Sharpen Scissors (continued)
Put a drop of oil close to the end of the stone, put the scissors on the stone, in the oil, and rock them side to side to find the flat. Always sharpen scissors on the flat, not on the edge. This helps prevent high and low spots in the edge.
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Once you have found the flat, push and pull the scissors back and forth across the stone, keeping full contact on the flat. Do not stroke in circles, or draw the blade across the stone like you would for a knife. Again, you don't want high and low spots on the blade.
After several strokes, wipe the oil off of the blade and see what effect you are having. Parts that you have sharpened will be a duller color than the rest of the flat. You want most of the flat, especially near the inside edge, to be dull colored.
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The last step is to open and close the scissors a few times to remove the burr that builds up on the inside edge. Your scissors are ready to go.
A couple of other suggestions:
1. Never use a powered stone to sharpen a blade of any kind. It is too easy to overheat the metal and remove the temper from the blade.
2. Practice on an old pair of junk drawer scissors until you get the hang of it.
3. There are some scissors that it is not possible to save. If the cutting edge has large chunks missing, don't waste your time, buy a new pair and save those for cutting wire and such.
Kirk