The Menuki is a high-end shear comprised of a top quality, proprietary blend of molybdenum and other alloys. Designed with an anatomic thumb set to provide full range of motion in the wrist, there is no matching the performance of these shears. Lightweight and perfectly balanced, the Menuki excels with blunt or point cutting techniques in wet or dry hair.

Straight BladeLeft Hand
HH4L Menuki
15-day test driveTry it in your chair first
Lifetime warrantyBacked for your career
Easy PaySpread it out monthly
- Ergonomic Left Handed Handle Design
- Increased Molybdenum Content for Added Strength
- Excellent for Shaping Wet Hair
- Added Weight for Increased Control
- Permanent Finger Rest
- Countersunk Locking Tension Control
- Screw-in Bumper
- Lifetime Warranty
Anatomy
Every detail of the HH4L Menuki.
Hover or tap a numbered point to see what it does and why it is there.

0101 / 04The bladeExcellent for shaping wet hair. Added weight for increased control.
0202 / 04Locking tension controlCountersunk so the screw sits flush and never snags hair. Set your tension with a Hanzo tension key and it holds through the day.
0303 / 04Screw-in bumperCushions every close so the handles meet softly instead of metal on metal.
0404 / 04Permanent finger restGives your little finger a fixed place to sit, steadying control and taking load off the hand.
01The bladeExcellent for shaping wet hair. Added weight for increased control.
02Locking tension controlCountersunk so the screw sits flush and never snags hair. Set your tension with a Hanzo tension key and it holds through the day.
03Screw-in bumperCushions every close so the handles meet softly instead of metal on metal.
04Permanent finger restGives your little finger a fixed place to sit, steadying control and taking load off the hand.
About
About the HH4L Menuki
Watch
Hattori Hanzo HH4 The Menuki Molybdenum Alloy Shear
with Christopher Samuels & Daniel Bacon
Part of the family
Where the HH4L belongs.

Built for the hands that create
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Quality assurance
Certified Japanese steel.
Hanzo shears have been independently analysed and certified as made from Japanese steel. Here is exactly what the certificate confirms.
- Origin
- Certified as Japanese steel
- Analysis
- Industrial Research Institute of Niigata Prefecture and Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd
- Steel supply
- Aichi Techno Metal Fukaumi Co., Ltd and Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd, via Osaka Clad Co., Ltd
- Grades
- Cobalt & molybdenum alloys · premium high-carbon Japanese stainless · nano powder steel
- Certificate
- Raw Material Certificate · TAKAYA Co., Ltd · 16 June 2020






















































