Hair Scissors Manufacturer | OEM & Wholesale Shears

The first check that we advise is the steel grade and the heat treatment hardness. Most reputable manufacturers will specify steel grade (e.g. 440C, VG10, ATS-314 etc.) instead of a generic “premium stainless steel.” The second, the most important, check is the supplier’s readiness to provide a third party test for the heat treatment hardness, or the material make-up of the exact order from their specific manufacturing base.

MATSUOPRO shears are manufactured in China with two facilities – one in Guangzhou and one in Zhangjiagang, located in the Yangtze River Delta — a region known for its strength in scissor manufacturing. Our raw materials, such as ATS-314 steel plates sourced from the Japanese Hitachi Group, are sourced abroad.

440C, VG10 and ATS-314 are featured in our standard collections, heated to 60-62 HRC. For our superior cobalt alloy line, this is raised up to 64 HRC. Our chart above will show you which grade best suits your requirements.

MATSUOPRO has been manufacturing since 2014 — over 12 years — growing from a small workshop into a two-site precision manufacturing company with a 2,000+ square-metre facility and a team of over 100 people.

There’s no universally “better” choice – VG10’s cobalt gives it an edge-life advantage over 440C at a given hardness, while 440C is generally more accessible for in-house resharpening and can with stand more volume day-to-day. The best choice for you hinges on whether you’ll be sending your blades out for professional sharpening or doing touch-ups yourself on an ongoing basis.

There isn’t a single manufacturer that produces the “best” scissor across every price point and application. In fact, quality depends on a host of factors – including the specific grade of steel, heat-treatment process, hand-honing skill of the technician, and quality control disciplines at the manufacturing plant – all of which vary, even among those that exist in the same country. Reliable, verifiable quality signs include clearly stated steel grades, reported hardness, and third-party audits tied directly to a given manufacturing facility, rather than hyperbolic claims.

We can’t speculate on other brands’ manufacturing facilities. But what we can assure you is that our shears are manufactured at two facilities in China (Guangzhou and Zhangjiagang), use Japanese-sourced steel with named grades, and can provide third-party hardness and material documentation from the specific factory that your order is fulfilled from, upon request.

Yes, and most practicing stylists have experienced it. One stylist described being out $1,500 after their shear was “ruined” by improper Sharpening, while another recounted that it had cost her “thousands of dollars to replace everything.” In both cases, the culprit was the same: a generic knife-sharpening stone used on the shear’s internal bevel, rather than having it sharpened by a specialist who works on hair shears.

Working stylists most commonly attribute this to a handle geometry that isn’t suitable for the way the tool is held ergonomically over many hours of use – the phenomenon referred to in professional circles as “wrist pain that starts by noon.” Rarely is it the blade steel itself. Instead, it’s typically an improper handle fit issue that, over time, accumulates and exacerbates like the $1,500 damage and 15% batch-defect figures outlined above. It’s a real consideration when deciding what shear you plan to use on a daily basis.