The Scissor Shop
- Australia
- Est. 2019
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Budget Luxury
The Scissor Shop is an Australian brand from the Sunshine Coast, QLD, offering hand-balanced scissors in Asian and German stainless steel.
The Scissor Shop opened in 2019 on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, an Australian scissor brand built on 25 years of experience behind the chair. It sells direct at thescissorshop.com, covers cutting, thinning, and left-handed models in Asian and German stainless steel, and describes every pair as hand-balanced. The two cutting shears...
The Scissor Shop opened in 2019 on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, an Australian scissor brand built on 25 years of experience behind the chair. It sells direct at thescissorshop.com, covers cutting, thinning, and left-handed models in Asian and German stainless steel, and describes every pair as hand-balanced. The two cutting shears catalogued here are both 6.0 inches and both carry a $100 guide price.
Overview
The Scissor Shop is an Australian scissor brand based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. The company is founded on 25 years of experience behind the chair and sells directly through its website at thescissorshop.com (also operating via thescissorshop.store). Contact: hello@thescissorshop.com.
Note: scissorshop.com.au is a separate, unrelated business.
Product Range
The Scissor Shop offers cutting scissors, thinning scissors, and left-handed models. The brand uses both Asian and German stainless steel in its production. Key features across the range include hand-balanced construction, tension-adjusted pivots, and ergonomic designs intended for comfortable extended use.
Distribution
The Scissor Shop sells exclusively through its own website and offers free shipping on all orders. The brand operates as a direct-to-consumer business without third-party retail partners documented at this time.
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Product range
Sixteen The Scissor Shop models are catalogued, including the Mabushii ($56) and Tora ($61) cutting shears, the Aiiro ($56) and Kin ($66) thinning shears, and the Kura Set ($96) — a matched cutting-and-thinning combination. The Japanese-language model names — Mabushii (dazzling), Tora (tiger), Aiiro (indigo), Kin (gold) — reflect the design language of the brand. The $56–$96 price range positions The Scissor Shop firmly in the entry-to-mid Australian professional tier, which makes it one of the more accessible domestically focused scissor brands in the country.
Where to Buy
The Scissor Shop at a glance
- Budget
- Entry-level $100–200
- Makes
- Cutting Scissors, Thinning Scissors, Left-Handed Scissors
- Based in
- Australia
- Catalogue
- 18 models listed
- Established
- 2019
Product Types
Specialties
Where to Buy
Authorized Retailers
Retailers stocking The Scissor Shop
ScissorPedia catalogues 1 retailer carrying The Scissor Shop.
- THE SCISSOR SHOP — Australia
Products
How The Scissor Shop Compares
| Brand | The Scissor Shop | K5 International | Osaka | OBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia |
| Typical price | US$100–US$100 | US$60–US$70 | US$135–US$175 | US$140–US$300 |
| Steel | Asian Stainless Steel, German Stainless Steel | 440C | 440C, VG-10, ATS-314 | Japanese steel |
| Blade types | — | Convex | — | Convex |
| Handles | — | Offset | Offset | Offset |
| Specialties | Clean cut, Precise cut, Trimming, Shaping, Styling | Blunt cut, Slide cut, Point cut, Volume control, Texture control, Cut & Thinning, Texturizing, Light/thin hair cutting, Thick/heavy hair cutting, Smooth cutting | Blunt cut, Point cut, Slide cut, Texturizing, Scissor over comb, Volume control, Texture control, Slicing, Precision cutting, Thinning, Fade | 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 |
| Founded | 2019 | — | — | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
The Scissor Shop is an Australian-based brand on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, founded in 2019 and built on 25 years of experience behind the chair.
The range covers cutting scissors, thinning scissors, and left-handed models, all hand-balanced, in Asian and German stainless steel.
Yes. Left-handed models are part of the core range alongside the standard cutting and thinning scissors.
Both cutting shears catalogued here carry a $100 guide price, entry-level territory for professional scissors. Current prices for the full range, including thinners and left-handed models, are at thescissorshop.com.
The Scissor Shop sells direct to customers through its own website at thescissorshop.com.
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