A message from Barbara Esty Nicholls at Designer Shears:

Thank you for your business! I am retiring and proud to introduce Victoria Sharpening who will be continuing to provide sale of Kokoro and Nakama Shears and also providing shear services.

Please connect with Victoria Sharpening for all of your Kokoro and Nakama Shear needs at info@victoriasharpening.ca or by phone at (250) 886-8321

Kokoro & Nakama Facts & Warranty

Kokoro offers the best possible affordability with authentic Japanese Stainless Steel, ensuring integrity of their blades. Proprietary vacuum heat treatment and cryogenically treatment process provides consistency in hardness and durability. Kokoro acknowledges that shears are your livelihood. The meaning of “KOKORO” is “FROM THE HEART”. 

Kokoro and Nakama offers a limited lifetime warranty to the original purchaser with a copy of the original sales receipt and shipping fee.

Prior to returning a shear under warranty, please contact our Service Centre Shear Master, Rick Nicholls at (250) 656-8787.

Service Centre

Kokoro and Nakama reserves the right to inspect shears returned under warranty. The Kokoro warranty covers normal operational wear. The Kokoro warranty does not cover misuse, abuse, or neglect of shears.

Kokoro and Nakama shears subject to unknown disinfection products must be oiled after each disinfection and tension of shears reset.

Kokoro and Nakama shears serviced improperly by non-qualified sharpeners automatically voids their warranty.