Juntetsu

About Juntetsu

Juntetsu — operating at juntetsu.com — is the official store of the Juntetsu shear house: a Tokyo brand whose name, written 純鉄, means “pure iron,” and whose shears move from raw Japanese steel to finished professional tool through a 124-step process ending at its own Saitama workshop. The official store is the brand’s only direct channel — Juntetsu states plainly that it does not franchise and does not expand beyond what its workshop can finish by hand — making juntetsu.com the reference point for the full range, the lifetime warranty, and the resharpening service.

Four flagship series, one standard

The current collection is organised as a quiet hierarchy rather than a sprawling catalogue:

• Hanami — the entry series, named for cherry-blossom viewing. VG-10 steel at 60 HRC with an offset handle, in 5.5 and 6.0 inch — the pair on which a stylist learns the Juntetsu standard.
• Crystal Elite — high-hardness VG-10 at 62–63 HRC for working professionals who prioritise sustained sharpness.
• Akane — a rose-gold titanium coating over the same professional build, in 5.5 to 6.5 inch, for stylists who want performance and presence in one tool.
• Aero Pro Cobalt — the flagship: an aerospace-grade aluminium-cobalt construction at 36 g with the house Dan-Ha stepped-convex edge, engineered to cut hand fatigue across long sessions.

Every series shares the same finishing standard — only pairs that pass the workshop’s 124-point inspection receive the Juntetsu stamp.

The Saitama standard — 124 steps from steel to stamp

Juntetsu describes its manufacture as seven stages, and the details are specific enough to be worth repeating. Steels — VG-10, 440C, and calculated alloys from Japanese mills — are selected per series. Forging is judged by the colour of the steel rather than a thermometer. The hamaguri convex edge is formed by hand, then sharpened on natural whetstones. The pivot is set by hand and tuned by ear — the workshop holds that a correctly tensioned pair rings at 440 Hz. Finishing is done on a wool wheel with camellia oil, and each pair is engraved with the master’s mark only after passing the full inspection.

Three principles frame the whole process: Ma — negative space, restraint in design down to the washi-paper packaging; Jun — purity of material, the obsession behind the brand’s name; and Takumi — mastery, the rule that each pair passes through the eyes and hands of the same craftsman who selected its steel.

The brand traces its craft lineage through roughly a century of Tokyo blade-making, headquartered today at 3-2-14 Nihonbashi, Chūō-ku, Tokyo, with workshop visits by appointment only.

Ordering, warranty, and resharpening

Orders, sizing help, and distributor enquiries run through the official site, which publishes in nine languages. Juntetsu backs its shears with a lifetime warranty and operates a workshop resharpening service, so a pair bought direct can be maintained by the same hands that made it. The store also runs the brand’s authorised distributor programme for professional retailers.

Also available through authorised retailers

For stylists who prefer local currency, delivery, and support, genuine Juntetsu shears are stocked by specialist retailers: Japan Scissors and Scissor Hub in Australia, Japan Scissors NZ and Scissor Hub NZ in New Zealand, JPScissors in the United States, Japan Scissor Shop in Canada, Japan Scissors UK in the United Kingdom, Ciseaux Japon in France, and Forbici Giappone in Italy.

See Also

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