SCISSORS, SUSHI & SAKE

A Mizutani Scissor Skills Experience

Sunday, October 25, 2026
Mizutani Canada Showroom at Eikonic Academy of Barbering & Beauty
720 Burnhamthorpe Road W, Unit 3, Mississauga, Ontario

Event Schedule

9:30 AM:  Doors Open + Check-In
10:00 AM–1:00 PM:  Morning Look & Learn
2:00 PM–5:00 PM: Scissors, Sushi & Sake: Mizutani Scissor Skills Workshop

CAN YOU HANDLE IT?

How well do you really know the scissors in your hand?
Join Mizutani Canada for a day built around the tool behind the craft, with live education in the morning and a highly limited hands-on Scissor Skills workshop in the afternoon.

Choose the experience that fits you.

🟠 Morning -  Look & Learn

Watch the Hand. Understand the Tool.

Join Martin Truong (Eikonic Academy, ON), Nick Benitez (Hair Anatomy, QC) and Gino Dominic (Haides Edu, BC) for a live Look & Learn exploring how handling, direction, control and tool choice shape the haircut.

Watch the work closely and see what changes when the tool changes.

🇨🇦 Introducing the 2027 Mizutani Canada Influencer Search

Mizutani Canada is growing across the country.

With new Regional Partners, showrooms, education, test-drive locations and local events being developed in different markets, we are also beginning the search for the 2027 Mizutani Canada Influencer team across Canada.

We want to meet hairstylists, barbers, educators and creators with strong professional credibility, a relevant audience and a genuine connection to the craft.

Selected Influencers may become connected to regional launches, demonstrations, workshops, product education and future Mizutani opportunities while helping introduce the brand to their own local professional communities.

The search begins here - and continues across Canada.

🍣🍶 Afternoon — Scissors, Sushi & Sake

The Mizutani Test Drive + Scissor Skills Workshop

Most artists use scissors every day.

Very few have ever been taught scissor skills.

In the same way knife skills help a chef understand how to handle, control and choose the right blade, Scissor Skills gives the hairstylist or barber a deeper understanding of the instrument behind the haircut.

You’ll work directly with Gino Dominic, Nick Benitez and Martin Truong, rotating through guided Mizutani stations and experiencing how different scissors behave in your hand.

The purpose is to help you understand when you want more control, more movement, more softness or more precision - and which tool can help you create it.

The better you understand the tool, the more freedom you have as an artist.

What Do You Really Know About Your Shears?

• Which size actually suits the way you cut?
• How does handle design affect hand position and control?
• How do different blade forms change movement through the hair?
• Why does one shear slide while another gives greater precision?
• How do you control a slide without losing direction?
• How does blade angle affect movement and finish?
• When should you change your grip or handling?
• What creates freedom and flow?
• What creates stronger control and precise handling?
• What is the difference between a regular texturizer and a reverse texturizing blade?
• How do tooth design and orientation change weight removal?
• How do you know when the limitation is your technique - or your tool?
  
  

🟠 The Scissor Skills Stations

Handling + Fit 
Feel how size, handle design and grip change the way the shear sits and moves in your hand.

Blade + Movement
Compare blade forms through sliding, precision work and movement.

Direction + Control
Experiment with angle and direction and feel how small changes affect flow, precision and finish.

Texturizing + Weight Removal
Compare regular and reverse texturizing blades and experience how tooth design, orientation and technique change the result.

New Models + Special Launch Preview
Be among the first to experience selected newer Mizutani models and get an early preview of a special upcoming launch.

Open Mizutani Test Drive
Return to the scissors that caught your attention. Compare them again, ask questions and spend more time working directly with the educators.

Your Experience Includes

• Guided Scissor Skills stations
• Hands-on access to a wide range of Mizutani scissors
• Selected newer Mizutani models
• Preview of a special Mizutani launch
• Guidance from Gino Dominic, Nick Benitez and Martin Truong
• Mannequin for hands-on practice
• Scissor Skills Workbook
• Open Mizutani Test Drive
• Sushi
• Sake

🟠 Come to Experiment

You do not need to arrive knowing which Mizutani is right for you.

That is part of the experience.
Try a different size. Change the blade. Change the handle. Adjust the grip. Compare what happens.

The goal is to leave with a clearer understanding of what your tools are capable of and what becomes possible when the tool fits the way you want to work.

More control when you need precision. More freedom when you want movement. More confidence to experiment and develop your own way of working.

🟠 Highly Limited

The afternoon workshop is intentionally kept small so every artist has meaningful time with the scissors, the stations and the educators.

🎟️ Scissors, Sushi & Sake

Afternoon Scissor Skills Workshop - $475