I bought these to replace an old set of trauma shears (advertised on TV many years ago as "miracle scissors") that kept getting misplaced. I use them for various cutting tasks around the house, where one's better paper-cutting scissors would be ill-suited or ruin those blades, and I can recommend them highly in that regard. They work wonderfully for everything for which I've needed them. It should be noted that the pivot will be a bit tight until they've had a little bit of breaking in time and been well used.not docking a star for that, it's just something to be expected.