This true left-hand "lefty" stainless steel Dovo hair shear measures 5" plus the 1/2" detachable finger rest. It is also an excellent left-hand mustache scissors. "True" left-hand hair scissors have blades completely re-oriented for the lefty, as opposed to only contouring the handles for the left hand.

The edge of one blade is micro-corrugated with very fine (almost invisible) serrations to help hold the hair in position, enabling the blades to give a cleaner and better cut. One way to see if a blade is micro-corrugated is to run a fingernail very cautiously down the blade, feeling for the vibration of the serrations. A micro-corrugated edge is not as sharp as a razor-edge blade, but it is also much less delicate.

This left-hand hair scissor is forged by Dovo in Solingen, Germany. Forging makes the metal stronger so the hair shears are strong but not bulky, and they will stay sharp longer. These left-hand hair shears are stainless steel. They will not rust in moist conditions and can be sterilized. Autoclave sterilizer may be used. However, they might be more properly termed "stain resistant," since they could possibly stain under greatly adverse conditions. The stains are not rust, and will not affect their quality performance.

This Dovo left-hand hair scissors measures 5" plus the 1/2" length of the detachable finger rest. Dovo calls this a 5" hair shear. Dovo defines the length of a hair shear depending on whether or not the finger rest is attached. If the finger rest is detachable, the length of the hair shear that is written on the blade does NOT include the length of the finger rest. If the finger rest is attached as part of the hair shear, the length that is written on the blade will include the length of the finger rest as part of the total length of the hair shear.

Dovo hair shears are imported directly from Solingen, Germany.