TrueCut is a scissor sharpening service run from Laingholm in west Auckland by Geoff Beynon, who started it in 1985 as a mail order service for hairdressers and vets. It now sharpens hairdressing and barber scissors, texturisers, thinners, clipper blades, dog grooming scissors, and surgical and veterinary scissors, including suture cutters and bone chisels. All the work is done by hand on diamond polishing tools. Geoff says this keeps the blade from overheating and restores the edge without taking much steel away, so the scissors last longer. He also says he is the only specialist who can renew a serrated edge on barber scissors and grooming shears.
Work is sent by post or courier from anywhere in New Zealand, and in Auckland Geoff comes to the customer on site. Blades that are too badly damaged to be restored are not charged for, and the work carries a 100% money-back guarantee. For a barber, groomer or vet, a pair of scissors that cuts cleanly is part of the job, and the service is built around that. The clinic is at 2 Brownie Road in Laingholm.