How To : Sharpen Scissors 

This is one of those videos that I still end up having to watch other videos to learn.

LOL at all these people.. He's giving you more than just a how-to. Thisi is you all have a better understanding of the sharpening technique and the angle when sharpening. I learn a lot. Thanks for the video!

Thank you for posting this! I had previously tried to sharpen my scissors with a whetstone just like a knife, and didn't realize I needed to follow the angle on the blade rather than sharpen to a point. Now the scissors are cutting very badly because I changed the angle of the cutting surface. Your video shows me what I need to do to fix my scissors! Great explanation!

Thanks for this :) some people are complaining about too much commentary but I found it very helpful and very knowledgeable

Thank you for taking the time to explain with thorough visuals. I absolutely LOVE videos like these, that not only explain “how to” but also “why” we need to do specific things! After watching, I now feel confident to sharpen my scissors and make my little hobbyist life much easier.

Thank you for showing a straightforward chore that I knew nothing about! Much appreciated!

Thank you SO MUCH for the way you took the trouble to show what you're talking about UP CLOSE! I've been watching every freaking scissor sharpening video, and read non-video instructions, but---okay, call me dumb!--I was not grasping the exact mechanism of it til this video. It has been really annoying that I had this mental block I guess! But this was the perfect way to explain it and I'm very grateful to you, I just had to tell you....thanks again!

Having declared my dissatisfaction with this sharpener last night ru-vid.comUgkxDcr-y2Pf6xdnrFHrSP7dl9kpKaCozcSQ I thought about the problem some more. It occurred to me that I might be undoing each attempt at achieving a sharp edge by the repeated attempts. So, I tried to clean up the unsatisfactory result by honing with only positions 3 and 4.Miracle!! A really nicely sharpened chef's knife, more than enough to handle my needs. Admittedly, it did not reach professionally sharpened razor-fineness, but it is now significantly sharper than it was. A bout of breaking down carrots convinced me. So, major apologies to the manufacturer, Amazon, and all happy and potential owners! Follow the directions: don't buy it if you have ceramic blades; and don't overwork your knife blade.

Thank you so much for this. My favorite pair of scissors got really dull and because of your video I was able to sharpen them. I'm very grateful to you.

To create a seven-minute video on how to sharpen a pair of scissors without actually demonstrating how to sharpen a pair of scissors is quite an achievement.

This video is simple easy straightforward into the point without all the added BS to confuse someone like myself who wants to learn how to sharpen scissors quickly properly and effectively the first time. I love scissors and knives and have hundreds of both and I'm so excited to tend to them all now. Thanks you rock! Amy

I found your explanation clear and easy to follow; now feel confident enough to try this at home on my sewing shears. Thanks for the video!

My mother was born in 1922. They never had these fancy gadgets then. Mom showed me that in order to sharpen scissors all you needed to do was to cut a few lengths off of sandpaper. Not sure what grade she used, but I know it sure worked. Still use that today.

Thank you, the amount of commentary was excellent and I needed it. Cheers, this is the only scissor sharpening video you need.

yay fixed it and I didn't even need to sharpen them. I have Fine crafting/quilting scissors that couldn't cut yarn very well. So I came looking for a sharpening video. When you said to take them apart I grabbed my tool kit and promptly screwed the screw in more and tested them on the yarn and it cut like butter. I had been running my fingers up and down the blades thinking they didn't feel damaged. Now my other pair are pitted and need to be sharpened but I mostly use them for paper or fine wire I know bad me. So thank you for saving me some time and now I know how to fix the other pair if I ever get around to it.

Yes I totally agree with the time you took on the demonstration! Holy cow I finally get how to do this! Every video I watched showed all these fancy tools etc for expensive scissors but I JUST wanted to liven up my $6.99 pair from Walmart 😁 and this worked! Yay!! Thank you!

The back side of the blades are cut concave. It shows when the light crosses the back side of the blade. Scissors can be ruined by cutting the back side. If the blades are very dull, get them sharpened professionally.

Thank you for the excellent instructions - scissors now restored to a useable state.

This was the best and most helpful sicissor sharpening video. Very well done and easy to understand.

You are going at it the hard way. Just get yourself some sandpaper 50 grit (coarse grit paper for rough sanding) then some 100 grit (fine grit paper for fine sanding). You rake the 50 grit and fold it in half. coarse side facing outward. You cut the sandpaper several times all the way across and wipe down the blades with a clean soft towel. Then you take the 100 grip paper and fold it the same way. Cut just as many times as the 50 grit. Then wipe the blades with a clean soft towel and do it all over again. Your scissors will be razor sharp.

Thank you very much for this, my old scissors are back in action thanks to your video.

Best video I found that explains EXACTLY what to do. Thanks, I needed that!

I did the backside on some expensive all-metal scissors. Worked like a charm. Thanks.

Best video I've seen about sharpening scissors on RU-vid so far!

Thanks for posing this Jeff,HUGE help!

I see that this is an old video but wanted to let you know that it is still helping people, thank you!!! I will now have sharp fabric scissors that I do not have to pay someone else to sharpen :)

Enjoying the sharpening videos, I like the old school scissors too!

I really like these obscure sharpening videos. Keep it up!

Fiskars are really nice scissors. Best brand! Also, finnish. :D

I love your channel! I aspire to be as successful a hobbyist as you seem to be. Please keep the videos coming! Nate

This was a fabulous video!! Thanks so much!!

Thanks for making this video. I should definitely touch up all the old scissors I have laying around.

Thank you for an excellent tutorial on knife/scissor sharpening!

So worth the viewing. Great explanation on technique couples with the principles of sharpening. Truly educational. Thank you

Great how to Jeff, most ppl just throw them away when they get dull. A easy way I use to clean up the edge when I notice them starting to dull is to take a piece of emery cloth (or fine sandpaper) and fold it over with the grit out on both sides then just cut strips through it with your scissors, of course it depends on how dull they are but it doesn't take long, give it a try next time you have a pair starting to dull.

There is an old trick my pop taught me. Use the Spark/Flint Wheel of your BIC lighter and run it along your dull blade a couple of times. It is a fast fix and keeps the works going till you can do a proper grind on your tools :D

Great video, thanks! Lots of weird information out there on this, as well as lots of different types of scissors (I found out). Do you not create a bit of a burr on the edge from sharpening? If so, do you hone that off or let the action of the scissors take care of it?

Thanks. I finally understand how it works.

Good informative lesson, I think I can now do my own scissors. Thanks.

Thank you so very much! I have a pair of spring loaded scissors that are easier on my arthritis that became dull. I saw a sharpening stone at Dollar Tree, and thought I’d sharpen them. Thank you!

Much appreciated video. Thanks!

lol, spent 30 minutes trying to find which direction to slide the stone/scissors. thanks dude :D

Thanks! Just sharpened my scissors I've kept since the 1st Grade. (I'm a Sophomore in college now haha)

Ice skates (hockey) are sharpened with a concave grind. Goallie skates do sharpen at 90 degree

Thank you, this was really helpful. I appreciate the explanation.

Thank you. Very precise explanation!

Great! and super simple. Thanks for the upload. want to ask: why glass ? , can't it be done on any flat surface ?

Thank you, especially for the clear explanation.

I enjoyed this video immensely

Great vid, like your style, not like another I saw where the guy was like it was some religious experience. You get right to the point, didn't complicate things, this is the angle, follow it, BAM! Following your instructions, I just sharpened my first pair successfully, passing the wet tissue test I saw on another vid. Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing this video, because it's been let's see, a YEAR! lol to show me how to use ,this AWESOME sharping tool that he has had for year that he must of bought off the tool truck man at work. It's called the WORKSHARP and I have to say it's a pretty neat tool, it's a single tool with three different stones to sharpen blades with and on one side that's brown material that's like a corkscrew texture. If the tool had instructions of course , I would KNOW! So when the hubby finally does come up to me and says, hey you want me to teach you how to use that tool for sharping stuff now. I'm going to be like yeah hun SURE! 😂😂

This was very helpful thank you.

Thank you for the thorough explanations.

Thank you, that's a great tutorial!!

Thanks for posting this informative video. Thumbs up !

Awesome commentary,,,shows SOME OF US ,thT SCISSOERS have a different angle than A KNIFE ,good job

7 minutes of my life I will never get back. thanks

Thank you so much for your awesome! Video it was so helpful 🙏🏼👍

Thank you good info! Please consider showing a little more video of how to use stone on both edges

Thanks a bunch, worked great, knew id loose my titanium coat, but its to be expected

thanks for the vid ,been wondering how to do this for a while:)

Dude I’m loving this I wish you were a teacher or something ha ha

I legit clicked this video because you have the same scissors I’m trying to sharpen.

I get it know.You explained for the first time clearly I understand

How awesome is it that the first video I clicked on about sharpening scissors uses the exact same scissors that I'm going to sharpen.

Thank you for explaining scissors for me, pal.

Great video 👍🏽

I dont want to undermine your point, but at the very least, hockey skate blades are ground in a concave upside down u, obviously not as extreme though, I'm not quite an engineer, but I believe it has something to do with channeling melting ice (water) through to increase speed and improve bite

Very good and thorough video

Cmmon folks, use your imagination. He explains things in good detail. Do you really need to see him do a full sharpening for you to wrap your straining brains around it? He showed you how to put the blade to turn stone, now it's your turn.

Thank you!

Thank you so much. I’m about to restore my identical scissors their former glory!

Those sound so sharp

thanks but mine look different. if I look at the blade it has a flat edge it's like if I took flat metal cut 2 let's say 1in wide and 6 in long screw a screw half way up and made them open and close like scissors. it's 2 flat ends crossing. you no what I mean these are prob cheaper but ones a nice set. how would I sharpen. would I do all 4 edges cause there's 2 on each. thanks for video it does help alot for that brand. god bless

Best video of all. At least I didn't have to watch you cut paper to prove the scissors are sharp. Paper is rigid and will not scoot away from the scissors like a string or piece of cloth will do.

anyone know what the comment thumbs up/down button is? it means you get your point across without adding another nasty comment.

Thank you!!

Where did u buy that metal sharpening tool

Can u do a vid on how to load a strop with compound?

Question how do you sharpen a broken scissor since these scissor are broken due to the fact that my friends were playing scissor darts with them and now their like a pair of knives?

Good Tip THANKS.

The back isn’t a hollow grind?

What grit do u recommend?

I have never succeeded in sharpening scissors until just now after watching this video. I had tried a steel file this morning and failed once again. After seeing this I put a flat honing stone in a bench vise and ran the scissor blades carefully across at the right angle. B.T.W. these are cheap scissor which do not have a screw to take them apart! After a few minutes they were taken from time to throw away to pretty good.

I have a pair of the old black handle ones he was talking about. I cannot get them sharp.

Hi My scissors is sharpen but when i want to cut a fabrick the fabrick run from edges of my scissors. May you please recommend me a way please?

You can't simply put the inside of the blade flat on a stone to grind it as scissor blades have a bow to it. Unlike haircutting shears which are thin enough you can bend it flat against the hone and it springs back, with regular scissors you will just end up grinding the up at tip and near the pivot, leaving the middle unground. You have to hone along the blade at a 90 degree to the edge of you stone. You don't have to follow the factory angle. If you want more performance out of your scissors, you can make the angle more acute. It is a trade off between durability with tougher materials vs cutting performance.

Thanks the video is awesome. Question- do you have video on how to sharpen scissors that are really messed up. Someone in my family (duh..hubby TRIED to sharpen my scissors. Now I have 10 pair (all sizes) that I need to fix. My scissors were not cheap. HELP PLEASE!!

Finally a way to beat a world record

Friggin scissors...know what you mean. Trying to sharpen the very scissors you used. Appreciate your instructions.

Is there a way to sharpen the Ginger 4” Featherweight thread snips? Thanks

thanks man. seven pairs sharpened enough to cut fabric.

I have heard that cutting folded aluminium foil helps. If you don't have any sharpening tools you may give that a shot, sandpaper should work too.

You must be a politician because the never ending waffle with no demo or result is in keeping.

I make knives as a profitable hobby and also do leather work too, I'm popular at Christmas time around the family. lol It's best to make angle guide using a small piece of some kind of hard wood. A lot of people don't have a good sense of sharpening angles and need a jig to help. Just take a small piece about 1 inch high and 2 inches long and file or grind the angle of their scissors and just hold the blade up against the angled side of the wood. You would be surprised at how many knife makers that can't sharpen their knives by hand.

What about flat-edged scissors?

Thank you

from 4:43 to 4:54 for actual sharpening tip. i just needed this to sharpen my small victorinox scissors.

Can you do a video about taking apart an eyebrow scissor

wow I feel stupid I've only just realised that you can press that button and the record your text message into text or is this only just been able