I just got another pair of cheapie OXO Good Grips - kitchen and herb scissors because I think they have a good value / performance ratio for £14.
They're a bit light at 113 grams (4 1/2 ounces approx) but they're strong, serrated and are equally good for cutting fish, meat and veg and opening the dreaded plastic blister packs and cardboard boxes.
Now I can use one pair for exclusive food use and the other for opening packages and parcels - the OXO ones are the two black-handled bottom ones.
In the same vein the Richardson utility scissors (middle left and right) are great too but the blades are thinner than the OXO ones.
The four big Kent and Stowe 10" serrated garden scissors (grey and red handles) are heavy - 7 1/2 ounces and I stocked up because I use them in the kitchen and garden and nothing fazes them - they can go through half inch branches and many layers of plastic and cardboard packaging and most foods (apart from hard nut shells)
The top left yellow ones are also serrated and are Olfa brand - very strong and sharp and the top right yellow ones are CK tools serrated electricians snips are very strong and sharp as well.
The big bottom set are Wilkinson 3119 CP-12 - handmade industrial 12 inch scissors - made in Sheffield - England - they weigh 721 grams (25 ounces approx) and are precision made but strong enough for 24/7 commercial use - my GF who does sewing and upholstery loves them as much as her Japanese KAI 7280SE 11" serrated shears and the Sheffield Whiteley 1920NP-12 - twelve inch industrial shears which are very similar to the Wilkinsons.
I love good quality English industrial scissors from Whiteley and Wilkinson - I even have composite scissors for kevlar and glass fibre (bottom all black ones) - my GF collects good tailor scissors lol.
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