Nail, cuticle and toenail scissors — from fine-point blades for skin work to heavy shears for thick nails. Each pair is assembled and cut-tested by hand: the screw is set so the two edges meet along their whole length, which is what separates a clean cut from a pinch.
Which pair for which job
Four different tools share the word. Nail scissors cut the plate on hands. Cuticle scissors have a far finer grind and work on skin only. Toenail scissors are heavier, with long handles and short blades, because a toenail needs force rather than finesse. Beard, nose and ear scissors have rounded or guarded tips for obvious reasons.
Buying one pair rather than four
If it has to be one, buy nail scissors. They do the job everyone does weekly, and using them carefully on a hangnail is survivable. The reverse is not: cuticle scissors put to work on a nail plate chip at the tips and never close properly again.
How to check a pair before you trust it
Close the blades and hold them against a window. Light between the edges means they touch only in the middle — that pair will fold a nail rather than cut it, whatever the label says. This is a two-second check and it separates hand-set instruments from everything else more reliably than the price does.
Where they are made
Solingen and Premana are protected names, not slogans: only instruments actually manufactured there may carry them. Why Solingen is a law rather than a marketing word.