The Japanese Embroidery Center website has two photographs of traditional Japanese scissors geared toward the professional stitcher. I'd seen these in use in videos but I did not know the Atlanta JEC carried them in their store. Regular Japanese scissors are very high quality in my experience so you may be interested in picking up a pair. They work very differently than traditional scissors, though, and they are very expensive compared to regular embroidery scissors.
http://jecstore.com/scissors-professional.html?___store=ad&utm_campaign=social_push&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=yotpo#.V1tqLDcldjc
I found further information here. Don't miss the video of these being made--amazing!
http://www.altomagazine.com/newsdetails/design/craft/the-last-craftsmans-search-for-a-successor-4400143/#.V1tryTcldjc
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