Excellent Edges – the story

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Excellent Edges is the largest world-class hairdressing scissor manufacturer, importer, exporter and service centre in Australia.

Our customers worldwide demand absolute perfection in their tools, and we provide the service they require.

We manufacture a range of top quality hairdressing scissors. We can also custom-make scissors for hairdressers including those with special needs.

With the largest range of Left Handed haircutting tools in the world, our dedication to provide the haircutting industry with a complete range of quality products and services, for right handed cutters and left handed cutters, has given us our world renowned reputation as a valuable supplier for the haircutting industry.

We also import a full range of top quality scissors and a large range of haircutting accessories. Most of our imports are famous brand names, known for their quality: Fuji, Hikari and Yamato, to name a few. Our imports come from Japan and Korea, and every single scissor is checked and tested by our own Master Bladesmiths.

We also export the full range of our imported and manufactured products.

From various locations in Australia and around the world, we wholesale and retail our full range of imported and manufactured products to distributors throughout Australia and abroad.

Additionally, we personally service all the products that we sell. Our sharpening and repairs services are the absolute finest, with the highest possible standards being implemented by our Master Bladesmiths.

Our Philosophy
Our philosophy is simple: Of the entire World's scissors, we choose the highest quality products. We don't do it just for our customers' sake. We also do it for ourselves. We enjoy working with quality.

We know that (in the long run) good quality scissors will cost a hairdresser less, will be easier on the hands, will help make good cuts quicker, and are just nicer to use.

Our History
For more than 1000 years the blade smithing world has known that the Japanese (with their long tradition of Samurai swords) are the World's finest bladesmiths and metal workers.

Hairdressing scissors have become the swords of modern times.

Tim Payne, BSc Hons, is currently the only Westerner who has fully learned the art of Japanese hair scissor bladesmithing. In 1973, his 10 years of training in Japan included working with renowned Japanese master bladesmiths.

Tim came to Australia and started Excellent Edges in 1987. The company has grown consistently, to become the largest, oldest, and most respected firm of its kind in the country. It now has operations in many countries throughout the world.

Excellent Edges has achieved this respect because of quality products, top service and always-honourable dealings with its customers.

Our long-term direct face-to-face close relationship, with so many of Japan's top scissor manufacturers, means that we have the widest range of spare parts, the latest models of new scissors, and the finest raw metals to manufacture from.

Excellent Edges is now in its 23rd year of operation and continues to grow and develop to stay ahead in the market. With two factories located in Morwell dedicated solely to the manufacture of scissors and another two factories in Ringwood which deals with the finishing stages of manufacturing and the servicing of scissors, we pride ourselves on being innovators in our industry.

Tim Payne, founder of Excellent Edges