How To Sharpen Scissors! (Quickly & Effectively using Tormek Wet Stone) 

Nice Work! Professional sharpener here, you don’t come across shear sharpening videos every day! Many types of utility shears (fabric, kitchen, etc) will have an “anvil” blade (blunter angle) and cutting blade (sharper angle). I did not see your burr removal process but I would recommend closing the shears carefully on a sheet of paper to cleanly cut off the burr. You will see the wiry pieces of burr coming off and you want to make sure to wipe these away so you don’t cut into them again and damage your edge. You cut the paper a few times and then open and close a bunch to smooth out any roughness. You can also get into honing and buffing for smoother action but that’s only required for hair cutting shears which have a different blade geometry. It’s cool you’re getting into this, like you said, once you start buying nice tools you’re gonna want to sharpen them!

Is this the new trend on woodworking RU-vid: Scissor sharpening? If so, I’m looking forward to Stumpy busting all the scissor sharpening myths, Sellers showing us how they to do it by hand, and Cosman’s new “30 seconds to sharp” edition for scissors. 😂 Love me some Tormek. Hope to get one in the shop one day.

I always enjoy your videos. Squealing is my big problem when I try this jig. I must be doing something wrong but from watching your video this morning I'm motivated to go out and try again.

Tormek is one of those tools you buy and then buy a bejezas amount of jigs for it that you don't want to be sitting unused in your shop. Scissors is one of those many items that hide from you, so taking good care of them might mean you will put them where you can find them.

Now I feel compelled to sharpen all of the scissors in the house! That's a really nice setup, Linn. Hope you are well. - Tom Z

I took the time to learn to hold the angle on a normal flat stone. Just splash the stone with some water, sharpen by hand. Fast and very effective. Stones take up very little room under sink. I have two diamond stones that work for taking material off rapidly for bad edges and also work beautifully for flattening my finer Japanese stones. I also have a leather strop on a block the same size as my stones with green paste for when I need that really polished sushi grade edge. It took a minute to learn but was so worth it. It will save eons of time over my lifetime. I have the mini jig for chisels and plane blades to get exact angles fast. I also invested in good knives and steel for tools, so edges last a lot longer and require less frequent sharpening. Old school. I hardly use wood tools anymore so mostly for knives and scissors. I have these Japanese scissors that are just amazing. They look vintage and take an edge like no others and hold it for months. I got them from a guy I bought some vintage planes from. He had two pairs. I just liked they way they looked and begged him to sell me one of them. I had no idea how good they were. I was hoping they were made with good high quality Japanese steel and they were. I think I paid 40 US for them. Love them.

Nicely done. :) All the best for you and your loved ones in the whole new year (and further). :)

I've had success sharpening scissors with the KO-3 by TSPROF. It takes a while to get set up, change out the abrasive stones, etc but it does a very satisfactory job. The Tormek seems like it would be a nice addition to the sharpening shop...

I like the new intro. The short one with the black icons of the tools on the white background and with the computer sounds of the 8-bit era. These sounds caught my attention. :D

Loving the new shop! Thanks for sharing you sharpening skills on the scissors! Best to you and the family! 🙂

How come you had the wheel turning away from you on the first pair of scissors, and toward you on the second? Does that affect which side of the blade the burr forms on?

That's a really fantastic tool, Linn! Thanks for all the explanations and step-by-step discoveries! 😃 I've searched a lot for something like that here in Brazil to buy, but nothing yet. But I'm going to keep looking from time to time. 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Hey Lynn that's so cool... Hahahahaha 🤣😂 I didn't know you could get a Scissors ✂️ jig. We grab a thick glass beer🍺 mug, we then cut the glass as if we're cutting paper.. When I say we I mean me.

This is the first video of yours that I've watched. Is there a reason that you didn't disassemble the scissors?

I am using Tormek professionally. I would recommend diamond stones only for HSS and carbide tools. Diamond stone is also good for lathe chisels. Standard stone is best for tool steel and high carbon steel, works much faster than diamond.

The diamond stones loose their grit really quickly!

Why do diamond stones need water? They can sharpen dry.

I've been watching your videos since way back in the carport days. I don't mean this to be critical but your content has become unreachable to many people since your move to Virginia. You are obviously a talented and successful woman but most people do not have a brand new shop with brand new expensive tools and may not be able to relate to some of the videos you are making such as this one. I applaud your success but you may be limiting your audience with all the expensive toys. Sorry, just my opinion.

well done you made a video on it

You didn’t set up the angle on the universal tool rest scissors should be sharpened at 70 degrees.

😂 That's not something you hear often...."I need to sharpen my scissors"

I am trying to wrap my head around the issue of using a regular stone wheel vs a diamond or CBN. There is not any difference in the angle, because you set the angle each and every time. Professional grooming shears shouldn't be done on a Tormek. Machines made specifically for sharpening professional knives are expensive (>$3000), and have movements not available using Tormek or similar systems. Look up Bonika shears here's on RU-vid. He short video on left handed shears gives you the best view of the process.

Yup I'm going to buy an 800-dollar grinder to sharpen my scissors🙄🙄

How to sharpen scissors razor sharp.... own $800 of equipment specifically for sharpening things.