With four children in the house, it's not uncommon for my wife's and my own useful implements to go missing. This has happened to my wife's favorite pair of scissors, a sharp, smooth-handled eight-inch pair that cut a nice clean line with little effort.

So I'm thinking of replacing them for her as a Christmas gift, but I want to get her a really good pair... something that one of our kids might inherit one day.

So who makes a really good pair of scissors? I want them to be sharp, durable, smooth-handling and capable of cutting a clean, straight line in cloth or paper. I don't mind spending a little money on them. I'm not really interested in Fiskars... no plastic, thanks.

I figured if anyone knew, it would be y'all.

Thanks in advance,

-AaronB