Masuta
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Budget Luxury
Masuta is an Australian professional shear brand from the OBU collection, offering shears for salon professionals.
Past the Minarai apprentice line, OBU’s range steps up to Masuta, the Port Melbourne brand’s senior Master tier of Japanese-steel shears. Models carry persona names (The Creator, The Sage, The Butler, The Outlaw, The Lover) with barber versions, left-hand builds of The Creator and The Lover, and matching duo and...
Past the Minarai apprentice line, OBU’s range steps up to Masuta, the Port Melbourne brand’s senior Master tier of Japanese-steel shears. Models carry persona names (The Creator, The Sage, The Butler, The Outlaw, The Lover) with barber versions, left-hand builds of The Creator and The Lover, and matching duo and trio sets. In Australia, 365 Salon Group distributes the line.
About
Masuta is the Australian brand OBU’s “Master” (マスター) collection, the senior tier sitting above OBU’s Minarai apprentice line. The brand is based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, and aims its shears at working stylists and barbers.
Product range
The Masuta line runs to named models including The Creator, The Sage, The Butler, The Outlaw, and The Lover, with dedicated barber and left-hand variants and matching scissor-and-thinner duo and trio sets. The Creator is offered in 5.5” and 6” lengths with an offset handle and a convex (hamaguri) edge.
Steel
OBU describes the blades as Masuta Japanese steel. The Creator product page lists a finished hardness of 61 to 63 HRC; no specific JIS or alloy grade is published.
Distribution
The official OBU site, obuscissors.com, is the primary source for current Masuta models, specifications, and pricing. In Australia the line is distributed by Three Six Five (365) Salon Group, a partnership announced on 1 November 2019. Masuta shears are also listed by Scissors Master; check the retailer’s storefront for current availability.
Sources
- obuscissors.com and the Masuta collection and product pages
- OBU media release on Australian distribution via 365 Salon Group
See Also
Product range overview
Five Masuta models are catalogued at $305–$320 — a tightly grouped mid-range price band consistent with Japanese professional scissors at this tier. The five-model catalogue covers cutting and thinning within a narrow price range.
Where to Buy
Masuta at a glance
- Budget
- Mid-range $200–400
- Based in
- Australia
- Catalogue
- 5 models listed
Where to Buy
Authorized Retailers
Retailers stocking Masuta
ScissorPedia catalogues 1 retailer carrying Masuta.
- Scissors Master — Canada
Products
How Masuta Compares
| Brand | Masuta | Excellent Edges | OBU | SHEAR GENIUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia |
| Typical price | Mid-range | US$150–US$400 | US$140–US$300 | US$160–US$400 |
| Steel | Japanese steel | Japanese steel | Japanese steel | Japanese steel, Cobalt, ATS-314 |
| Blade types | — | Convex | Convex | Convex |
| Handles | — | Offset | Offset | Offset |
| Specialties | — | Blunt cut, Texturising, Texture control, Point cut, Chipping, Wet cutting, Dry cutting | Blunt cut, Point cut, Chipping, Texturising, Straight line cutting, Downward open blade cutting, Upward open blade cutting, Fine tuning point cutting, Scissor over-comb, Men's cutting, Ladies cutting, Thinning | Slide cut, Slide chip, Channel, Blending, Scissor over comb, Slice chip, Smoothing, Slide texturizing, Texture control, Volume control, Cut & Thinning |
Frequently Asked Questions
Masuta is an Australia-based brand. It is run by OBU out of Port Melbourne, Victoria, as the senior Master tier of the OBU range.
Masuta aims its shears at working salon stylists and barbers, sitting above OBU’s Minarai apprentice line as the more advanced option.
The official OBU store at obuscissors.com carries current Masuta pricing; sets that pair a scissor with a thinner or slicer cost more than a single pair. This entry has no catalogued guide prices yet.
The line includes named models such as The Creator, The Sage, The Butler, The Outlaw, and The Lover, plus dedicated barber versions and matching scissor-and-thinner duo and trio sets.
Yes. Masuta offers left-hand versions of models including The Creator and The Lover.
The official OBU site at obuscissors.com is the primary source for current models, specs, and pricing. In Australia the line is distributed by the 365 Salon Group.
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