If you cut left-handed, you already know the drill — a "lefty" that's really a flipped right-hander, blades fighting you all day, your hand doing work it shouldn't have to. This one's for you. The Young Genius Left-Handed is built left from the start — ride, edge and thumb where a left hand actually wants them — so the scissor finally disappears and it's just you and the section. Clean blunt cutting and layering, no fighting, from the first cut.
For left-handed stylists who’ve made do with reversed right-handers, the difference is instant: true control, a clean glide, and none of the fighting. A brilliant scissor that finally fits your hand.
From Matt Grumley, Australian scissorsmith: “A left-handed scissor should be built left from the start. I make these properly — the ride, the edge, the feel, all for a left hand.”
Every Young Genius Left-Handed Hairdressing Scissors includes
- The genuine left-handed scissor in your choice of screw colour — Black, Indigo, Red Diamante, Pink, Silver, Pearl, Pink Diamante, Blue Diamante, Black Diamante, Blue, Magenta
- Hand-finished at Matt’s Lake Wendouree bench and inspected by Matt before it ships — no batch passes
- Presentation case
- Free shipping Australia-wide
- The ShearGenius Lifetime Manufacturing Warranty — covering defects in materials and workmanship
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 and over 100,000 sharpened on the bench.
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Japanese Cobalt Alloy · screw colours Black, Indigo, Red Diamante, Pink, Silver, Pearl, Pink Diamante, Blue Diamante, Black Diamante, Blue, Magenta · 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 left-handed handle — your thumb and wrist stop compensating, so long days stop ending in a sore hand.
- Convex edge on Japanese Cobalt Alloy — a clean glide through the section instead of a push-and-chew.
- Single bearing flat pivot — the tension stays consistent, so every cut feels the same as the first one of the day.
- 58 HRC hardness — an edge that holds its cut between services instead of fading fast.
Who it’s not for: This is a genuinely left-handed scissor — if you cut right-handed it will fight you, and if you're after texturising rather than blunt cutting and layering, pair it with the matching 30-tooth thinner instead.
The right first professional pair for a left-handed apprentice
If you're starting your apprenticeship left-handed, this is the decision that saves your wrist for the next thirty years: a scissor built left from the start, with professional properties — Cobalt Alloy at 58 HRC, convex edge, left-built offset ergonomic handle, single-bearing flat tension — at $250. It's not a temporary tool; a genuinely left-handed scissor with a serviceable convex edge stays useful for as long as you cut. Lifetime Manufacturing Warranty included.
Pair it with the left-handed Young Genius thinner ($250) or take both matched in the left-handed apprentice bundle ($350). The rest of the line lives in the Apprentice Range — and Matt's apprentice scissor guide covers what to look for.