AIB

The AIB is a cutting scissor from the Art Collection II range, forged by the Togiya manufacture. Bamboo-leaf blade, straight handle, dial adjustment screw.

This length is made for precision work: scissor-over-finger cutting, outlines, detail around the face, point cutting. It is the most common format in salons, and usually the right choice for a first Japanese pair.

The blade

The blade is ground and then hand-sharpened in Inuyama, following Togiya's own geometry: a consistent edge along the full length, checked piece by piece before dispatch.

In the hand

Handles are polished and adjusted by hand so the pair sits naturally in the hand, with no pressure point. The knurled screw adjusts by hand, mid-cut if needed: half a turn is enough to firm up or loosen the closing.

This model is set up for right-handed users. Available sizes: 5″, 5″, 6″, 0″.

Forged in Inuyama

The Art Collection II range comes out of the Togiya manufacture, which controls its whole chain: steel selection, forging, hardening, grinding, then hand sharpening and assembly. That end-to-end control explains the value of Togiya's “Made in Japan”.

Care and lifespan

Wipe the blades at the end of each day, add a drop of oil on the screw and edge, store the pair in its case. Once a year, hand it to a sharpener trained on Japanese blades — never to a standard grinding wheel, which would destroy the convex geometry in a single pass.