Several years ago, Dovo, the scissor manufacturer in Solingen, Germany (and makers of my favorite embroidery scissors) went out of business. For many of us, that was bad news. Although there are many decent scissors available these days, Dovo’s embroidery scissors were always consistent, superior quality scissors with sharp, fine, pointed blades, super-smooth mechanical movement, and the perfect weight in the hand.

And although Dovo scissors were somewhat expensive compared to some embroidery scissors, they actually fell in the “moderate” price range for very good scissors – until they went out of business, at which time everyone who had remaining Dovo stock increased their prices significantly.

Needless to say, I treasure my Dovo scissors. I’m almost hesitant to use them – but not quite hesitant enough, because, after all, they’re meant to be used!

In recent years, I’ve been on a bit of a quest to find scissors that ticked all the Dovo boxes – sharp, fine blades; a nice weight in the hand; smooth mechanical movement.