The Best Yamato Scissors

The Yamato range

Yamato is a Japanese professional hair scissor brand, distributed through Spencer Scissors, a UK specialty retailer. All catalogued cutting models use cobalt steel. The range covers standard cutting and thinning models. Pricing is available through Spencer Scissors.

Spencer Scissors distributes Yamato as part of its UK specialist inventory. A thinning model (FB Series) is also catalogued in the wider Yamato range. All cutting models are Japanese-made cobalt steel shears.

3 Yamato picks made in Japan in cobalt steel

1. Yamato Royal Professional Cutting Scissors. The Royal is a cutting scissor from Yamato, made in Japan from cobalt alloy steel with a convex edge. Yamato scissors are produced at the Fuji More-Z plant in Sakai, Osaka, where the brand applies its hand-finishing process to each pair.

2. Yamato Sevian Professional Cutting Scissors. The Sevian is a cutting scissor from Yamato, made in Japan from cobalt alloy steel with a convex edge. It is listed under several variant designations — Sevian A70, Sevian AV70, and Sevian Moreneter — which may indicate size or handle sub-variants within the Sevian model line.

3. Yamato Wing N Professional Cutting Scissors (guide price around $1000). The Wing N is a cutting scissor from Yamato, made from Cobalt Molybdenum alloy steel and hand-finished at the Fuji More-Z plant in Sakai, Osaka — Japan’s established centre for blade manufacturing. The convex grind produces a smooth cutting edge suited to slide cutting, slicing, and scissor-over-comb work.

How we chose

The Royal is a premium cobalt steel cutting shear. The Sevian is an alternative premium cobalt cutting model. The Wing-N is a further cutting option in the range. Spencer Scissors distributes Yamato as part of its UK specialist inventory. A thinning model (FB Series) is also catalogued in the wider Yamato range. All cutting models are Japanese-made cobalt steel shears. Guide prices are at time of writing; confirm current figures and availability directly with the brand or its authorised retailers. Sets and left-handed models where listed separately are not included here.