Where to Buy Barber Scissors by Country
Seven countries, the ShearAlliance stores for each, and six checks that work on any store.
Quick answer
Buy barber scissors from a store in your own country where you can. This guide lists ShearAlliance stores for Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Canada, France and Italy, with the language each site uses. Whichever you open, read the model, length and hand first, then the returns, warranty and delivery pages before you pay.
Barber scissors are easiest to buy from a store in your own country. The delivery page, the returns page and the person answering your email all work on your side of the border. This guide lists ShearAlliance stores for seven countries, marks the two sites that are not in English, and gives six checks that work on any store.
Key takeaways
- Start in your own country. The table below puts the stores side by side.
- Two sites are not in English: ciseauxjapon.com is in French and forbicigiappone.com is in Italian.
- Run the same six checks on any store, from model, length and hand to a way to reach a person.
- This guide lists stores, not terms. Check each store’s own pages for range, delivery and returns.
Barber scissor stores by country
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| Country | Store | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | BarberScissors (you are here) | English |
| Australia | SalonScissors | English |
| Australia | JapanShears | English |
| Australia | Japan Scissors | English |
| Australia | Scissor Hub | English |
| Australia | Hair Scissors | English |
| New Zealand | Japan Scissors NZ | English |
| New Zealand | Scissor Hub | English |
| New Zealand | Hair Scissors | English |
| United Kingdom | Japan Scissors UK | English |
| United States | jpscissors.com | English |
| Canada | Japan Scissor Shop | English |
| France | ciseauxjapon.com | French |
| Italy | forbicigiappone.com | Italian |
Where a store has no brand name we know, the domain is the name. Every link opens the store’s own site.
Which store for which job
Inside Australia, the job decides the store.
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| The job | Go to |
|---|---|
| Barber scissors, thinners, razors and cases | BarberScissors, here. Start with all products or the collections. |
| Cutting longer hair, or working as a stylist | SalonScissors, an Australian store for professional hair scissors with guides for hairdressers, barbers and apprentices. |
| Comparing Japanese makers by blade, steel, handle and size | JapanShears, an Australian store that lays Japanese shears out by those specs. |
| Learning the tool before you buy | Scissorpedia, an information website and not a shop. Our parts of barber scissors guide covers the same ground for what we sell. |
Not sure whether you need a barber pair or a hairdressing pair? Read barber shears vs hairdressing scissors first, then choose the store.
Six checks before you pay, in any country
The same six checks work in Sydney, Auckland, Manchester or Milan. Run them in this order, because the first ones rule a pair out fastest.
- Model, whole-shear length and hand. The page names the model, the length in inches and whether it is right or left-handed. A right-handed pair in a left hand is a wrong buy, not a setting. See the left-handed guide.
- Handle, edge and steel rows. Offset, classic or crane; convex, bevel or micro-serrated; the steel name. A thinner also states its tooth count. How to read a barber scissor listing gives the order.
- Returns and warranty, in writing. Find both pages before you open the cart. Look at who pays return postage and what condition the pair has to be in.
- Delivery to your address. The store should say whether it delivers where you live before it asks for card details.
- Sharpening or service. Every pair needs sharpening sooner or later. Look for who does it and how the pair gets there. The sharpening services guide lists what to ask.
- A way to reach a person. An email address, a contact form, a business name. Send one question before you buy. The reply tells you most of what the other five checks cannot.
Australia and New Zealand
Barbers in New Zealand and Australia buy from each other’s stores. Whether that works for you depends on each store’s delivery page, so read it first. The New Zealand checks have their own page: buying barber scissors in New Zealand. For a shortlist of the nine Australian and New Zealand stores, see the Top 9 online barber scissor stores.
United Kingdom, USA and Canada
Japan Scissors UK, jpscissors.com and Japan Scissor Shop are the English-language ShearAlliance stores for the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. Barber scissor lengths are quoted in inches, and some stores add millimetres. One inch is 25.4 mm, so a 6.0″ pair is about 152 mm. Convert before you compare two pairs. The size guide shows what each length is for.
France and Italy: shopping in French or Italian
ciseauxjapon.com (in French) and forbicigiappone.com (in Italian) are written for local readers. If you read the language, shop there directly. If you do not, a browser translation is enough to read a spec row, but read the returns and warranty pages twice and email a question before you pay. Our barber scissor glossary gives the English term for each spec row, so you can compare a French or Italian page against an English one.
Pick by situation
- Apprentice: get the course tool list first. Then run the six checks on two stores in your country before you buy. The first kit guide shows what goes in.
- Working barber: copy the model, length and hand from the pair you cut with now, and compare two stores on those details.
- Shop owner: ask each store how it handles several pairs going away for sharpening, and keep the answer with your tool log. Buying scissors for a barbershop covers the rest.
Further reading: Scissorpedia is an information website. BarberScissors is part of the ShearAlliance, working with other trusted scissor websites. The rest of our guides, Top 10 lists and care pages are in the knowledge base.
Questions
Which store should I buy barber scissors from?
Start with a store in your own country, then compare two on the same six checks: model, length and hand; returns and warranty; delivery to your address; service; and a way to reach a person. The table above lists stores by country.
Does BarberScissors deliver outside Australia?
Our shipping page says where BarberScissors delivers. Readers outside that area can use the table to find a ShearAlliance store in their own country, then read that store's delivery page.
Which sites are not in English?
Two: ciseauxjapon.com for France is in French, and forbicigiappone.com for Italy is in Italian. Both are marked in the table. Read their returns and warranty pages in full before you buy.
Can I buy from an Australian store if I live in New Zealand?
Some stores deliver across the Tasman and some do not. Read the store's delivery page, or email before you pay. The New Zealand guide covers the checks in order.
What do the other stores in the table sell?
Each store's own pages say what it sells. This guide gives name, country and language, then the checks to run on any of them. Check each store's own pages for range, delivery and returns.
What if a store has no returns or warranty page?
Ask by email before you pay, and keep the reply with your order. A store that will not put returns and warranty in writing has answered the question.