Welcome to sharpline scissors, your on-line source of haircutting scissors , hair cutting shears , beauty scisoors , professional shears , hair dressing scissors, hairdressing shear, thinning scissor, sharpening Japanese shears, clipper, combs and beauty accessories, sharpening machine machines machinery, we can sharpen all brands include Yamato, Akkohs, Fuji, Hikari, Nic cobalt, Sharpline, Yasaka, Matsuzaki, Kasho, Kai,

Home l About Us l Catalogue l Warranties & Conditions l Educational Articles l Our Customers l Business opportunities l Contact us
	Feathering and Your Scissors
The Purpose The feathering technique is useful for softening and texturising perimeters. This is not a cutting technique as in the previous article about Slide Cutting. The technique is especially useful for breaking up lines and blending layers. Great for shaggy looks!! The Technique Feathering can be performed on both wet and dry hair. The technique is very popular in Europe but few hairdressers use it in Australia. The section is held tight and the scissor is fanned or feathered across the hair shaft, cutting in the forward direction as shown in the photo. Hold your scissor between 80 and 90 degrees against the hair and about TWO THIRDS open. You are cutting the end of the hair shaft so extend the section holding on to the end firmly. Start your action close to your fingers and moving away, cut the hair with a fanning motion, moving up to 10cm away from your fingers depending on the effect you are trying to achieve. Don't try to take too large a section, go easy! The scissor is used like a razor and you are cutting the ends of the hair on the "V" of the scissor where the two blades meet. Again don't hold your scissor too far open as the scissor will catch. As always, this technique requires practice and I would suggest that you start with a new doll's head that has long hair. The Scissor The best type of scissor for this technique is cobalt alloy or a medium precision scissor with a cutting edge of around 45 degrees. In fact, a scissor that is six months old will perform this technique better than a new pair! Gasp - that is right! (no, this doesn't mean old, chipped and rusty but scissors that have run in). This may seem strange to some of you but this is quite true. A high precision scissor is too sharp and the edges too fine for this technique, the scissor tends to catch and skin the hair. Because you are working the scissor at 80 degrees, a sharp scissor will damage the hair and produce split ends. I learnt this many years ago from servicing scissors for French hairdressers who tend to use feathering. The sharper I made their scissor, the more they complained that the scissor was catchy. Eventually after watching and working with them I figured it out. Cobalt alloy scissors are by far the best for this technique but a quality pair of medium precision (semi convex stepped edge) stainless scissors are good after they have run in. So, now you have a good use for that old pair of scissors, a professional bladesmith will be able to set them up for you to use as a spare and as your feathering scissor. Happy Cutting! Adrian Schlemmer
CATALOGUE >>                                           PREMIUM l STELLAS l Pro Stylist l Thinning l First Star
©2000-2006 Sharpline Scissors