Slide Cutting Shears for Professional Stylists
Slide Cutting Shears
Slide cutting is a specialty hair stylist technique that features the shears gliding through the hair with the thumb scissor blade scissoring or slicing rapidly. Slide cutting can be done on wet or dry hair, but most stylists slide cut on dry hair. Slide cutting scissors feature curved or arced blades so that the hair is kept in place as the scissors slice through the hair at the back of the blades. Japanese and Korean made shears are the best for slide cutting. Our Shisato and Mirage shears are perfect for slide cutting.
Shisato Karma
Shisato Karma
The Shisato Karma features wide blades for effortless slide cutting and gliding through the client's hair.
Includes scissor case and finger ring sizers
Lifetime Warranty against faulty materials or workmanship
Lightweight Japanese Hitachi ATS 314 Cobalted steel
Hand-forged from an advanced alloy Japanese Hitachi steel category (ATS 314 - Molybdenum Vanadium Cobalt) that produces one of the finest cutting blades available on the market
Designed for slide cutting or slithering
Design has been widely used in Japan by top stylists who recognize the benefits of using tools made for specific tasks
Width of the blade allows it to be sharpened to an extreme 35 degree angle that allows the shear to glide effortlessly through the hair
Convex edge and hollow-ground blades for extremely smooth cutting on wet or dry hair
Superior pivot system, permanent finger-rest
Available in 5.5” (with light blue dial), 6” (with dark blue dial)
Watch a video on shears used for slide cutting
Caralee of Scissor Mall explains the technique of slide-cutting/slithering and how stylists achieve that technique. Any good quality shear can be used in slide cutting, but if a stylist uses this technique on a regular basis, she should invest in a shear specifically designed for slithering.