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Scissor Sharpeners

A Sharper edge makes the physical work easier for you
So you can concentrate on The Task To Hand
Reduce the risk of repetitive Stress Damage

  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. 

Prices From As Low As £7

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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. 

Micro Grooves £4.50

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Curved Convex Edged from £8.00

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.


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Whitely 10 Inch £10.00 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

These Can Be Sharpened By Cerified Sharpeners

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Domestic Scissors 

These could vary from the almost a  product, typified by flimsy flat blades with plastic hand pieces  to the lifelong products from quality makers like Zwilling or Whitely at £50 or so; 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 from £4.00

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Industrial Scissors 

So many other specialist scissors exist and 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 Can Be Sharpened By Cerified Sharpeners

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The Lightest Touch to Sharpen

Removing Minimal Metal

We sharpen hairdressing, barbering, pet grooming, seamstress; tailoring, industrial, poultry, paper hanging, domestic and most other types of scissors on our specialist scissor sharpening machinery. Using the very lightest of touch we ensure the minimum of material is removed to construct the new cutting edge to prolong the life of the scissor. The scissor is then carefully honed, if required reconvexed serviced and reassembled

Sharpening Scissors The Ultimate Way

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 out “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 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 bet 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 to human, 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 in place until cut. These grooves are put in the a blade with a special file or a dedicated machine with a grooved diamond wheel - the Corru-Gator.
A different the 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 lay ups

Machine(s)

Okami  Gold
Hiro-To

Grit

400 - 6000

Type

Dry

Clients

Household
Seamstress
Pro Hairdressers
Pet Groomers

How we Do What we do

Certified sharpeners have developed an 11 step process with Hairdresser’s scissors, these steps are used for groomer’s scissors too with some * additions if required. 

Disassemble
Clean
Repair any ride line or cutting edge damage
Re establish a cutting edge*
Reestablish a ride line (6000g whetstone)*
Polished in the flat hone
Clean & Lubricated
Resaembled - using new parts where required
Check tip alignment & Balance
Test cut on single ply wet tissue to ensure a cut and not a fold
Test on human hair or fake fur*

*For groomers scissors we can add corrugations and handle the very popular curved style with special equipment - the Corru-gator 

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

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Hira-To 

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

Diamond Grining Wheel For The Okami Gold

Okami Gold

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

The Hira-To Convex scissor Sharpening Macine

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 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

Semi Convex Scissors with the Micro Bevel seen

6000 & 8000 Grit Whetstones

Water and some frim but gentle strokes on the ultra fine whetstone 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 

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The Precise Ride

Can’t make a 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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Riddles,
Back Lane
Bomere Heath
Shropshire
SY4 3PL

   Phone

07517 434947

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