Monday 31 January 2011

Handcraft Japanese scissors making

In one of the previous posts I showed you factory professional hairdressing scissors making. This time we have something differet, in fact no automatic manufacture with help of machine, but instead you can check how scissors were made in traditional way. Handcrafted by blacksmith.

Video of scissor making is in Japanese, but don't look away if you don't understand this language. The process of maing is very imaginatory and you will understand main point and techniques used in japanese scissors making.

Sunday 16 January 2011

Hairstyling scissors sharpening

Do you know how hairstyling scissors are sharpened? I found this video on YouTube, showing how professional hairdressing scissors are sharpened. They have convex blades, which is japanese scissors design.

To sharpen them you need to take blades apart and sharpen each one separately. This video shows sharpening on a stone, which is still widely used, although there are some electric sharpeners used also.

If you would like to sharpen your scissors check this video, although I wouldn't reccomend your most expensive scissors for the first time ;)