鋏正宗吉岡刃物製作所

PRODUCTS

  • Scissors type

  • Hedge Shears

    Standard hedge shears for pruning and shaping hedges. Six sizes available with blade lengths ranging from 150 mm to 300 mm.

  • Loppers

    Single-edged blade to cut thicker branches.

  • Leaf-cutting Shears

    Shears used exclusively for leaf-cutting. Particularly for professionals who require a very fine finish for their topiary and hedges.

  • ‘Nokokari’ Shears

    Shears which have a serrated blade and a straight blade to better grab and cut branches without slipping.

  • Japanese Style Pruners

    Pruners with looped handles used for pruning thin branches and flowers.

  • Pruners / Secateurs

    Pruners used to cut thicker branches (up to 15 mm diameter).

  • Ikebana Shears

    Scissors used for Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangements).

  • ‘Mekiri’ Bud Cutting Snips

    Snips used for thinning out pine needles and cutting very fine branches. It can be also used for bonsai, flloristry, etc.

  • Topiary Shears

    Shears used for pruning soft leaves and very thin stems/branches.

  • Dressmaking Scissors

    Also known as Rasha scissors, these scissors are used for cutting fabrics.

  • Japanese Thread Snips

    Snips used to cut threads to go through at final finishing of dressmaking. Recently they are also used for candy art sculptures and some people use them for picking soft herbs.

Handy knowledge when choosing Scissors / Shears

  • Steel

    Steel (hagane) is an alloy composed of iron and carbon. Steel manufacturing requires very delicate and challenging technologies. Mistakes in applying the wrong heat levels will result in fragile or defective materials. Harder steels are strong in one way; however hard steels are a compromises of adhesiveness at a molecular level and may be more prone to chipping or breakage. It is important to select right materials to suit the purpose of the product.

  • About materials

    There are many types of steel, such as White Paper Carbon Steel (Shiro-gami), Blue Paper Carbon Steel (Ao-gami), Blue Paper Super Carbon Steel (Ao-gami Super). Each Steel has unique hardness and adhesive nature suited to different tools and tasks.

  • ‘Urasuki’ Technique

    ‘Urasuki’ is a technique to shave inner blades to create a slight hollow. The gap created between two blades enables to the blades to move efficiently for sharp cuts even in the presence of some resins and plant sap.