<story><title>The cutting-edge of cutting: How Japanese scissors have evolved (2018)</title><url>https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/The-cutting-edge-of-cutting-How-Japanese-scissors-have-evolved2</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>acl777</author><text>Japan being a world leader in scissors does not surprise me after listening to Dan Carlin&amp;#x27;s Hardcore History episode on Japan:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dancarlin.com&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dancarlin.com&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;hardcore-history-62-supern...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dan brought insight into Japan that I did not have, explaining that Japan is a society of extremes. For Japan to be world leader in anything the Japanese society sets their mind to does not surprise me at all now.&lt;p&gt;(side note: I worked and lived in Japan for seven years and my wife is Japanese too. I thought I knew what Japanese people were, but Dan&amp;#x27;s explanation crystalized what being Japanese is for me.)</text></comment>
<story><title>The cutting-edge of cutting: How Japanese scissors have evolved (2018)</title><url>https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/The-cutting-edge-of-cutting-How-Japanese-scissors-have-evolved2</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jdietrich</author><text>IMO these novel scissors don&amp;#x27;t really represent the achievements of Japanese scissor-making. The market for high-quality hairdressing and barbering scissors and tailoring shears is now almost completely dominated by Japanese manufacturers.&lt;p&gt;There are two makers left in Sheffield (William Whitely and Ernest Wright), a handful remain in Solingen, but Japan has dozens of high-end scissor manufacturers. It&amp;#x27;s a remarkable niche success story, built on a careful combination of design innovation and traditional craftsmanship.</text></comment>