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Are Some Grass Shears Simply Incapable Of Being Sharpened?
I've used hand files as instructed by various web pages. The beveled
edge is nice and shiny, but still dull as before I started trying to hone them. |
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Are Some Grass Shears Simply Incapable Of Being Sharpened?
The shiny blade is blinding you. Most of the bevel is useless and not used
in cutting. It is the edge where the blades meet that counts, you need clean angle matching the bevel angle. Any rounding here is what amounts to dull. Try flattening the back of the blade by filing there too Also if the pivot point is adjustable, you want it tight but not so its hard to close. "jim" wrote in message ... I've used hand files as instructed by various web pages. The beveled edge is nice and shiny, but still dull as before I started trying to hone them. |
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Grass Shears - use carbide tool, then stone.
"jim" wrote in message ... I've used hand files as instructed by various web pages. The beveled edge is nice and shiny, but still dull as before I started trying to hone them. Ditto comments on two prior posters. Make sure the bevel and the flat back of blade are both bevelled, and flat, respectively. For reshaping the bevel I use a carbide abrading tool such as this: http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(xc...Source=froogle Files are nearly useless in my experience, as they produce an uneven, notchy bevel. I put the blades in a vise, do the bevel with the carbide tool, then finish and deburr with a regular carborundum (silicone carbide) sharpening stone, using it also to flatten the back of the blades. Make sure the pivot screw is tight, and hinge is oiled. |
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