Kathyl, my children are grown, too, but I do have grands. Still, the main reason why I also hide my good Ginghers is DH! He's left-handed, as I am, and he knows I have left-handed scissors, so he feels perfectly justified in "borrowing" them and ruining them. He has no idea of the damage he can do while doing something like cutting carpet. Grrr.... Now I keep a duplicate, not-so-wonderful pair of Fiskars where he can see them and think he's getting away with it. I have another pair of Fiskars hidden, and my Ginghers are hidden even more carefully.

Oh my.....that would certainly drive me to hiding my good scissors too!