How to hold shears. Place the shears about halfway down the section and cut into the hair with the shears. Sharpen your shears grasp. Next hold the shears diagonally with the tips pointing up at the ceiling and grab the first section of hair.
Knowing how to hold your tools properly will help you avoid muscle strain in your. You do not flex the fingers of the scissor hand to open and close the shears. The european grip on shears is slightly different and allows you to hold the blades vertically without wrist strain.
Simply improving how you hold the shears can have a huge impact on your end product. Place your thumb through the larger hole on the bottom of the shears and slide your index finger into the smaller hole so the blades point down. Keep your thumb and index finger in the holes for a european grip on shears.
The finger hole of your still blade should sit just below the second knuckle of your ring finger. The western grip is probably the most common method of holding your shears and is likely the way the majority of us were taught to do so. Its the similar to the method that is used for holding virtually any type of scissor with a few crucial exceptions.
Your ring finger sits in the finger hole of the still blade. Master these few tips and you are on your way to a velvet finish on the poodle coat. When palming the shears you hold the comb with yourfingers.
The shears are held with the palm folded so that the fingers and the thumb extend to the same length a flattened c shape. When cutting hair it is important to always usetension. Rest your index and middle fingers on the shaft of the still blade.
Open and close the shear blade while the rest of your hand remains motionless. Most hairdressers open and close the shears using both the finger and thumb stephens laments whereas barbers wisely move only the thumb. Start by holding and balancing your scissor like the image above.
Then flip the scissors around so the tips are pointing down at the floor and cut into the section at the same halfway point.