As a professional tailor/dressmaker, I've owned three pairs of bent dressmakers shears over the years: A pair of 8" Ginghers (3.5" cutting surface), a pair of 8" Mundials (3.5" cutting surface), and a pair of 12" Touro Tesoura Professional Tailor shears (6" cutting surface). — — The Ginghers were the first pair of professional quality shears I ever owned and for over a decade now, they've been fussy and required constant tune-up and maintenance. The Mundial shears, on the other hand, have recieved more use and required no attention whatsoever. The Touro Tesoura shears,… read full review »