May 2016
Titanium-Coated Shears – Yes Or No?
The flashy color schemes may be eye-catching, but there is a down side Titanium salon shears are pretty. No doubt about that. But apart from the visual appeal, does the titanium coating help or hinder performance? When titanium is applied to a shear, it coats every square inch including the cutting edges. Since titanium coating can dull your scissor blades, the coating needs to be “pulled away” to “un-coat” the blade. In responding to this question, we looked at dozens of titanium-coated shears and were hard-pressed to find any coated shear made of either of the two elite scissor steels, VG-10 Gold or Hitachi ATS 314. Since the most significant feature of these steel alloys is to give you a sharper edge that stays sharp longer, it doesn’t make sense to put a coating on them that will dull the cutting edge prematurely. Coated Shears Will Need Sharpening Sooner [...]
April 2016
Ultra-High Quality Salon Shears At 30%-70% Savings!
How can TopEdge do it? TopEdge Shears is a small company started by an expert stylist/platform artist. Our concept is to design professional barber and salon shears that we can sell to choosy hair professionals who recognize a great value when they see one. Although we’re not a national “name-brand” (yet) we are truly quality-driven and customer-oriented. You are the reason a small company that cares can make it in this business. Thanks. There are four main reasons we can deliver a world-class shear scissor and still save you money. We have the flexibility to source our materials at the most advantageous terms – savings we pass on to you. As a small internet-only company, we advertise far less than name-brand shears like Kamisori, Hikari, Joewell and Kissaki. We sell direct to you. There are no middlemen or distributors involved. By carrying only the most popular styles and sizes, we [...]
Is “Made In Japan” Worth The Higher Price?
It’s hard to tell the difference these days between “Made In Japan” and “Made in Asia from Japanese steel” The Japanese produce some wonderful – and expensive – salon and barber shears. They also produce most of the finest – and costliest –scissor steel in the world, Hitachi ATS 314 and VG-10 Gold SuperSteel. So they have a monopoly on high-quality, right? Wrong! Today they are faced with increasing competition in the top-of-the-line market segment from companies outside Japan. There are two elements that make up the cost to produce high-end hair shears. The cost of the 314 and VG-10 steel alloys. The cost of the skilled labor to hand forge, sharpen and polish the shears and individually weld the handles to the blades. There are two reasons why “Made in Asia of Japanese steel” is becoming an accepted alternative to shears made entirely in Japan. Hitachi 314 or VG-10 [...]