All scissors should have sheathes.
Scissors are sharp, and sharp things damage other things, such as your skin. Yes, the cutting edge is blocked when they're closed, but it's still a metal object which tapers to a small point. It can and will dig a hole in anything you store it in. Even if it's not making a hole, sustained pressure at a single point can deform things significantly.
Sheaths block the point and prevent them from opening. Do not assume things will not open randomly if they don't have a built in safety mechanism, which applies to basically all scissors. Friction will not save you. I have had snips cut holes in my pocket before because I was rushing around an event and needed somewhere to put them but they didn't stay closed.
Never again.
Does this practically matter for a ratty old pair of craft scissors which lie abandoned in a drawer except for opening packaging once a month? Probably not, but maybe.
I've seen butter knives1 wreak havoc on metal utensil organizers because the force of closing the drawer repeatedly bonked them into a weak point in the material.
I'll happily spend a bit of time and money getting scissor sheathes in exchange for peace of mind.
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Nightly Notes
I own four pairs of scissors, which is probably too many. I have a reason for all of them, I swear.
It's probably a good thing I'm not into more crafts.
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If you store sharp kitchen knives unprotected in a drawer, I cannot help you. Get a knife block or some covers. I pick on scissors because they're the only common sharp object which just safe enough that most people don't bother covering them. ↩