Production

From blank to finished instrument

Complicated manufacture of manicure instruments

The production of manicure instruments is usually a long
way from the blank to the finished precision instrument. The
most important manicure instruments are the nail and cuticle
scissors and nippers. These are also the most complicated
instruments to manufacture.

Because the manufacturing process for personal hygiene scissors and household scissors is fundamentally the same (in detail described in the chapter about scissors and shears), the making of a cuticle nipper will be described below. Cuticle nippers provide an excellent example of the elaborate manufacturing process of manicure instruments.

aufgelegt = lap joint
durchgesteckt = box joint

Distinction between lap joints and box joints

A distinction is made between nipper joints, the nipper halves which rest on each other in the joint area (lap joint) and those in which the blade (i.e. one half of the nipper) runs through the other blade in the joint area (box joint). The box joint nippers demand a high level of manufacturing precision.

The particular advantage they offer:
They are more robust, cut more precisely and stay sharp for longer than the laid on nippers.