The scissor you stop thinking about during a cut is usually the right one.
ShearGenius is run by the people who actually make the tool — and who’ll still be looking after it years after you buy. Matt has cut hair since 1990, became a scissorsmith and designer, and hand-finishes and inspects every pair himself: pivot tension, edge geometry, tip alignment — no batch passes on trust. Aaron has been behind the chair since 1987 — a Master Hairdresser, barber and former salon owner, and the face of ShearGenius on the road. Together that’s 75+ years in the industry, and it’s why the advice you get is real. Every scissor is forged in Japan, then hand-finished at Matt’s bench in Lake Wendouree, Victoria — tensioned, edged and set by hand before it’s inspected and sold direct. We want to be the last scissor company you ever need to find: the fitting before you buy, the sharpens after, and the honest ‘keep what you’ve got’ whenever that’s the truth.
Words from the people holding them.
“Unparalleled sharpness achieved on my scissors, thanks to ShearGenius. I sent in three pairs that other sharpeners had struggled with, and every single one came back cutting like new. Matt clearly knows his steel better than anyone else in the business.”
“The Jada scissors I bought from him have been amazing. Thank you for not sharpening my scissors one more time and convincing me I needed a new pair.”
“I have been cutting for 12 years and these are the best scissors I have owned at any price point.”
Three stages. None of them skipped.
Premium Japanese steel, forged by our long-standing partner factories overseas. The raw article arrives — nothing more. The character is still ahead of it.
At Matt’s bench in Victoria, each pair is tensioned, the edge geometry set, the convex honed and the tips aligned — by hand. This is where a blank becomes a ShearGenius.
Every pair goes under the loupe before it ships — pivot, edge, alignment. No batch passes on trust. Then it goes straight to you at supplier-level pricing, with no middleman in between.
Matt and Aaron are the two faces you deal with — at the bench in Lake Wendouree, on the road, in the salons. Behind them: the studio floor, the dispatch bench, and Bec on the phone. No call centres. No outsourced judgement.
The technical engine of ShearGenius. A hairdresser since 1990, scissor designer, and sharpener of 100,000+ scissors. Every scissor we sell passes through Matt's hands before it ships.
The face of ShearGenius in salons. A Master Hairdresser and barber since 1987 and former salon owner. When ShearGenius visits, you're dealing with a master who cuts for a living and helps stylists choose scissors that genuinely suit how they cut.
When you ring the office, you get Bec — a real person who runs it: your bookings, your dispatch, the run calendar, and the record of every scissor we’ve looked after for you. Behind her, custom precision sharpening machines (not belts), every customer-supplied scissor finished to Matt’s standard, and orders packed same-day.
Our forging partners overseas have been supplying ShearGenius steel for years — not a one-off supplier deal, an actively-managed relationship Matt visits and audits. The steel article arrives forged. Hand-finishing happens at the bench in Lake Wendouree. Every batch is inspected before any pair leaves Australia.
Precision is a choice. Professionalism is a habit. ShearGenius is your partner.
Browse the range — or get fitted first, free, by the people who sharpen for a living.
