Good scissor?

[Estrid]

Hello!

I am planning on trimming my hair myself starting next year (I am in the no trimming 2015 so this year it is not needed) but I thought that it may be good to start looking now and give the scissor as a new year present to myself :)

I know that real hairdresser scissors cost a small fortune, and I don't think I want to spend that. But I would like to know if any of you know any good scissors that don't cost that much? I guess I would be okay with paying up to maybe $50 for a good scissor, but not more. Less is better!

So yeah... where did you buy your scissor? is it good?

It kinda has to be online since I live in sweden and probably don't have the same stores around as some of you.

Thanks in advance! :flower:

[bed_head]

I am pretty happy with tweezerman's hair shears! Great price and I find all of their products well made.

http://www.amazon.com/Tweezerman-Stainless-2000-Styling-Shears/dp/B000WI0640/ref=pd_bxgy_194_img_y

Not only that, but Tweezerman offer's free lifetime shapening too! http://www.tweezerman.com/free-sharpening/

[Lolino]

I got mine at Kicks last time I was in the homeland for christmas :D I think it was a little over 100 kr or so. I really like it, and it actually works better than the drugstore scissors I got here. Plus it's fairly cheap, so if it goes dull (or the boyfriend uses it to cut nails/string/cardboard again) I'll just get a new one.

[lapushka]

Mine is by the brand "Ultron", it's a European brand and I got it from this store, for those Europeans looking for good shears:
http://www.flash-world.nl/catalog/index.php?cPath=31&osCsid=nqcjf90sho7u68hf88rfqd6d84

[Nini]

I got an ok pair at a regular store, no fancy brand or anything. Although the ones I use more often are my Fiskars embroidery scissors;) I only do S&D'ing though.

[Nique1202]

The important thing is sharp scissors that you can use comfortably and keeping them sharp by not cutting anything except hair with them, not necessarily spending a lot on fancy shears. I use a pair of regular office scissors as my trimming shears. I got a scissor-sharpening tool at a hardware store to make sure they're as sharp as I can get them, and I've seen no split ends or problems in my hair that would have been caused by the scissors.

[Johannah]

Mine is called Jaguar Pre Style Relaxed 5.5. I love it.

[lapushka]

The important thing is sharp scissors that you can use comfortably and keeping them sharp by not cutting anything except hair with them, not necessarily spending a lot on fancy shears. I use a pair of regular office scissors as my trimming shears. I got a scissor-sharpening tool at a hardware store to make sure they're as sharp as I can get them, and I've seen no split ends or problems in my hair that would have been caused by the scissors.

Oh but it *does* matter, especially if you do one-cuts and have iii hair. Better have very smooth cutting (*sharp*) shears. If you don't want to "saw" through the hair, it matters (sawing through hair means your scissors aren't sharp enough). A regular pair from the drugstore is not going to "cut it". Trust me, tried those, they are all ruined. Until I invested about €50 in a decent professional shear.

[meteor]

^ That's an important point about avoiding "sawing" :agree:, but isn't it resolved by splitting hair in sections? For example, every time I had hair trimmed professionally, they used the right shears but still split my hair in 3 layers just to avoid the "sawing" through hair, and it still resulted in a blunt line cut. :hmm: This must be harder to do on self. :hmm:

[Anje]

In my mind, professional hair shears are meant to last through a dozen daily cuts for years. Nothing I buy is going to cut as much hair in its life as a hairdresser cuts in a month. Or probably a week! So I feel no pressing need to have especially high-quality hair scissors. I've been perfectly happy with $10 Goody ones from a big-box store in the past, though I did upgrade to a nicer pair for about $20. Now if I could just get my husband to stop using them to trim his nose hair, I'd be thrilled.

[DollyDagger]

In my mind, professional hair shears are meant to last through a dozen daily cuts for years. Nothing I buy is going to cut as much hair in its life as a hairdresser cuts in a month. Or probably a week! So I feel no pressing need to have especially high-quality hair scissors. I've been perfectly happy with $10 Goody ones from a big-box store in the past, though I did upgrade to a nicer pair for about $20. Now if I could just get my husband to stop using them to trim his nose hair, I'd be thrilled.
lol ..you must keep them under lock and key!

[meteor]

In my mind, professional hair shears are meant to last through a dozen daily cuts for years. Nothing I buy is going to cut as much hair in its life as a hairdresser cuts in a month. Or probably a week! So I feel no pressing need to have especially high-quality hair scissors. I've been perfectly happy with $10 Goody ones from a big-box store in the past, though I did upgrade to a nicer pair for about $20. Now if I could just get my husband to stop using them to trim his nose hair, I'd be thrilled.

:rollin: Anje! That's hilarious! After all, hair is hair! :p
But I bet if you show him your post, he'll remember to never use your scissors for that purpose! :lol:

[lapushka]

^ That's an important point about avoiding "sawing" :agree:, but isn't it resolved by splitting hair in sections? For example, every time I had hair trimmed professionally, they used the right shears but still split my hair in 3 layers just to avoid the "sawing" through hair, and it still resulted in a blunt line cut. :hmm: This must be harder to do on self. :hmm:

Nope, of course we tried splitting it into sections. The ponytail normally goes into 4 sections or is held flat between the fingers for cutting, and then each bit gets cut through, but the cheaper scissors still "sawed". The ones I have now are Japanese steel and definitely worth it! Japanese steel is like almost razor-blade sharp. Almost!

[lapushka]

In my mind, professional hair shears are meant to last through a dozen daily cuts for years. Nothing I buy is going to cut as much hair in its life as a hairdresser cuts in a month. Or probably a week! So I feel no pressing need to have especially high-quality hair scissors. I've been perfectly happy with $10 Goody ones from a big-box store in the past, though I did upgrade to a nicer pair for about $20. Now if I could just get my husband to stop using them to trim his nose hair, I'd be thrilled.

Tell him, "Your coarse nose hair deregulates my scissors." ;)

[Anje]

:rollin: Anje! That's hilarious! After all, hair is hair! :p
But I bet if you show him your post, he'll remember to never use your scissors for that purpose! :lol:
Oh, he knows I'm not particularly happy about it. Especially when he doesn't clean them!

I just bought him another set of mustache scissors. Maybe that'll keep him away from my hair scissors, until he misplaces them?


Tell him, "Your coarse nose hair deregulates my scissors." ;)
Unfortunately, the fact that I have used them occasionally to clean up his beard really undermines that argument. And holy crap, does that guy have coarse beard hair!

[meteor]

Nope, of course we tried splitting it into sections. The ponytail normally goes into 4 sections or is held flat between the fingers for cutting, and then each bit gets cut through, but the cheaper scissors still "sawed". The ones I have now are Japanese steel and definitely worth it! Japanese steel is like almost razor-blade sharp. Almost!

^ Oh, great to know, thank you, lapushka! :D

I know some of those Japanese professional scissors can cost hundreds of dollars and more! :bigeyes: I have no idea where folks find professional but yet affordable scissors. Also, designs are so incredibly different, when I check online. How does one figure out which designs will be comfortable to use on self? Any guides for self-trimming scissors shopping out there? :)

[lapushka]

Any guides for self-trimming scissors shopping out there? :)

Here's one tip. Before I bought my "around" €50 (on the plus side) "Ultron" brand shears from a real hairdressing shop, I got a few pair off of e-bay claiming to be Japanese steel. Don't fall for it, if it's not from a regular hairdressing shop! No way, they sawed even worse than my regular drugstore pair. Don't think you can get cheap shears off of e-bay expecting them to be the real deal!

[meteor]

^ Great! That's good to know, lapushka! Thank you! :flowers:

[lapushka]

You're welcome, meteor. My bad experience doesn't have to be anyone else's. :)

[Arctic]

Mine were about 10 Euros from normal depeatment store, nothing fancy. I have been pleased with them, and they are years old, probably 4-5 years (and I use them more than many LHCers, only on hair). I (almost) always section my hair, into manageable sections, so there is not sawing problem.

[Estrid]

Thank you all for the answers, suggestions and the bit of fun :redgrin: Quite refreshing!

I do think I want to invest a bit in a good scissor, even if it isn't necessary. I would feel calm knowing I am cutting my hair with something that is "good", + why not? Thank you for linking that site, lapushka :) Is there any possibility of getting it in english or will I have to find my way around without that luxury? I suppose I could, but every time I encounter a site that don't translate to english it feels like it won't allow international shipping, but I suppose it does (?).

About the sharpening tool that someone mentioned, would it be necessary if I bought a high quality scissor? How often would I have to care for it with something like that?




I saw fiskarns scissors mentioned....I've cut my hair with fiskarns scissor before (the universal one), I think I rather avoid that in the future even though it went alright! ;)

[lapushka]

Thank you for linking that site, lapushka :) Is there any possibility of getting it in english or will I have to find my way around without that luxury? I suppose I could, but every time I encounter a site that don't translate to english it feels like it won't allow international shipping, but I suppose it does (?).

Well I don't know about the translating, but I could help you if you really want even though I don't know that if you should order how you are going to be able to check out without my help (and I can't get into your account, and would have to go through the ordering process somehow with you to translate - so that's impossible). They did ship from The Netherlands to Belgium but we are neighboring countries. I don't know about other countries, though. I think you might be better ordering from somewhere local to you, to be honest and from a site that at least has an English option!

[Estrid]

Well I don't know about the translating, but I could help you if you really want even though I don't know that if you should order how you are going to be able to check out without my help (and I can't get into your account, and would have to go through the ordering process somehow with you to translate - so that's impossible). They did ship from The Netherlands to Belgium but we are neighboring countries. I don't know about other countries, though. I think you might be better ordering from somewhere local to you, to be honest and from a site that at least has an English option!

Hmm, yeah. I will try to find another place that sells them :) I can see that amazon got some of them, so maybe that is the best option I got, else there are just a bunch of unknown sites.

[lapushka]

Hmm, yeah. I will try to find another place that sells them :) I can see that amazon got some of them, so maybe that is the best option I got, else there are just a bunch of unknown sites.

There have to be some international online hairshops out there that sell scissors.

[Arctic]

Use Google.se and try words like "professionell frisörsax" (engl. professional hair shears), I tried it and got tons of hits.

[Estrid]

There have to be some international online hairshops out there that sell scissors.


Use Google.se and try words like "professionell frisörsax" (engl. professional hair shears), I tried it and got tons of hits.

I have a hard time finding sites that I recognize, and about all of these sites have no review section so I have no way of knowing if it is a good site of not. Some of these sites (most of them) just write "professional scissor" with no name, maybe mention that it is striped... so I can't research if the scissor is good either.

[Estrid]

After looking some more it looks like "coolblades" or "salon-sales" will be the places to pick from, now I just have to decide for a scissor... But there is no need to hurry, so I'll just bookmark that site and think about it later :p

salon-sales are cheaper, but their site makes me want to hide.

[lapushka]

After looking some more it looks like "coolblades" or "salon-sales" will be the places to pick from, now I just have to decide for a scissor... But there is no need to hurry, so I'll just bookmark that site and think about it later :p

salon-sales are cheaper, but their site makes me want to hide.

Anyone per chance have a good international online hairsupply store bookmarked?

[Estrid]

Seems like salon-sales are not international after all, the card one uses must be registered on an UK adress, so now it got easy: coolblades it is.