World’s best Hair shears are none other than the Japanese hair shears

The majority of the world’s hair shears are made of stainless steel. Despite being manufactured in a number of countries. The Japanese hair sheers rare said to be the world’s best hair sheers. The steel manufactured in Japan is regarded to be one of the most revered razors as well as scissor steels of the world. Chinese steels are also great but they are somewhat soft when compared to steel in Japan. Thus Chinese hair shears are softer than Japanese hair shears. There is another type of steel available to the consumer, which is hard, i.e. German steel but for the purpose of blades. South-Asian steels are not so great when compared to Japanese steel.

The best hair shears are forged by hand. The hair shears which are forged by cast or stamped process are not so superior as that of hand forging. The most inexpensive type of hair shears is that of stamped shears and are generally not hollow ground. Unlike Japanese hair shears, hair shears made in another country are digitally finished. So if it is being said by the business owner that they are selling quality hair shears at a throwaway price, please rest assured that it is a cast shear. Hand forged hair shears are held the edge longer than the cast manufactured hair shears. Furthermore, a sharper edge is characteristic of hand forged hair shears, this also is dependent on the craftsman making the hair shear. Any hand-forged Japanese hair shears purchased should have a concave edged blade. In other words, it should have uniform hollow grinding on the inner surface. Moreover, it should have a consistent narrow ride line along the cutting edge. This type of hair shears would have the sharpest cutting capability.