Curved or straight blades? Although you can do everything groomers need to do with straight shears, curved blades can really help with topknots, faces, ears, feet, and rumps. Turned upside down, they can help you set angulation, tuck-ups and terrier underchests. A small curved shear(for example a 5inch RnK Gin Wani or a 5inch RnK Gin Ebi-En Se model) makes defining Schnauzer eyebrows a snap. They are also the best tool for scissoring around bichon eyes and the cuffs of small poodle legs. Large 8.5inch curved shears,like 8.5 RnK Umi No Taki Shears are great for trimming rear skirts on Golden Retriever, collie mix, and other undercoated type dogs. Visit our Shop at www.rabinkhan.co.uk for a complete range of dog grooming shears.

Two things: the quality of the metal and the workmanship. Inexpensive shears are made of inexpensive steel that will not hone to as fine an edge as a better grade, more expensive, metal. This effects the sharpness of the scissor blades and how well they hold an edge, as well as the smoothness of the blade action. You want sharpness in order not to bend the hair while cutting, and to provide good definition in your cuts. The action of the two blades determines the amount of effort it takes to open and close the blades as well as the smoothness of cutting strokes. All RnK scissors are made of High grade (420C/440C) Japanese Stainless Steel. This ensures an effortless, smooth and precise cut. The workmanship is another factor influencing the scissoring action. Cheap shears are assembly line produced with much of the work done by machine. The best shears are handcrafted by trained artisans who take responsibility for each tool from start to finish. As we manufacture handmade scissors only, you get the finest quality when you purchase an RnK shear.

Try these tests to evaluate your shear sharpness: 1. Can you cut a wet facial tissue with your shears? 2. Do they cut from the tip to the ride line (where your blades meet at the screw)? 3. Do they chew that tissue or pull at it, ripping it? If the scissors chew or pull tissue, then there is an issue with their sharpness. Another way to check: Dangle a piece of thread wthout keeping it taunt and try cutting it. Start from the pivot of your shears (where the screw joins the blades' of your shears) and cut the thread numerous times, going down your blades, This way you test your blades from the top, to middle and all the way to your tips! Your shears should cut in all areas on your blades. If your shears snag the thread, or if they fold the thread, first check their tension (Read relevant section on how to find out if the tension is right?). If the tension screw is too loose, your shears will fold hair. If the tension is right and they still don't cut hair well, it is time to get those back-up shears out and send the dull ones to your Sharpener!

At RabinKhan, we are always upto something... and this XMAS we have decided to give us customers some crazy discount offers. These offeres will keep popping up on different products and include discounts upto 75%, so if you dont want to miss this great saving opportunity, just add our products in your watchlist and keep an ye on the discounts we keep offering.

At RabinKhan, we are always upto something, and this X-Mas we have decided to surprise our customer's with a whole new range of dog groomingscissors. These scissors are being offered in a very lmited quantity and shall be offered only till X-Mas. Based on the response we get from our valued customers, we might add some of these products to our main productline.