Thread: Good set of Fingernail Clippers

I am tired of using the cheap nail clippers that I have been using all of my life. I want a seriously well engineered and precise tool for fingernail maintenance. I was looking at the Dovos on StraightRazorDesigns. Anyone have any experience with these?

I hav a pair of Fromm Classics. Very nice set.
I do not have the ones from SRD but have been looking at them.
Like ith everything else, the .99 cent ones might get the job one, but a better tool just FEELS better.

Never liked clippers - use scissors. Got these Straight Nail Scissors

I always hated clippers, because the rounding doesn't match the rounding of my nails.
So for the best part of my life, I have been using something that is apparently called a nipper in English

It's not this one, but it looks like it:
Large Veloute Spring Nail & Cuticle Nippers

They are fast, easy to use, and can cut through the nails of my big toes without effort.

I've been using a pair of Scholl nail clippers for years now. I'm shocked they still work given the nature of the cutting action, my tough nails, and how I rarely pre-soften my nails by taking a bath or whatever. But they work like new still.

I think they've lasted because I don't try to use the whole cutting width at once, I nibble off many small pieces of nail until the job is done. (I have to do this anyway because my nails are rounded and taking off a large chunk at once is uncomfortable.)

And nail scissors scare me, I just feel that clippers are inherently safer (if you angle the handle down it is impossible to cut into soft tissue by mistake.)

Check out A.G Russell knives. he sells a clipper made in France that is real quality. I have one.

I have a Dovo set that was made for Brookstone. They're ground with very sharp, very well centered, blades and they melt through the big toenail. I also notice that they leave a cleaner edge that is almost polished. I don't have to file my nails as long after cutting now. They used to catch on sweaters unless I did file them for ever.


-Rob

Try this: I believe that meets exactly your specifications about a seriously well engineered and precise tool.
Tischkulturshop.com - versandkostenfrei - Zwilling 1731 Maniküre Nagelzange

Or this if you like excelent clippers and you want to cut and your nose hair.
http://www.tischkulturshop.com/zwill...edauphine7.php

And if you like an original 6/8 FRIODUR razor try this:
Tischkulturshop.com - versandkostenfrei - Zwilling Classic Rasiermesser

y'all are gonna laugh, but I just use a pair of dikes. cheaper, stronger, and sharper than nail clippers. not to mention a hell of a lot more precise. i tend to use the smaller ones for more control, but bigger ones can work.
here's a pic of some bigger ones:
Diagonal pliers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by jockeys

y'all are gonna laugh, but I just use a pair of dikes. cheaper, stronger, and sharper than nail clippers. not to mention a hell of a lot more precise. i tend to use the smaller ones for more control, but bigger ones can work.
here's a pic of some bigger ones:
Diagonal pliers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well, I can see your a real he-man. I'll bet you shave with a bowie knife.