I used the really fancy edged ones on fabric which had
been applied to lightweight fusible glue.  It made a
nice edge and the fusible didn't seem to gum up the
blades at all.

--- otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have found that the scalloped worked okay on
> broadcloth and lightweight.
> It was used for the decorative parts of a costume.
> It may have been that
> they became dull with their first use because there
> were times the edge was
> fray checked before the cut and so, they did not cut
> heavy material, kind of
> gnawed the edge.
> De
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of
> pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of
> designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them
> advertised only in art-supply
> catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to
> paper. I'm always tempted
> to try a pair, but I can't decide among  wavy-cut,
> deep pink,
> deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated
> dags...and can't afford to
> buy them all!
> Again: maybe no good for fabric....Has anybody tried
> them?
> --Ruth Anne Baumgartner
> scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
> 
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Rebecca Burch
Center Valley Farm
Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA
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