AGENDA

Agenda is a Bristol salon-supplies house, trading since 1998 under Agenda Salon Concepts Ltd, and it’s worth being honest about what that means: scissors are a sideline here, not the main event. The company’s stock-in-trade is the unglamorous backbone of running a salon, appointment books, disposables, stationery and equipment, with its own branded ranges layered on top. The shears are one of those ranges, which is a different proposition from a maker who lives and breathes blade geometry.

The shears

Agenda’s cutting scissors live under the STR Fusion name, offered in 5”, 5.5” and 6” lengths plus thinners and matched scissor-and-thinner sets. Retailer listings describe hollow-ground, hand-honed stainless blades on alloy handles, which is a solid mid-range professional spec. What you won’t find is a published JIS steel grade, so if exact metallurgy matters to you, this is one to query before buying rather than assume.

Buying

Pricing lands in the mid-range band, roughly $200–$400, consistent with salon-trade tools rather than budget kit. The brand sells through the UK professional wholesale network, including Alan Howard and Direct Hairdressing Scissors, so it’s a trade-counter buy more than a direct-to-consumer one. For current specs and stock, the company’s own site is the reference.

For what it’s worth, a brand whose main business is the everyday machinery of running a salon tends to price its shears sensibly and stock them reliably, which is its own kind of virtue even if blade obsessives will want a maker with a deeper steel story. More British makers are gathered on the UK brands hub.