Collection: Thinning Shears & Texturizing Shears

Explore professional thinning shears and texturizing shears from Akito USA, designed for blending, weight removal and creating texture. The Akito range includes different tooth counts, cutting ratios and blade designs for a variety of hair types and techniques.

While thinning shears and texturizing shears both remove a percentage of hair with each cut, they are generally used to create different results. Understanding tooth count and cutting ratio can help you choose the right pair for the way you work.

Thinning Shears

Thinning shears are generally used for blending, softening and controlled weight removal. They typically feature a higher number of teeth than texturizing shears, often around 25–40 teeth, although this varies between designs.

A higher tooth count generally creates a finer, more evenly distributed result, making thinning shears suitable for reducing density and blending sections without removing an entire section of hair.

Texturizing Shears

Texturizing shears are generally used to create texture, separation and more noticeable weight removal. They often feature fewer teeth than traditional thinning shears, commonly around 10–25 teeth, with wider spaces between each tooth.

Lower tooth counts generally allow larger sections of hair to pass between the teeth, creating greater separation and a more pronounced texturizing effect.

Choosing the Right Shears

As a general guide, shears with more teeth tend to produce finer thinning and blending, while shears with fewer teeth tend to create greater separation and texture.

Tooth count is only one part of the design. Tooth shape, spacing and cutting ratio also affect how much hair is removed and the finished result, so these should all be considered when choosing thinning or texturizing shears.