Scissors and the Sharpmaker

[heysox]

I would like to use my Sharpmaker to sharpen suture scissors (moustache trimming). The sharpener is old enough to predate the instructional video. Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

[shangchi108]

Did your Sharpmaker not come with an instructional DVD?

 

[svslider]

You do it like normal, keep the blade straight up and down. Theres a single slot on the side of the sharpmaker base to put in only one rod and you use that.

 

[Mike Sastre]

Works very well. Have done many of my wife's scissors and shears with a Sharpmaker - both old and new.

 

[Phil Elmore]

The key to sharpening scissors is just to treat them like a chisel-ground folder. They have a bevel on one side only. Sharpen that side, and strop the burr off the opposite side with a quick pass on the sharpening medium, being careful to keep the flat size as flat as possible (don't grind an edge onto it).

 

[heysox]

Thanks all for your advice.