The grey Roseline Scissors have been around for a long time and are very popular with animal groomers. In my opinion these are very good scissors and I think reasonable priced.

They are made in Germany from high quality hard steel. Hard steel like this cuts very well when sharpened and keeps the sharp edge for a long time. These scissors don’t bend and if you try to bend them they will probably snap.

The straight Roseline scissors cut very well when sharpened properly. The thinning scissors cut well but the action is not so smooth due to a slightly imprecise not machine finished geometry.

Top points:
Always very good steel
Always consistent quality
Reasonably priced

Bad points:
Roselines have imprecise semi convex geometry making them not have the smoothest action, particularly for thinning scissors.

There are many brands of hair cutting scissors for sale with the cheaper ones around £30 and high end scissors for £300+
This wide range in cost makes selling scissors an opportunity for entrepreneurs to charge high prices for basic scissors.
I have seen dreadful £100 scissors and superb £30 scissors. How can you tell the difference you might ask ??

The best Brands have their own factories and distinctive quality workmanship that raises them above ordinary scissors. These scissors look and feel special and distinctive and cost £100+
They are beautiful and made of the best hard steel.

Moderate quality scissors can look a little plain but you will notice they cut hair nicely. These cost £50+
The design is less distinctive but they are made of good hard steel.

Cheaper £30 scissors should work fine but they usually look generic and the cutting can be less smooth and jagged.
These can sometimes be made of cheap soft steel but lots are actually OK.

I think the scissors at Burtons and Christies are properly priced so you should get what you pay for.

Tracey wanted her grooming scissors sharpened quickly.
She posted them on Monday by Special Delivery, they arrived on Tuesday, were sharpened and returned on Wednesday and she will receive them back on Thursday.

Cost

• 17 x sharpen hair scissors – £136
• Return post Special Delivery (£750 cover) – £13

Thanks Tracey for sending your items to us. 🖐