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Scissor Sharpeners

A Sharper edge makes the physical work easier on you

Scissor Sharpening

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The Different Types Of Scissors

There are three basic kinds of scissors; the ones you will recognise in your kitchen are called bevel-edged; these are also in use by seamstresses, paper hangers, tailors, and in many other everyday uses. These are sharpened to precise angles on our “twice as sharp” configured with white grit wheels. We do not over-polish as these scissors need to seize the item being cut rather than have the closing blades push it along.

Professional hairdressers and pet groomers need and use far sharper edges than bevel types. These are provided by semi-convex and fully convex scissors. In cross-section, these have a profound convex top and a concave base. We use another purpose-made machine to get the best results for these types. Our Hiro-To will sharpen, re-convex, and finish with a polish producing profoundly sharp edges; then when they are finished, will cut a single ply of wet tissue and are so sharp they prevent hair from pushing along the scissor as it cuts wet or dry hair. Some stylists use curved scissors (semi-convex edge), and we are able to refinish those on our equipment.

Pet hair / fur is different from human hair; more coarse, more tough. It is not unusual to have micro-grooves at about 72 per inch in one scissor blade to prevent push and “grab” the hair, keeping it in place until cut. These grooves are put in the blade with a special file or a dedicated machine with a grooved diamond wheel— the Corru-Gator.
A different Corru-Gator wheel with 48 teeth per inch allows us to create a different corrugated cutting edge designed primarily for use in the food processing industry, including poultry and fish, by holding the tendons or fish bones in place to prevent sliding. Other industrial users of this edge include users of Kevlar and carbon fabrics in layups.

Hairdressing Scissors

There are several types of hairdressing or beauty scissors (AKA shears ) From the traditional Bevel Edge type (say Jaguar) to the more sophisticted edges found on many manufacturers products. Semi and fully convex edges are ultra sharp but require more complex and expensive macinery to sharpen and refinish. We have all the most modern equipment form the workd’s leading suppliers - who use such equipmentipment in manufacture. You can trust this local company to return your vital equipment in as good a condition as new.

Grooming Scissors

There are several types of grooming scissors, they do share much with hairdressing equipment. There are differences though, they tend to be longer and they can be curved, They too are made with traditional bevel edge type and semi or fully convex these are ultra sharp but do require more complex and expensive macinery to sharpen and refinish. As mentioned above we have all the most modern equipment form the workd’s leading suppliers - who use such equipment in manufacture. You as a dog groomer can trust this local company to return your dedicated tools in as good a condition as new, if not better.

We Can Cut Micro Grooves

Tailoring Scissors

Seamstress and tailoring scissors are usually very sturdy and like hairdressing shears very expensive. Wha have the professional trining & eqiomnt to put an edge on them that’s factory fresh. Pinking shears, can also be sharpened in most cases we have seen. Whitely are the cream of the crop and their Xtra sharp have a micro grooved and a plain blade to prevent fabric push and are lightweight.

Whitely 10 Inch Ultra High Quality Scissors

Pinking Shears

These is one sort of scissor is so different from all the others.
Pinkers
These shears are not sharpened from the front but rather the back.
Using negative angles of around minus 5° it is possbile to re edge them.
They have complicated geometry and have little shared technology to normal sorts of scissors.

Our machinery will usually product good results on these items as they are designed to work only on scissors including Pinking Shears

Pinker Sharpened On Our Machines

Domestic Scissors

These could vary from the almost a really inexpensive product, typified by flimsy flat blades with plastic hand pieces to the lifelong products from quality makers like Zwilling or Whitely at £50 or more; these top end products tend to be passed to following generations some of who turn up at our door wanting a sharp edge put back - we can of course do that and also the pair from IKEA.

Sharpened Means A New Life

Industrial Scissors

many other specialist scissors exist so we sharpen all of these
Kevlar scissors
Carbon Fibre scissors
Wallpaper scissors
Carpet scissors
Nail scissors
Upholstery scissors
Leather scissors
Left Handed scissors
Paper scissors
Electrician’s scissors

Almost all Industrial Scissors
Can Be Sharpened

Sharpening Scissors On The Best Equipment

There are three major kinds of scissor edges are found in the mainstream. Here’s the equipment we use that sharpens them to factory specification or better

Twice As Shap Scissor Sharpening Machine

Twice as Sharp

The industry standard scissor sharpener is the "Twice As Sharp” This is made by renowned USA shear manufacturer Wolffe industries, who uses these machines in daily production of their top end products

Hira-To

This is the professional sharpenre's preferred flat hone machine usedfor the sharpening of and re profiling fully convex scissors. It can also be used to re edge thinning scissors.

Okami Gold

We use a dedicated diamond wheel on the Twice as Sharp, then a unique hone specifically for hairdressing and animal grooming scissors.

Corru-gator

This is the professional sharpener's most effective way of adding grooves (72 or 48 per inch) to groomer’s and industrial scissors. Producing better results than the traditionall specialist grooving file.
For some users there is a more coarse cut 48 groves per inch for special duty scissors for poultry, kevlar, carbon fibre and other tough to cut products

6000 & 8000 Grit Whetstones

Water and some frim but gentle strokes on the ultra fine whetstones we use make the rideline, the part where the cutting edges meet, perfectly flat and mirror like. The scissors the glide shut cutting with little noise after this treatment. We flatten the stones frequently to ensure precision.

The Precise Ride

Can’t make a rounded rideline on the ever more popular curved grooming scissors on the tradditional whetstone so we have invested in the "Precise Ride" to reproduce that factory edge with precision and ease, offering better cutting power all round the curve.

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