Niegeloh Self Sharpend Titanium Black Stainless Steel Manicure

Manicure scissors for shaping nails — short blades, fine tips, and enough edge to take a clean corner.

This one has self-sharpening jaw — worth checking against what you already own, since that detail decides which jobs it does well.

Made in Solingen — the German town that has produced blades for six centuries and whose name is legally reserved for instruments finished there. The edge is put on by hand and checked before the piece leaves the workshop.

The titanium coating adds hardness to the cutting edge and keeps the blades sliding smoothly against each other. Rinse and dry after use; nothing else is required.

The included case is genuine leather, with each instrument held in its own loop so the blades do not knock together in a drawer or a suitcase.

This is the kind of thing people are pleased to be given: useful every week, better made than what they would buy themselves, and ready to hand over in its case. Suits any occasion, from Christmas to a housewarming.

• Titanium-coated stainless steel
• Made in Solingen, Germany
• Sharpened and checked by hand
• Genuine leather case included
• Colour: black

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.