Shpitser Extra-Pointed Cuticle Scissors, cased

Cuticle scissors with fine, curved blades that follow the shape of the nail fold. Made for trimming skin, not nails — the edge is thinner than on nail scissors.

Note the extra-pointed tips: that is what sets this piece apart from the others in the range.

Made in Solingen, Germany. The name is protected by law: only instruments actually manufactured there may carry it. Each piece is sharpened by hand — on thick nails that is the difference you feel, because a machine-ground edge crushes before it cuts.

Stainless steel throughout, so the instrument can be rinsed, dried and — if you share it — disinfected without harming the finish.

It comes in a genuine leather case — handmade, and the reason the instrument survives being carried in a bag rather than sitting in a drawer.

Worth keeping in mind as a gift. Presented in its leather case it needs no wrapping to look like a proper present, and it works for any occasion — a birthday, a holiday, a graduation, or the person who already owns everything.

• Stainless steel
• Made in Solingen, Germany
• Sharpened and checked by hand
• Genuine leather case included

Photography is illustrative. Finish, leather grain and set contents may vary from the images shown.

Dry the instrument after contact with water and return it to its case. Stainless steel resists corrosion but is not immune to it, and standing moisture dulls an edge faster than actual use.

The instrument can be sterilised. A forged edge holds its cut for years of regular use; when it finally softens, any competent sharpening workshop can reset it.

Orders placed before 2 pm EST ship the same business day. Shipping within the United States is $5.99, and free on orders over $100.

Thirty days to return an unused instrument in its original packaging.