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Who sells a good scissors sharpener?
- Thread starter Lavan
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I believe the spyderco sharpmaker can sharpen scissors
I use a reguler hone, the trick is to place the hone at the appropiate angle so that when you hold the scissors with the blade vertical the edge lies flat on the hone (not the same angle for all scissors).
You can jig a inclined plane to lay the hone on and you can use the "Magic Marker Trick" to check that you have the correct angle.
In case you haven´t heard of this, what you do is paint the edge of the blade with the marker, as you draw it across the hone some of the ink is removed, you have to adjust the angle until the ink removed coincides with the edge, not removed only from the tip or from the edge.
If I havn´t been clear do a search for Magic Marker, surely somebody else has a better description.
You can jig a inclined plane to lay the hone on and you can use the "Magic Marker Trick" to check that you have the correct angle.
In case you haven´t heard of this, what you do is paint the edge of the blade with the marker, as you draw it across the hone some of the ink is removed, you have to adjust the angle until the ink removed coincides with the edge, not removed only from the tip or from the edge.
If I havn´t been clear do a search for Magic Marker, surely somebody else has a better description.
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You can use any bench stone to perform this task, however, if you're not that experienced with benchstones then the easiest route would be the Sharpmaker. It really does work great for many sharpening tasks and I would definately include scissor sharpening as one of those tasks.
Also, if the scissor blades are not knicked but just dull then you can use a sharpening steel (butcher's steel) instead of a hone. I prefer a glass smooth steel but you good probably use a lightly grooved steel as this may be a good in between choice rather than re-aligning the edge (using a smooth steel) and sharpening (using a stone). Plus, you more than likely already have a grooved steel in your kitchen right now. You might as well go ahead and try this before committing any hard earned cash on one of these other choices.
Either way, remember that you should only sharpen the chisel side of the blade (not the flat side). As mentioned by Don Luis, the majic marker trick is always a good tool to use when sharpening. It helps teaches proper angle alignment when sharpening.
As for the burr that's left after sharpening? You can either run the flat side of the blade (using a single pass or as few as needed) on a leather hone or just do as most people do and open and close the scissors a couple of times. Yup, that works quite well indeed.
--The Raptor--
Also, if the scissor blades are not knicked but just dull then you can use a sharpening steel (butcher's steel) instead of a hone. I prefer a glass smooth steel but you good probably use a lightly grooved steel as this may be a good in between choice rather than re-aligning the edge (using a smooth steel) and sharpening (using a stone). Plus, you more than likely already have a grooved steel in your kitchen right now. You might as well go ahead and try this before committing any hard earned cash on one of these other choices.
Either way, remember that you should only sharpen the chisel side of the blade (not the flat side). As mentioned by Don Luis, the majic marker trick is always a good tool to use when sharpening. It helps teaches proper angle alignment when sharpening.
As for the burr that's left after sharpening? You can either run the flat side of the blade (using a single pass or as few as needed) on a leather hone or just do as most people do and open and close the scissors a couple of times. Yup, that works quite well indeed.
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I just sharpened a batch of 8 or 10 scizzors for a great organization in town. I used my sharpmaker and in maybe 10 minutes I was done 
After sharpeing on the chisel side, I take the flats of the sharpmaker stones and run them along the other side of the scizzor blades for a pass or 2 to help remove the burr. I think that scizzoring off a burr just tears it off and leaves the edge jagged again. A pass or 2 of the back side on the flats of a sharpmaker white one gets rid of the burr, or at least aligns it at a better angle!
Lavan, maybe you can use this situation as a reason (yeah, an excuse) to get an Edge Pro sharpener- they either do come, or can be ordered with, a scizzor attachment.
After sharpeing on the chisel side, I take the flats of the sharpmaker stones and run them along the other side of the scizzor blades for a pass or 2 to help remove the burr. I think that scizzoring off a burr just tears it off and leaves the edge jagged again. A pass or 2 of the back side on the flats of a sharpmaker white one gets rid of the burr, or at least aligns it at a better angle!Lavan, maybe you can use this situation as a reason (yeah, an excuse) to get an Edge Pro sharpener- they either do come, or can be ordered with, a scizzor attachment.