This is our handmade all-purpose household shear, of which we stock four sizes. These practical shears are excellent for cutting paper, plastic and fabrics, as the side bent handles allow you to cut while the material remains flat to the work surface it is resting upon. The high carbon tooled steel and chrome plated blades are extra-sharp and have unique corrosion protection, which means they will last a lifetime and give a masterful cut. The offset handles and machined pivot screw make cutting fabric a smooth operation. One blade is micro-serrated, allowing the trimmers to grip slippery materials, while the other is knife edged - reducing the cutting effort required.  The extra sharp blade makes these shears also very adept at cutting denser materials.

Handmade

Our scissors and shears are made by a family run business located in Sheffield, England - the home of British steel, cutlery and blade-making.  They are the last industrial scissor maker in the UK, and the oldest scissor-smiths in the western world being granted the Royal Warrant by appointment to her Majesty Queen Victoria in 1840. Each scissor is still hand-made, assembled and tested by craftsmen, using the skill and techniques honed and handed down over centuries. Hand-forged from carbon steel, they are then trimmed, dressed, sanded, drilled, ground, hardened, polished, assembled, and, finally, japanned – where handles are manually dip-coated in primer then in paint. The exacting process from start to finish is all completed by hand, by eye - by skill.  For instance, the grinding of the blades is completed on a saddle-mounted grinding wheel; a highly skilled operation carried out by a master grinder who has worked at the factory since he was 14 years old – one of the last traditional blade grinders left in the world.

Please note the handle colour depicted has changed from ox-blood (as shown) to red.

Chrome plated with red handles

Length 8 inches (20cm)

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