Cricket
- USA
- Est. 1984
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Budget Luxury
Cricket is a family-owned American brand from Novato, CA, producing professional scissors, combs, and brushes for over 40 years across three generations.
OverviewCricket is a family-owned American company headquartered in Novato, California. The company has been in operation for over 40 years across three generations, with an estimated founding around 1984. Cricket produces a broad range of professional styling tools including cutting scissors, thinning scissors, left-handed scissors, combs, brushes, and accessories.Product RangeCricket’s...
Overview
Cricket is a family-owned American company headquartered in Novato, California. The company has been in operation for over 40 years across three generations, with an estimated founding around 1984. Cricket produces a broad range of professional styling tools including cutting scissors, thinning scissors, left-handed scissors, combs, brushes, and accessories.
Product Range
Cricket’s scissors use either Swedish steel or Japanese stainless steel, depending on the line. The brand offers both beveled and convex edge options across multiple handle configurations including offset, swivel, and pivoting thumb designs. Pricing falls in the budget to mid-range tier, generally between $40 and $100+.
Key product lines include:
- Logo Silver Series – Standard professional line
- S2/S3 Premium – Swedish steel models
- Shear Advantage – Mid-range option
- Palm Reader – Ergonomic focus
- Route 66 – Styling line
- Centrix – Specialty line
- Roc-It Dog 360 – Pet grooming shears
Beyond scissors, Cricket also produces combs, brushes, and styling accessories, making it one of the broader tool catalogs among scissor brands in this directory.
Distribution
Cricket sells directly through its own website (cricketco.com) and through several major retail channels including SalonCentric, Sally Beauty, Amazon, and Paramount Beauty. This wide distribution makes Cricket one of the more accessible professional shear brands in the U.S. market.
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How Cricket Compares
| Brand | Cricket | ABOVE | SENSEI | FHI HEAT PROFESSIONAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | USA | USA | USA | USA |
| Price Tier | Entry | Mid-Range | Mid-Range | Mid-Range |
| Steel | Swedish Steel, Japanese Stainless Steel | — | — | — |
| Handles | Offset, Swivel, Pivoting Thumb | — | — | — |
| Specialties | Blunt cut, Slide cut, Precision cut, Thinning, Texturizing, Blending | Precision cut, Layer cut, Sliding cut, Texture cut, Wet cut, Dry cut | Blunt cut, Volume control, Texture control, Cut & Thinning, Blending, Point cut, Seamless blending | Blunt cut, Slide cut, Point cut |
| Founded | 1984 | — | — | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
Cricket scissors are manufactured in USA by Cricket Company, established in 1984 in Suite 200 Novato.
Cricket uses Swedish Steel, Japanese Stainless Steel in their scissor lines.
Cricket scissors are in the entry-level price tier (typically under $150). Positioned for students and early-career professionals.
Cricket offers Offset, Swivel, Pivoting Thumb handle designs.
Cricket specializes in Blunt cut, Slide cut, Precision cut, Thinning, Texturizing, and 1 more. Their scissors use Swedish Steel steel.
