Making scissors

Look at a pair of scissors, it'll come to you :D

Also, good scissors, they have sort of an arch to them so that only a small amount of each blade is contacting the other.
 
this is something i'm also very interested in. my better half is an ethetician and i've had every girl who works at her spa wanting me to sharpen their hairdressing scissors.

Id really like any advice on this i could get!!
 
Sharpen the edge of the blades not the sides ! Much of the 'sharpening' of scissors is done on a grinder but that's usually not necessary. The blades always must make contact so the blades have a slight bow.Sometimes tension needs adjusting with the screw.The blade sides have a concave grind and that should always be there so sharpening the sides removes some of that ! Maintain the same angle [ ~ 75 *]
 
Not a pro at 'em or anything, but I have always noticed they don't work as well with highly polished edges. They need some "teeth" to the edge or the material you're cutting will just slide out of the jaws rather than being cut.
 
balibalistic said:
this is something i'm also very interested in. my better half is an ethetician and i've had every girl who works at her spa wanting me to sharpen their hairdressing scissors.

Id really like any advice on this i could get!!
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I did it for a couple of years. I got out of it. They don't call them scissors, actually they call them shears. The tools used to sharpen shears are very specialized. It is best left to guys that do that. Because there is whole science behind it. It is not anything like sharpening a knife. If you put a bevel on a convex Japanese shear, that actually ruins the 300.00 pair of shears, they are all almost convex.
They charge about 40.00 per pair of shear to sharpen for a good reason.
 
mete said:
Sharpen the edge of the blades not the sides ! Much of the 'sharpening' of scissors is done on a grinder but that's usually not necessary. The blades always must make contact so the blades have a slight bow.Sometimes tension needs adjusting with the screw.The blade sides have a concave grind and that should always be there so sharpening the sides removes some of that ! Maintain the same angle [ ~ 75 *]
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You are right if you are sharpen a regular home or fabric shear.

The grinder is see for sharpening beauty shear. It the joke in sharpening business. Since all well made shears are sharpened on a Flat hone, very expensive flat sander with grits of 800 up. The pros all use flat hones.
There is no bevel on beauty shears, you will ruin a pair of 300.00 beauty shears if you put a bevel on it. It is convex edge like a scagel knife.
You actually sharpen the outside of the blade, you roll the edge with the convex. Never ever sharpen the inside.

This is only for beauty shears.
 
jim....don't the hair shears have a hollow on the inside with a ridge line like on a single bevelled japanese knife?....ryan
 
I will contact a few of you, and yes Mace! I will not run with them! LOL!
(Mace and I go back a few years...)

It looks like most scissors have a chisel grind on the one edge of both "blades"?

This is going to be something new to me, I have never made them before. Any steel recommendations? I can do either stock removal or forge. I was thinking 1095. Any RWL fans here? 52100? 1084/L6 fans for pattern welded steel?

I am but a simple cutler...

These "shears" will be made for a quilter...suggestions, please!

Craig
 
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ryan9977 said:
jim....don't the hair shears have a hollow on the inside with a ridge line like on a single bevelled japanese knife?....ryan
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Yes they do have a very slight Hollow ground. But there is no bevel on the edge. You have to becareful not to remove too metal from the inside when you sharpen them, making a gap. This would make them useless. The inside edge has to remain parallel.
 
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C L Wilkins said:
I will contact a few of you, and yes Mace! I will not run with them! LOL!
(Mace and I go back a few years...)

It looks like most scissors have a chisel grind on the one edge of both "blades"?

This is going to be something new to me, I have never made them before. Any steel recommendations? I can do either stock removal or forge. I was thinking 1095. Any RWL fans here? 52100? 1084/L6 fans for pattern welded steel?

I am not a knifemaker or bladesmith, but a simple cutler...

These "shears" will be made for a quilter...suggestions, please!

Craig
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This is the same path that start me on my Journey in to knifemaking
 
I still remember when Montejano shared some pictures of exquisite shears he'd made. Might be worth checking 'em out for inspiration.

http://www.daniserrano.net/amontejano/txt_e/tijeras.htm

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Here are a pair of safety scissors - your wife can't stab you with them !!
 

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not all scissors or shears are the same. Scissors are normally under 6" and have a finger loop for only one finger. Shears are normally over 6" and have a loop or Tab for additional fingers. That being said all Cosmetologist and hair dressers call there "scissor" shears, and if you call there little "scissors" by the name of "scissors" you will loose there business, so you call there "Scissors" and there Shears, all "Shears".:rolleyes:
In the stylist and pet grooming business, there are two normal stiles of scissors/shears, German and Japanese. It doesn't mater where there actually made, it just refers to the stile of the blades. The Japanese scissors/shears Are hollow ground on the inside and convex ground on the outside. The German are more flat ground on the inside and can be chisel, multi chined or slightly convex on the outside. Both types of scissors/shears have a slight twist to the blades so that only a small part of the blade is in contact at a time.
Scissors, shears, and snips made for cutting fabric and other material are a simplified German stile, and are basically two chisel ground knives that pass by each other. The better ones still have a slight twist to them.
 
bikermikearchery said:
not all scissors or shears are the same. Scissors are normally under 6" and have a finger loop for only one finger. Shears are normally over 6" and have a loop or Tab for additional fingers. That being said all Cosmetologist and hair dressers call there "scissor" shears, and if you call there little "scissors" by the name of "scissors" you will loose there business, so you call there "Scissors" and there Shears, all "Shears".:rolleyes:
In the stylist and pet grooming business, there are two normal stiles of scissors/shears, German and Japanese. It doesn't mater where there actually made, it just refers to the stile of the blades. The Japanese scissors/shears Are hollow ground on the inside and convex ground on the outside. The German are more flat ground on the inside and can be chisel, multi chined or slightly convex on the outside. Both types of scissors/shears have a slight twist to the blades so that only a small part of the blade is in contact at a time.
Scissors, shears, and snips made for cutting fabric and other material are a simplified German stile, and are basically two chisel ground knives that pass by each other. The better ones still have a slight twist to them.
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I dare you call someone beauty shears "scissors". They will kick you out of their shop. LOL
 
Fascinating thread. Seriously, I've sharpened many sets of scissors, some for pay, but already this thread has shown me a couple things I could have done better. Thanks, gentlemen!
 
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