2-Pack Stainless Steel Herb Scissors - 5-Blade Kitchen Shears with Brush | Heavy Duty for Cooking & Gardening

I bought this set for my wife's Christmas gift after watching the British Baking Show. I thought was "what a time saver" and "consistent sized pieces" and I was right.My wife enjoys growing her own herbs for teas and she has been recently drying some lemon grass that she wanted to bag up so its ready to use. The first thing we noticed is that they are very sharp and unlike normal scissors, these are sharp on the top and the bottom blades so it acts like two knives passing each other instead of a single sharp edge meeting a flat shear point (hence the term shears).One of her remarks was how wonderful the size was for filling tea bags but in her enthusiasm of going swiftly she realized cutting too many dried lemon grass blades would try to slip and slide down the scissors cutting surface as there are no rough textures to help hold something during the cutting.The simple remedy is not to cut more than the scissors can handle or better yet, cut the grass when its green and then dry it in the dehydrator or near a dehumidifier (this works great for fluffy Stevia seeds all put in a quart Mason jar with the lid off.I can see these also being used to make some cute cuts on relish decorations and I am sure she will come up with other uses and overall I am not in the dog house which suits me fine. Its good to pick gifts that can actually be used over pretty objects like diamond rings and necklaces ... right? Just don't let her see my practical opinion.Please, no running with scissors because the doctor will think you fell on them five times in a row!