Chicago Cutlery Insignia Kitchen Shears, Black
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Chicago Cutlery Insignia Kitchen Shears, Black
Customer Review: Beyond Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had mine for about a year, ever since I bought the big 18-piece set. I loved having nice, sturdy shears that I could wash easily (Coming apart in the center keeps rust from forming) and I use the bottle opener and flathead screwdriver ends all the time because I can never find those things in my messy kitchen. I had to cut the back out of a whole duck (Decently large at 6 pounds) so my dog could eat it before I roasted it tomorrow. The bird was still partially frozen, so I assumed I'd have to continue cutting tomorrow. The thick, 1/2"+ leg bone wasn't even a match for these shears! It was still frozen, and I couldn't have broken it with anything else. Every time I butcher through a bird with these, it's like cutting construction paper. I've used quite a few good shears in my life, including the kitchenaid that my family's so fond of, but they don't even compare to these. They're extremely sturdy!
I've heard that they rust/the handle breaks apart, and that's only if you dishwash them. As a rule, good knives should not be put through the dishwasher, as it'll kill them pretty quick. These are pretty much like good knives, in the way they're made, since the dishwasher isn't the foremost concern above quality. I've seen knives that should've lasted 50 years be torn apart in 6 months by being thrown in a drawer and dishwashed.
Customer Review: One of the best designs on the market
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been impressed with the Walnut tradition and Insignia2 shears from Chicago Cutlery.
These are a departure from the other brands of kitchen shears in a few ways:
1. They do come apart. I like this feature on the insignia and walnut tradition lines as it allows for easy cleaning (like when cutting raw meat). Other brands seem to lack this feature.
2. They have the multitool can opener and screw driver attached to the handle. (I find these tools useful in the kitchen - especially the can opener.) Other brands seem to lack this feature.
3. The insignia2 and walnut lines come in black, brown, red, blue. Other brands come in fewer colors.
I have used these scissors for trimming meat, vegetables, and flower stems. They also work great on tough beef jerky.
The shears' blades are forged on all the chicago cutlery shears lines.
All in all, I like the Walnut Tradition and Insignia2 models better than other brands for the reasons above.
Some of the best designed kitchen shears onthe market at affordable price. If you buy only one pair of shears buy this one.
Customer Review: Great All-Purpose Kitchen Shears
Summary: 5 Stars
I use kitchen shears in the kitchen for countless uses and my old ones broke so I was in the market for a new set. I read the reviews for this pair and decided to give them a try. When they arrived, I was pleasantly surprised at how nice and heavy these kitchen shears were. They fit nicely in my hand and do not pinch my hand upon closing.
The shears are equipped with a gripper section for opening jars, the end is designed to be a screwdriver on one side and a bottle opener on the other. I have to say that I don't use my shears for those uses but they are nice to have in case you do need them.
A very nice feature is that the blades come apart with ease for cleaning, especially handy if you use yours for cutting poultry.
I've used mine for cutting open packages, bags, cutting produce, cutting through poultry and trimming meat. They rip through meat as easily as they do paper.
These shears are fantastic and absolutely the sharpest scissors that I own.
They also come with a full lifetime guarantee.
I highly recommend and would purchase over again.
Customer Review: Indespensible kitchen shears
Summary: 5 Stars
I was way more than satisfied with these shears. I chose them over regular shears because of the extra features (bottle opener, pry, pliers type function). They are supersharp, and I use them to cut everything; stiff plastic packaging (don't know why manufacturers package this way in the first place), cloth tags off tshirts, vegetables, tough flower stems, etc. I haven't used them on meat because I don't usually eat it.
The first time I went to clean them, they fell apart. At first I was dismayed, thinking that they had broken, then realized that they came apart for easy cleaning and that the blades easily fit back together again. This feature won me over totally. How many pairs of scissors have I had that end up dirty and rusted because I can't clean the place where the blades come together?
I recommend these shears to everyone who sees me use them. They have become an indispensable part of my kitchen and "junk drawer" collection.
Customer Review: Reasonable ... if you don't open them too far
Summary: 2 Stars
They work okay as scissors if you think carefully, but I hate them: if you open the blades too far, the thing falls apart and you suddenly end up with a poor hold of two knife-like things instead. If you have the habit of sometimes using scissors for scoring where at some point during your cutting task you fully open them and just use one of the sides to score a line, these things are frustrating at best and dangerously unusable at worst. Some mechanism that didn't have them come apart during what for me is a typical use case for normal scissors would be a great improvement. Unfortunately, decades of use of scissors that actually stay together has made it impossible for me to not occasionally get a nasty surprise from absent-mindedly opening them too far without thinking what's about to happen next, and I certainly have to remember to warn guests of this "feature".