Although they cut quite passable at the beginning, but every time you open the scissors wide, to wipe, it falls apart. Then I with scissors my vases flowers cut something and getting caught accidentally a piece of binding wire and the gap was broken. The blade has a notch so that it can no longer cut so since then the best of intentions. My old kitchen scissors you could with such trifles do not impress, but as the plastic broke after years on the handle. Now I have to keep looking for a good sturdy kitchen shears.