Most kitchen scissors try to do everything with one pair, and end up doing nothing well. This oannao set gives you three, each built for a real job: five-blade herb scissors, a heavy-duty multipurpose pair, and curved seafood shears.

Snip cilantro, chives and green onion right over the bowl and they fall in clean pieces instead of a crushed mush, while the matching comb flicks out anything caught between the blades. When dinner gets serious, the multipurpose pair opens flat and its blade detaches, so poultry, tape and packaging rinse clean with nothing trapped inside, and the handle even hides a bottle opener and nutcracker notch. The curved pair is shaped for shrimp, crab and poultry, making deveining quick and tidy.

Soft, non-slip handles stay comfortable even in larger hands, and the coordinated black-and-white set tucks into a standard drawer behind its protective covers. It is the kind of practical, good-looking gift that suits a housewarming, a wedding or the holidays.