Hi, everyone. An interesting topic for discussion. I'm looking for a manual sharpener for scissors and knives. I know Hapstone have an adapter and KAZAK USA (Apparently, the KAZAK company is now located in the USA and it is possible to have service). I want to find something of high quality so that the sharpener can sharpen scissors and knives. Can someone give me some advice? Who has any experience with these sharpeners (sharpening scissors important) . Sincerely, Olena.
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Knife and scissors sharpener (a sharpener for a girl)
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Which kind of scissors is important. Do you want to sharpen generic household scissors, maybe some sewing scissors and the like? Or do you want to sharpen beauty shears with a convex edge?
The Hapstone with the scissor attachment can sharpen any flat ground scissors easily but you need very special systems for convex shears. I have sharpened all the scissors around my house with my Hapstone with the scissor attachment. All you do is mark the correct part of the blade with a marker then adjust the angle until you are hitting the full width. If you scissors have a serrated edge you will not be able to sharpen them. In those cases if one blade is serrated and one not I will sharpen the non serrated side. If they cut well then I stop there, but if not the only choice is to sharpen the serrations off to get a sharp pair of scissors again.
The Hapstone with the scissor attachment can sharpen any flat ground scissors easily but you need very special systems for convex shears. I have sharpened all the scissors around my house with my Hapstone with the scissor attachment. All you do is mark the correct part of the blade with a marker then adjust the angle until you are hitting the full width. If you scissors have a serrated edge you will not be able to sharpen them. In those cases if one blade is serrated and one not I will sharpen the non serrated side. If they cut well then I stop there, but if not the only choice is to sharpen the serrations off to get a sharp pair of scissors again.
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I think it's better to learn how to sharpen, ie the concepts and principles involved. Then you can sharpen just about anything with a flat stone, scissors included.
Hi Olena,
I don't have experience with one of the systems you mentioned.
What do you think about the Spyderco Sharpmaker? You can sharpen almost anything with a Sharpmaker. Scissors, too. Apart the regular 15° and 20° slots it has a slot for scissors (for one rod).
Feel free to take a look, if you are interested:
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You can find many information and videos about how to sharpen knives with a Sharpmaker. The triangular rods sharpen plain edges as well as serrations (bread knives) and other tools.
Low maintenance, easy to use. Gives great edges. Based in the USA. Good customer service.
Best wishes.
I don't have experience with one of the systems you mentioned.
What do you think about the Spyderco Sharpmaker? You can sharpen almost anything with a Sharpmaker. Scissors, too. Apart the regular 15° and 20° slots it has a slot for scissors (for one rod).
Feel free to take a look, if you are interested:
Starting at 7:01.
You can find many information and videos about how to sharpen knives with a Sharpmaker. The triangular rods sharpen plain edges as well as serrations (bread knives) and other tools.
Low maintenance, easy to use. Gives great edges. Based in the USA. Good customer service.
Best wishes.
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Thanks, but I've been thinking about it for a long time. But do you offer a device without the option of choosing the sharpening angle? I need a good result rather than a game of catching a sharpening angle.
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You can just hold the stone in your hand and sharpen.
I am not sure if understand you correctly. Are you speaking about a sharpening system that offers just one angle so you would not have to decide which angle is the right one?
May I ask you if you have experience in sharpening tools?
Sharpening a tool - be it a knife or a pair of scissors - is always a question of the correct angle. A "one angle fits all tools" does not exist. Using the wrong angle won't sharpen your knife or tool. So it is always a game of catching a sharpening angle, to speak so.
Using the Hapstone Sharpener you mentioned you would have to find the angle that matches your knife or scissors, too. All of these systems with a fixed angle work the same. By adjusting the height of the arm that holds the stone the angle at which the stone hits the edge of the blade changes. Adjusting an incorrect angle (to high or to low) you would put a micro-bevel on your blade or you would sharpen on the shoulder (in case of a knife with a secondary bevel). If you don't know the sharpening angle (per side) of a knife or tool you have to find out first. Or you would have to rebevel every single knife. You need to be quite precise. Otherwise these sharpening systems don't work at their sweet spot.
The Sharpmaker is much easier to use although you would have to set the bevel to 15° or 20° to match the Sharpmaker eventually. Once that's done it is very easy to maintain your blades.
The Sharpmaker offers slots at the bottom of the base for freehand sharpening, too. You can use the rods as narrow bench stones then.
May I ask you if you have experience in sharpening tools?
Sharpening a tool - be it a knife or a pair of scissors - is always a question of the correct angle. A "one angle fits all tools" does not exist. Using the wrong angle won't sharpen your knife or tool. So it is always a game of catching a sharpening angle, to speak so.
Using the Hapstone Sharpener you mentioned you would have to find the angle that matches your knife or scissors, too. All of these systems with a fixed angle work the same. By adjusting the height of the arm that holds the stone the angle at which the stone hits the edge of the blade changes. Adjusting an incorrect angle (to high or to low) you would put a micro-bevel on your blade or you would sharpen on the shoulder (in case of a knife with a secondary bevel). If you don't know the sharpening angle (per side) of a knife or tool you have to find out first. Or you would have to rebevel every single knife. You need to be quite precise. Otherwise these sharpening systems don't work at their sweet spot.
The Sharpmaker is much easier to use although you would have to set the bevel to 15° or 20° to match the Sharpmaker eventually. Once that's done it is very easy to maintain your blades.
The Sharpmaker offers slots at the bottom of the base for freehand sharpening, too. You can use the rods as narrow bench stones then.
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