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.
The spec: a 26-tooth radial blade (6026) in Japanese Cobalt Alloy — a texturiser’s tooth count with a thinner’s manners. More weight out per closure than a 30-tooth blender, but finished to blend soft, which is what makes it safe on fine and coloured hair. See how the tooth counts compare across the thinning and texturising line.
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 Lifetime Manufacturing Warranty — covering defects in materials and workmanship
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 3,400+ 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 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.