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Narrator: These professional hairdressing scissors cost almost $ 2,200. More personalized They can cost almost $ 3,000. This is much more than ordinary hairdressing scissors for $ 10. The main reason for this clear difference is a specialized construction, thanks to which The blades do not wear out And they can survive decades.
Craftsmen spend hours manually shaping, forging and adjusting two blades to create scissors that rarely require sharpening. How do they create scissors that remain so sharp for such a long time? And what makes them so expensive?
Why are Naruto SCissors hairdressing scissors so expensive?
Hiromi IIda has been a professional hairdresser for 10 years. At that time, she invested thousands of dollars in high -class hairdressing scissors. Those produced by However, Naruto Scisors in the Japanese Hyogo prefecture stand out from the others.
Hiromi: Some scissors cost 350-400 thousand Jenów (PLN 9.5-11 thousand). They are great to use and are worth the price. Their sharpness allows for faster work. I can hold them for a long time and my wrist does not hurt.
Narrator: When choosing scissors, professional stylists pay attention to three features: Society, durability and ergonomic fit. Scissors must be precise to enable various techniques, such as shading or blunt, but at the same time provide comfort to the stylist. They should also not require frequent maintenance. Manufacturers of high -class hairdressing scissors, such as Naruto, solved all three problems.
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The difference between professional and ordinary hair scissors
The blades have only one contact point: exactly in the place where the user wants to make a cut. When using standard scissors, the hinge connecting two flat blades can wear out over time, disturbing stability. This means that The user must sometimes press the blades To yourself to get a clean cut.
Metal contact with metal consumes the edge of the blade over time. The damaged edge requires more frequent sharpening, making the blade thinner and the scissors become useless. To avoid this type of damage, high -class hair producers make sure that the blades are only in places where they have to make a cut.
The key to achieving precision in professional scissors
One way to achieve this precision is distortion of blades. Constructing the blades with adequate distortion and turn requires careful shaping. Craftsmen shape the outer blade at a constant angle of 45 degrees from the base to the tip. This angle is the same all over the blade, which allows a coherent cut without deviations and jams.
Toshio, President, Naruto SCissors: Naruto scissors have more distortion and a turn on one blade than standard scissors. Instead of crossing this way, they cross in this way. Thanks to the fact that the distortion and turn are larger, it is easier to catch your hair, and The blade closes with constant force in each position.
Narrator: As with the whole process of creating these scissors, craftsmen assess the eye when they are ready. After the first round of shaping the blades are polished. Then they are ready for distortion. Regulation of distortion requires mathematical precision and undivided attention. The distortion is obtained by gentle hammer impact into the inner part of the blade.
Craftsmen rely on their experience
High -quality metal used by Naruto, a special martenstical stop, is strong but flexible, thanks to which Craftsmen can distort the blades according to their needs. The curvature of each blade is about 0.03 mm, which is not enough to cut a single hair. Craftsmen, however, do not use any measuring instruments. They rely only on experience. Then the blade is gradually sharpened.
In the first round, craftsmen sharpen the edge at 70 percent. and repeat it two or three times, Until the blade reaches optimal sharpness. However, this can change the distortion of the blade, so between the rounds of sharpenings must constantly remove all defects with careful hammer impacts.
Shintaro, craftsman, Naruto Scisors: I check again if the distortion has changed. If so, I will improve them.
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It distorts hairdressing scissors for 18 years. Is not considered an expert
Narrator: Shintaro has been working in Naruto for 19 years. He spent 18 years in the regulation department, working on distorting blades. Despite the extensive experience, Shintaro is not considered an expert. His skills in distorting blades directly contribute to the high price of the scissors he produces. The cost of labor is up to 40 percent. Naruto expenses. Here a mechanism connecting the blades is created. This is a key part of the scissors structure, which also provides a single contact point when cutting. Naruto calls this mechanism three -dimensional contact point.
Toshio: We use bearing pads like this. Thanks to this, the blades do not touch each other in the middle of the scissors or in the place where the screw is located, and move smoothly. In this way there will be less structural deviations caused by consumption in the middle part. The scissors will be less susceptible to non -impaired. Thanks to this they will serve longer.
Testing an important element of the creation process
Narrator: After installing a point, craftsmen prepare for testing scissors.
Shintaro: First, I check if it is possible to cut with constant force from the base of the blade to its tip. Once I do it, I use a wig with real hair to test the focus.
Narrator: Department of attention is paid to the cutting efficiency of scissors and their longevity. The Naruto structure exerts less strength on the blades, so the scissors do not have to be so often sharpened and operate longer than ordinary scissors.
Hiromi: Within four years of buying, I had to sharpen them only once.
Narrator: Naruto claims that well -designed scissors work for so long that some customers bring scissors to the maintenance of several dozen years old.
Toshio: You can even bring scissors that we have produced at the beginning of our business. In other words, some of our scissors have already been used for over 50 years.
Narrator: For Hiromi, sharpness and durability are not the only reasons why professional hair scissors are worth the price.
Hiromi: I choose scissors matching my hand because I will use them for a long time. Fitting the scissors to the hand is a decisive factor when making a purchase.
It is possible to personalize Naruto hairdressing scissors
Narrator: Stylists ask for types and shapes of scissors adapted to their specific needs, and ergonomics is the most important. Some manufacturers even adapt handles to the exact dimensions of their customers' hands and their cutting style. The most expensive Naruto basic model costs around $ 2000, but Hiromi asked for Arabeski, which takes more time to design. This raised the price of scissors to almost $ 3,000. However, there are many customers ready to pay this price.
Naruto sells about 6,000 scissors a year, and sales are growing. The global market of hairdressing scissors is expected to grow at a rate of 5.5 percent. Annually by 2030, fakes are the biggest threat to professional hairdressing scissors.
Toshio: We are not the only Japanese manufacturer of scissors whose products are counterfeited by foreign companies. Next week I meet with the presidents of other companies. This is one of the problems we face.
Narrator: However, these fakes do not work as well as the originals. Producers of professional hairdressing scissors know that their buyers appreciate the difference.
Toshio: I think that people who will be deceived and buy a fake will immediately realize it. Fakes may look exactly the same, but our quality is unbeatable.
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