Masuta
Masuta is an Australian professional shear brand from the OBU collection, offering shears for salon professionals.
Australia
Mid-range
Japanese steel
The bottom line
Masuta is a professional hair-scissor brand from Australia, building Japanese steel shears in the mid-range tier.
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- Australia
- Headquarters
- Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Steel grades
- Japanese steel
- Price tier
- Official site
- obuscissors.com
- Last reviewed
- June 2026
Where to buy Masuta
Masuta is the senior end of OBU, the Melbourne-based scissor house. The name is the Japanese rendering of Master (マスター), and it sits a clear rung above OBU’s Minarai apprentice line, which makes the hierarchy easy to read: Minarai for the trainee, Masuta for the stylist who has put in the years. The brand runs out of Port Melbourne, Victoria, and aims squarely at working professionals.
Models with names, not codes
OBU gives its Masuta shears personalities rather than part numbers, with The Creator, The Sage, The Butler, The Outlaw, and The Lover, plus barber variants and matching duo and trio sets that pair a cutter with a thinner or slicer. The Creator is the line’s anchor, offered in 5.5 and 6 inch lengths with an offset handle and a convex hamaguri edge, and left-hand versions exist for The Creator and The Lover, so left-handed stylists are not stuck adapting a right-handed pair.
Steel, honestly
Here the honesty has to win out. OBU describes the blades simply as Masuta Japanese steel, and the Creator page lists a finished hardness of 61 to 63 HRC, but no specific JIS or alloy grade is published. That hardness figure is respectable, but anyone wanting to know the exact metallurgy will not find it on the spec sheet.
Pricing lands in the mid-range, roughly 200 to 400 dollars, with the duo and trio sets pushing toward the top of that. The official site, obuscissors.com, is the place for current models and prices; in Australia the line distributes through 365 Salon Group, and pairs also turn up at Scissors Master. More Australian makers are in our Australia hub.
Masuta FAQ
Is Masuta an Australian brand?
Masuta is an Australia-based brand. It is run by OBU out of Port Melbourne, Victoria, as the senior Master tier of the OBU range.
Who are Masuta scissors made for?
Masuta aims its shears at working salon stylists and barbers, sitting above OBU’s Minarai apprentice line as the more advanced option.
How much do Masuta scissors cost?
Masuta sits in the mid-range band, roughly $200 to $400. Sets that pair a scissor with a thinner or slicer will land toward the upper end.
What models does Masuta offer?
The line includes named models such as The Creator, The Sage, The Butler, The Outlaw, and The Lover, plus dedicated barber versions and matching scissor-and-thinner duo and trio sets.
Are left-handed Masuta scissors available?
Yes. Masuta offers left-hand versions of models including The Creator and The Lover.
Where can I buy Masuta scissors?
The official OBU site at obuscissors.com is the primary source for current models, specs, and pricing. In Australia the line is distributed by the 365 Salon Group.
Sources: official Masuta website and authorised retailer listings. Last reviewed June 2026.