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    Default How to sharpen tying scissors?

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    Any suggestions?

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    Just a few strokes on ouside edge of the blade using a diamond hone set on the edge of a counter so the other blade can be passed while open.

    Available in Walmart or Harbor Freight.

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    Took mine to the hair cuttin joint. They use a guy who comes by once per month and does everyones onsite.
    "Growin up leads to growin old and then to dyin. Dyin to me don't sound like all that much fun." J Mellencamp

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    Draw a strip of 600 grit Wet&dry paper across the cutting blade, only pulling inward toward the cutting edge.
    Take two or three runs across the face, do the other blade, then clean the blades with tissue to remove any swarf.
    While you are at it file the outsides of the points to a needle point, to get into small hackle roots.

    Works for me.

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    My soloution is to use the Spyderco Triangle Sharpmaker (Set) ~ 204


    This machine is used on all of my pocket knives, our kitchen knives, camping knives and all of the scissors and shears too. You can get a video with it that shows how to easily use it on all the items you need sharpened-even garden tools and axes. There are grooves in the ceramic triangle hones that will sharpen hooks sticky-sharp too.

    Well worth the investement considering the versitality.

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    What did JC do this time? LOL

    Allan

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    Go to where you get your hair cut and ask who sharpens their scissors. Then take them to that person who will have the right equipment to do the job. I'm assuming that the scissors are expensive enough to warrent sharpening.

    TxEngr

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    You can sharpen em...?..I've just replaced em as needed...5th pair for me....

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    600 grit sand paper, apiece of glass, magic marker.or a medium diamond file. first marke the edge with magic marker. lay the sand paper on the glass .stroke the edge against the sand paper creating a burr on the endside of the sizor and removing the line of the marker only stoking in one direction when you have removed the marker from the edge evenly you should have a burr line inside the edge with lite presure with thum and fore finger hold the tips open as you close the blades. after closing open without pressure,now than, cut a paper towel. removing the burr, they should be sharp. you should be able to fell the right angle to hold the edge when you lay the edge against sand paper on glass.

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    Found these scissors in a local haberdashery wholsaler.
    They cost ?1:42 (about $2) at that price I don't sharpen them. When I tied commercially I would get about 1 years tying out of a pair.

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