What the maker puts in writing
Nothing.
This is the only item on this shelf with no feature bullets at all — and the whole of its published specification is its own title:
- “AULikY Hair Cutting Scissors Shears Kits, 15 Pcs Professional Stainless Steel Hairdressing Shears Set Thinning Scissors for Barber/Salon/Home/Men/Women/Kids/Adults”
- Reference Pink · No weight and no dimensions in the catalog
From that title we can take four claims: fifteen pieces, stainless steel, thinning scissors included, and a list of users.
Everything else on this page is marked not published, and that is not strictness on our part. There is nothing there.
Fifteen pieces, and not one of them named
No contents breakdown. No overall length. No blade length. No weight. No steel grade. No tension screw. No case. No care instruction. No warranty.
Why that is a serious problem on a multi-piece set rather than a minor one.
On a single scissor, a thin listing still leaves you buying a known object: one pair of scissors, and you can see it.
On a fifteen-piece set the count is the product claim — and the count tells you nothing about value, because the difference between fifteen useful pieces and three tools plus twelve clips, combs and a cape is the entire question.
And the shelf contains the answer to that question, on another page.
The CIICII kit at $19.98 itemizes its eight pieces exactly:
“1 × Hair Cutting Shears, 1 × Hair Thinning Scissors, 1 × Hair Cutter Comb, 2 × Hair Clips, 1 × Gift Leather Bag, 1 × Cleaning Cloth, 1 × Scissors Adjuster”
Eight named items, counted — of which three are tools, two are clips, and three are accessories.
Which is how a set should be published, and it shows what the extra pieces in a larger set are likely to be.
What we are not going to do is finish the sentence.
If this set follows the usual pattern, fifteen pieces is two or three scissors and a dozen clips, combs, a cape and a case. That is an inference from a comparable product, not something this page says, and it is not going in the specification table.
The rival argument is also on this shelf, from a page ten dollars cheaper, and this listing is its best evidence.
The Cut Factory 803 at $9.99: “Why settle for a cheap pack of 2 or 3? We deliver one scissor that outperforms them all”, “Others throw in extras to hide poor quality”, “No junk. No fillers. Just one damn good scissor.”
On a set that names nothing, that argument is hard to answer.
The title claims “Thinning Scissors”, which makes this one of only two items on this shelf to include one — and the other publishes both of the numbers that matter.
CIICII, $19.98 — “28 Teeth Thinning Scissors - Sharp and no hair caught between the blades (Thinning rate of 25-28%)”
this — “Thinning Scissors”, and no figure of any kind
That 28 is the only tooth count anywhere on this site.
What the two numbers mean.
A thinning shear has teeth on one blade, so each closing cuts only the hair that falls between the teeth and leaves the rest standing.
The tooth count sets how finely the cut is spread. Few teeth, widely spaced, removes hair in visible chunks and is used for de-bulking. Many teeth, closely spaced — and 28 is in the upper range for a general shear — spreads the removal so finely that the cut line disappears, which is texturizing rather than thinning.
The thinning rate is the proportion of hair in a section that one pass removes. 25 to 28 per cent is moderate: it softens a line and takes weight out gradually, and it will not de-bulk thick hair quickly.
Both numbers matter together, because a high tooth count with a high removal rate is a different tool from a high tooth count with a low one — and the two figures are what let you tell.
Why the absence bites here.
An unspecified thinning shear is the piece of a kit most likely to disappoint, because the failure is not bluntness but wrongness.
A coarse shear used to soften a line leaves visible steps. A fine one used to de-bulk thick hair does almost nothing, and has to be passed over the same section again and again.
And there is a quality point in the CIICII phrasing worth borrowing: “no hair caught between the blades”.
The common fault in a cheap thinning shear is exactly that. Hair jams in the gullets between the teeth and the shear has to be worked loose mid-cut — a function of how cleanly the teeth are cut and finished, and nothing a page can tell you in advance.
The gap is wider than this shelf. Across GroomVerdict, tooth spacing goes unpublished almost everywhere: none of the nine items on combs-and-brushes publishes a pitch, and none of the five on clipper-blades publishes a tooth count. One page on this site counts teeth, and it is not this one.
What the rest of the shelf publishes, for scale
At least six of the nine items here publish five or six bullets each, and several publish real specifications.
Equinox, $8.90 — the only page on this shelf to separate blade from handle: “6.5 inches in overall length with 2.55-inch blades”. It also publishes a weight (3.5 oz), a “Fine Adjustment Tension Screw” in its own title, and the instruction nobody else gives — that a new pair arrives “coated with lubricating oil” and should be washed “with gentle soap and lukewarm water” and dried.
CIICII, $19.98 — the only finger-hole dimensions on this site (“From Traditional 0.69-0.85 Inch to Upgraded 0.77-0.95 Inch”), the only tooth count, the only thinning rate, a named steel grade (“6CR stainless steel”), an itemized contents list, and the only warranty on the shelf.
Cut Factory B013, $9.99 — a published argument for its edge type: “Why Serrated Beats Razor Edge: Unlike fragile razor edges that dull quickly… foolproof and safe for beginners”, with “High-Carbon Steel” and a “non-glare, rust-resistant matte black finish”.
Utopia Care, $8.99 — an argument from weight (“The ideal weight of scissors allows perfect balance and stability”) and a “removable rubber band” on the handles, which nothing else here offers.
Cut Factory 803, $9.99 — the case against sets, quoted above.
LePinko, $6.99 — two mismatched tips, published: “Rounded precision blade tip curves away from skin” and “extra sharp pointed tips”, with a size (3.54 × 1.8 in) and a thickness (3 mm).
this, $13.99 — nothing
Against a shelf that talkative, silence is a choice the comparison makes visible.
What the price says
$13.99 for fifteen pieces is about 93 cents a piece, which is the lowest price per piece on this shelf by a wide margin.
The shelf, by price:
$6.99 — the LePinko pair, two pieces, $3.50 each
$8.90 — the Equinox, one shear
$8.99 — the Utopia Care, one shear
$9.99 — the Cut Factory B013, one shear with a pouch and a gift box
$9.99 — the Cut Factory 803, one facial scissor with a pouch
$13.99 — this, fifteen pieces, 93 cents each
$19.98 — the CIICII, eight itemized pieces, $2.50 each
And the price-per-piece figure is exactly the kind of number that misleads on an unlisted set, because it treats a plastic clip and a thinning shear as one piece each.
Which is the whole of the Cut Factory 803 argument at $9.99, and the reason it is worth repeating: “Others throw in extras to hide poor quality.”
The useful comparison is the CIICII at $19.98. Six dollars more, and it tells you that three of its eight pieces are tools, that its thinning shear has 28 teeth and removes 25 to 28 per cent, that its steel is 6CR, that its handles are offset, that its screw is adjustable and that the key to adjust it is in the box — and it carries a “90-DAYS Unconditional Return + 12-Month Quality Promise”.
Six dollars to know what you are buying is the clearest value judgment available on this shelf.
What is not published
The contents, as above — fifteen pieces, none named. The single most important omission on a set.
No feature bullets at all. The only page on this shelf, and one of very few anywhere on this site, with zero.
No overall length and no blade length. Four items here publish an overall figure (6.7 in for the CIICII, 6.5 for the Equinox, the Utopia Care and the Cut Factory B013, 3.54 for the LePinko pair) and one publishes a blade: the Equinox at $8.90, 2.55 inches. Which is the distinction buyers get wrong, because a 6.5-inch scissor is four inches of handle.
No weight. Five items here publish one, from 30 g for the Cut Factory 803 at $9.99 to 141 g for the Utopia Care at $8.99 — and two of them draw opposite conclusions from the property, the Equinox selling its lightness and the Utopia Care selling its weight.
No steel grade. “Stainless steel” with nothing after it. One page on this shelf gives a real designation: the CIICII at $19.98, “6CR stainless steel” — a mid-range martensitic stainless of the 6Cr13 family, hardenable enough to hold an edge and still rust-resistant. The Equinox at $8.90 names “Japanese stainless steel” with “precisely tempered blades”, and tempering is at least a process. No hardness figure appears anywhere on this shelf.
No edge type. Three pages here name one and one argues it: micro-serrated on the Cut Factory B013 at $9.99, a razor edge on the Equinox at $8.90 and the Utopia Care at $8.99. A gripping edge and a slicing edge behave differently enough that it is the first thing a cutting shear should state.
No thinning teeth or rate, as above — on a product whose title claims thinning scissors.
No tension screw. Two pages publish one and it is the specification that decides whether scissors cut or fold: the Equinox at $8.90 in its own title, and the CIICII at $19.98, which ships the key — “1 × Scissors Adjuster”. Too loose and the blades separate under load, the hair slides into the gap and folds instead of being cut; too tight and the action is heavy and the edges wear against each other. And the tension drifts with use. On a fifteen-piece set with no screw statement, every pair in the box is a pair that may eventually fold hair and cannot be brought back.
No case, pouch or roll. Three items here ship one: the Cut Factory B013 at $9.99 (leather pouch and gift box), the Cut Factory 803 at $9.99 (PU leather pouch) and the CIICII kit at $19.98 (leather bag and cleaning cloth). Which matters most on a set, because fifteen loose pieces in a drawer is fifteen edges meeting other steel.
No care instruction. One page on this shelf gives the first half: the Equinox at $8.90 on a new pair — wash off the shipping oil, because it is a preservative rather than a lubricant and hair sticks to it. And no page here says anything about cleaning an old pair, which is the half that decides how long an edge lasts.
No warranty. One item on this shelf publishes one and it is the richest term on this site: the CIICII at $19.98 — “90-DAYS Unconditional Return + 12-Month Quality Promise”, with support stated to respond “in 12 hours”. Seven publish nothing.
No country of manufacture, which no item on this shelf publishes.
Availability
Read on the day this page was built: $14 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-05. The live price is at the top of the page.
