Schools, Schools, Schools

We have been visiting schools in the Dallas - Ft Worth area all week teaching our "Shear Knowledge" class. We are on our way home tonight feeling tired but happy. The teachers and students seemed so happy to have us. Bob Tiemeyer from Katy, Texas helped with sharpening at the Ft Worth ITS on Tuesday.

I got some more cool scissor tattoo photos. See all the photos on FaceBook.

To see all the photos of the students and teachers at the ITS schools this week including photos of Bob Tiemeyer sharpening and the huge plate of onion rings we ate at Cheddars in Plano go to this link

Gene has his first injury teaching shear knowledge to students. While demonstrating the maneuverability of the Bonika Twister shears he twirled the blades around his face and sliced his forehead. One student alarmed ran out and got him a band-aid. Lucky he didn't snag his eye.

International Twisters vs Twister Sisters

I received an email today from Mimi who writes:

Hello Bonnie, I purchased a pair of your international twisters last month and just noticed on your blog that you are discontinuing this style and coming out with the twister sister. I have not yet used the international twisters and am wondering if I would
prefer the new ones coming out (so am considering an exchange).
Could you tell me the difference between the two and why you are discontinuing the internationals? Thank you, Mimi C.

PS. Congratulations on the new baby!

My answer to Mimi was:

Hello Mimi,
Here's the scoop on the International Twister. We are no longer working with the American Factory that was making the International Twister. We have the Silk Twister which is very similar, but a little stiffer feel, but a hundred dollars less. They are very similar and we sell a lot more of the Silk Twister. When we decided to replace the International Twister we began looking at ways to make it more different and unique from the Silk Twister. We decided on a double swivel and renamed the shear to the Twister Sister. This shear is forged and similar steel as the old International Twister. We think the workmanship is a little better. Both the thumb and the finger swivel which allows a more comfortable point cutting positioning. It is easy to adjust the looseness of the swivel to customize the feel by using a simple screwdriver. Our research and test marketing seems to indicate this was a good decision because we sold a large number of the Twister Sisters at the recent Premiere Orlando show where we first introduced them.

If you would like to send your shears back and swap them, you can get full credit. The new Twister Sisters are $30.00 more. If you get them and wish you had the original Twisters again, we can swap them back again. Just be sure you put a note in with the return shears as to what you want.

Bonnie Megowan
Bonika Shears

Note: The Bonika Shears website is now functional. Sorry for the inconvenience. It was down for 24 hours of pure torture!