Some thinners take. The Vampire 26 gives. Where a heavy texturiser bites and over-removes, this one whispers — soft, deliberate, exactly as much as you asked for and not a hair more. It looks like a precision instrument and it cuts like one: the kind of feathered, invisible blending that makes a finish look expensive.
Pick it up and the control is instant. Coloured hair, fine hair, soft point-work — the Vampire glides through and leaves movement, not damage. It's the scissor you reach for when the result has to be seamless and you refuse to gamble it on a blunt-force thinner.
And it's a thing of beauty in the hand — choose your screw colour and make it unmistakably yours.A scissor this good doesn't belong to a "type" of stylist — it belongs to whoever has the eye to want it.
From Matt Grumley, Australian scissorsmith: "I built the Vampire to do the quiet work — the soft blends where control is everything. It removes gently and finishes clean. That feel is the whole point, and I hand-finish every one until it's right."
Every Vampire 26 includes:
- The Vampire 26 texturiser in your choice of screw colour — Black, Blue, Indigo, Pink, Pearl, Magenta, Silver, or Diamante in Black, Blue, Pink or Red
- Hand-finished at Matt's Lake Wendouree bench and inspected by Matt before it ships — no batch passes
- Presentation case
- Sizing and fit guidance — call Bec on 0487 391 647
- Free shipping Australia-wide
- The ShearGenius Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee — no conditions, no fine print
This is made by a real Australian scissorsmith — not a marketing company reselling someone else's steel. ShearGenius carries a 4.9-star average across 2,900+ verified reviews, with more than 40,000 scissors in stylists' hands since 2007.
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Japanese Cobalt Alloy · screw colours: Black, Blue, Indigo, Pink, Pearl, Magenta, Silver, Black Diamante, Blue Diamante, Pink Diamante, Red Diamante · forged in Japan, hand-finished in Lake Wendouree, VIC.
ShearGenius — Australia's most trusted scissorsmith since 2007. The scissors stylists actually recommend.
What that means at the chair
- Offset ergonomic handle — your thumb and wrist stop doing all the work through a full day of blending
- Cobalt alloy at 56-58 HRC — an edge that stays soft-cutting through fine and colour-treated hair between services
- 6026 radial blade — removes gently and evenly, so the blend stays invisible instead of stepped
- Single bearing flat pivot — a smooth, consistent action every close, so your soft point-work stays predictable
Who it’s not for: If you need heavy, fast bulk removal rather than soft blending on fine or coloured hair, the Vampire 26 isn't your tool — it's built to take a little, beautifully, not a lot, quickly.