I use my Havel’s Sewing Snip-Eze for almost everything. I use them as a seam ripper, a thread cutter and as a little tiny finger to pull the bobbin thread loop up once it’s been threaded on the machine. So, I’m not surprised when they get dull. It can happen within a couple of quilts’ time. Especially if you have to unsew part of a block or row.
The dullness used to make me sad. But now, to alleviate that sadness, I use two different snips when I’m working on a project. (And I try to be good about using an Ultra Pro Seam Ripper – which won’t get dull due to all the extra blades.) Enter the Dura Snips. They’re on a neck strap so they’re always close at hand. I use them to snip thread and starter pieces of fabric. The Snip-Eze are still my tiny fingers and my sometime seam ripper, but they don’t dull as quickly now that the Dura Snips take on the “heavy duty” snip cutting.