Looking for Kitchen Shears.

nolaegghead

HF used to give those scissors away in the good old days when they had "free stuff" promotional coupons.  I think I have like 10 pair.  They're great for cutting stuff that would ruin your nice scissors, like fiberglass soaking in uncured polyester or epoxy resin (hint - throw the damn things away when done). 

Canugghead

jdMyers said:

Harbor freight.  $0.99 cuts thru almost anything and cheap to replace.

Saw one like that at Dollar Tree yesterday. 

fishlessman

i just use a big knife and use it like a swingline guillotine cutting from the inside out...but you could buy a swingline

Canugghead

fishlessman said:

i just use a big knife and use it like a swingline guillotine cutting from the inside out...but you could buy a swingline

How do you spatchcock a turkey?
Edit: never mind, I think I get it now

nolaegghead

I dunno, wouldn't be excited about cleaning chicken goo off these.

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

I dunno, wouldn't be excited about cleaning chicken goo off these.

If you think you wouldn't be excited, just think about how the chicken would feel!

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

I dunno, wouldn't be excited about cleaning chicken goo off these.

its marketed as dishwasher safe.....

nolaegghead

"top shelf" only (dishwasher safe)

fishlessman

found this multitasker, cuts 16 gage sheet metal and spatches an emu

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

found this multitasker, cuts 16 gage sheet metal and spatches an emu

OhioEgger

1voyager said:

I have the Wusthof 2-piece kitchen shears. It has synthetic handles but they are dishwasher safe. It cuts through chicken bones like butter for spatchcocking. Same for lobster tails. After 20 or so years, they are still like new and I have never sharpened them. 

Same here. Almost the only thing I ever use it for is to spatchcock a chicken, but they have never disappointed me.

alaskanassasin

MediumRarely said:

Many pairs of poultry shears over the years. Henkel's, OXO, Walmart, etc. The one you mentioned in your original post has been by far the best. Spatchcocks chickens like butta'.  The Shun Premium does not have plastic handles, just coated to allow for a positive (and painless) grip. They don't slip even when a bit greasy. 90 degree twist to separate the SS blade/handle assemblies for easy cleaning. I like these, but frankly I am sure many peoples' favorites here will be fine.

I would stay away from spring loaded units with straight handles. Grip issues when wet/slippery. That's just me.

 I ordered the Shun 2 piece shears from amazon, they came with a set of herb scissors. This should clean up my scissor drawer. thanks.

 On a side note, I had a good size chip in my shun chefs knife. I thought, well I will mail it back and get a factory edge, plus they can fix the chip. A month later I get it back, the chip was gone but it was not very sharp, I had a ripe tomato rolling around on the cutting board. I tried a sawing motion. Finally I had to stab it with the tip to get slicing. Disappointing but I will get it sharp.

Langner91

alaskanassasin said:

MediumRarely said:

Many pairs of poultry shears over the years. Henkel's, OXO, Walmart, etc. The one you mentioned in your original post has been by far the best. Spatchcocks chickens like butta'.  The Shun Premium does not have plastic handles, just coated to allow for a positive (and painless) grip. They don't slip even when a bit greasy. 90 degree twist to separate the SS blade/handle assemblies for easy cleaning. I like these, but frankly I am sure many peoples' favorites here will be fine.

I would stay away from spring loaded units with straight handles. Grip issues when wet/slippery. That's just me.

On a side note, I had a good size chip in my shun chefs knife. I thought, well I will mail it back and get a factory edge, plus they can fix the chip. A month later I get it back, the chip was gone but it was not very sharp, I had a ripe tomato rolling around on the cutting board. I tried a sawing motion. Finally I had to stab it with the tip to get slicing. Disappointing but I will get it sharp.

I had a knife blade that had cracked on me.  It wasn't an expensive knife, but I liked it for certain tasks, so I wanted to save it.  I worked that crack out on my WorkSharp E5 belt sharpener.  I am glad I spent the time as that knife has never been so sharp and seems to hold an edge better now than when it was new.  That's probably my imagination, but I assume I finally have the geometry correct from all of the work to get the crack out.

I hope you can get your knife just as sharp!

Teefus

We have a set of OXO shears. They're super functional with large comfortable grips and they stay sharp. They also come apart for cleaning too.

MediumRarely

alaskanassasin said:

MediumRarely said:

Many pairs of poultry shears over the years. Henkel's, OXO, Walmart, etc. The one you mentioned in your original post has been by far the best. Spatchcocks chickens like butta'.  The Shun Premium does not have plastic handles, just coated to allow for a positive (and painless) grip. They don't slip even when a bit greasy. 90 degree twist to separate the SS blade/handle assemblies for easy cleaning. I like these, but frankly I am sure many peoples' favorites here will be fine.

I would stay away from spring loaded units with straight handles. Grip issues when wet/slippery. That's just me.

 I ordered the Shun 2 piece shears from amazon, they came with a set of herb scissors. This should clean up my scissor drawer. thanks.

 On a side note, I had a good size chip in my shun chefs knife. I thought, well I will mail it back and get a factory edge, plus they can fix the chip. A month later I get it back, the chip was gone but it was not very sharp, I had a ripe tomato rolling around on the cutting board. I tried a sawing motion. Finally I had to stab it with the tip to get slicing. Disappointing but I will get it sharp.

Don't bother with sharpening knives. Just use the Gallagher's Sledge-O-Matic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErppAlOIGQE

Tried and true. Timeless.