GMC

The GMC is a cutting scissor from the Global Series range, forged by the Togiya manufacture. Convex blade, semi-offset handle, slotted 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 Japanese convex blade — hamaguri-ba, the “clam-shell blade” — combines a rounded back with an extremely fine edge. It slices the hair cleanly instead of pushing it: the cut glides, split ends are rare, and the gesture takes less force.

In the hand

The semi-offset handle slightly offsets the thumb ring. The wrist stays in its natural axis and the shoulder drops: the most versatile compromise, at ease both in finger work and over the comb. The slotted screw is adjusted with the supplied key: a firm setting that stays put throughout service.

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

Forged in Inuyama

The Global Series 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.