Dovo 6-inch

Slice by Karim Rashid

Allex S-120 (slim), S-165 (small) and S-185 (medium)

Kyocera ceramic

Mcusta Damascus

Japanese copper-plated steel scissors

Tajika Haruo Ironworks, Ono City near Kobe, established 1928. Takeo and Daisuke Tajika, third and fourth generations of this family business forge, shape and sharpen each piece by hand. © Copyright 2019 Fazal Majid, All rights reserved.

Engineer PH-55 Tetsuwan

Toribe kitchen shears

Gingher 5-inch pocket scissors

MAC precision scissors

OLFA multipurpose

Klein electrician's scissors

Fiskars titanium nitride coated shears

Fiskars snips

Mundial thread nippers

Dahle extra-long office scissors

Plus Fitcut Curve Teflon-coated with cushioned handles

Leatherman Raptor medical shears

Muji pocket scissors

Sun-Star sliding pivot

Joseph Joseph 2-in-1 kitchen scissors

Slice ceramic scissors

Premax blunt-tip office scissors

Kai dressmaking shears

Kyocera ceramic kitchen scissors

Ernest Wright scissors

Neto scissors, design by Antonia Campi

Blackened Tanebasami scissors

Allex hardened steel shears

Knipex electrician's shears

Carl XScissors

OLFA multipurpose Limited Edition

Allex S-200

Nakabayashi SAKUtto-cut

Nogent France folding pocket scissors

Henri Belligné HB 520 model 6842, family-owned business since 1620, some of whom were official cutlers to the King of France. Very high quality hand-ground blades, unlike most pocket scissors. © Copyright © 2019 Fazal Majid, All rights reserved.

Saboten harvesting scissors

Leatherman Squirt S4 multitool with scissors (discontinued)

True Utility key-ring scissors

Folding scissors from a Japanese dime shop

Premax office scissors

William Whiteley Wilkinson Black electricians' scissors

William Whiteley Exo scissors

William Whiteley Wilkinson Black paper scissors

Kutz 14-inch long-nose paper scissors

Engineer PH-56 high-performance scissors

Slice 10545 ceramic shears

Whiteley 9-inch paper scissors

Tools to Live By mini scissors, gold finish

Plus Fitcut Premium with titanium nitride finish

Allex cardboard scissors

William Whiteley Aura Rose Gold

William Whiteley Workmasters

Nogent HB 520 Ciseaux Rouennais

Made in Nogent, France. Scissors made in Rouen were known for their rounded tips. The quality is quite disappointing compared to the folding scissors. HB 520 is a trading house, it stamps other makers' wares, and in this case quality standards were not met. © Copyright © 2022 Fazal Majid, All rights reserved.

Xshears

Clauss 18518 detachable kitchen scissors

3 Claveles kitchen scissors

Canary PS-6500H corrugated cardboard scissors

Canary and Allex compared

The Allex and Canary are made by different cutleries in Seki, but share a certain design DNA. Perhaps there is a subcontracting agreement between Hasegawa and Hayashi? © Copyright © 2022 Fazal Majid, All rights reserved.