Dynasty

Dynasty fills a specific gap: convex-edge shears at a price a stylist can stomach. It’s a Chinese-manufactured brand sold entirely through US shear retailers, with no brand site of its own, so everything you buy comes via a distributor. That setup keeps overheads down, which is part of how the price stays accessible.

Steel and the Iris series

The whole line runs on Hitachi 440C stainless, a workhorse grade that takes a clean edge and resharpens without fuss, paired with convex blade geometry across the range. The flagship is the floral-handled Iris series, which uses that convex edge over hollow-ground inner surfaces and comes in both fixed and swivel-thumb versions. Sizes span 5 through 7 inches, with matching thinners and texturisers at a few tooth counts, so you can put together a coordinated kit rather than a mismatched pair.

The specialties cover the standard salon spread: blunt cut, slide cut, point cut, texturising, and thinning. Pairs typically ship with a fitted case, finger-ring inserts, and a tension dial, which is the kind of bundling that makes the value proposition obvious for someone outfitting a kit.

Where it fits

The honest framing is this. Chinese manufacturing and 440C steel keep Dynasty at the entry-level end, roughly $100 to $200, and it won’t match a hand-finished Japanese cobalt pair for edge retention or refinement. But if you want convex geometry and decent stainless without that spend, it’s a genuine on-ramp. The line sells through Scissor Mall, Shear Integrity, and Dynamic Sharpening LLC, and having a few retailers lets you compare pricing before you commit. See the wider directory for how it stacks up against other budget options.