This is awesome how do you test once you think your ready

Congrats #101!!!

Love the into about ISSA, but dont sell yourself short with it being a simple evaluation. Bonnie a key element to your assessment is that you are the spokes person for these potential sharpeners customers. A pass has to represent that a customer should be able to rest assured that the sharpener knows the basics on what they are doing with their sharpening process. Simple testing actually can tell alot about the basics. A person without the basics can't event begin to deal with advanced issues or advanced shears. I would even love to see the test on the tip are smooth enough to not scratch or cut a persons neck using the thumb skin test.

I shuddered when Bonnie put that blade up to her neck. I feel like I cut myself just looking at shears sometimes!

I’m confused. Good equipment, but junky scissors? Is this just to demonstrate the importance of a good edge?

Very proud of both of these guys. Age 16, Ricky could over the years become one of the country’s great sharpeners if he continues to learn and strive to improve.

Congratulations Ricky! Well done!

great job guys i have to send my test in they are done just have not had the time to hit the post office as of yet lol!!

I talked to the sharpener and he told me he honed all shears on the inside. I explained some shears should not be honed like these blue handled one. He seemed to have a a ha moment. There seemed to be a language barrier, I couldn't place the accent so I asked him where he was from and Mystie and I nearly fell off our chairs when he said, "Chicago." I'm sending him his certificate. I hope he understands what he did wrong. He wanted to argue anita the adjustment because he attended the IBSA a few years back and they said correct adjustment was the way he had them. I told him the adjustment needs to be whatever makes the shears cut. Manufacturers will disagree on the adjustment. Comment below if we need a video on adjusting shears.

just from watching your videos i knew better than try to mess with the ride line the way this person did .

Parabéns por compartilhar seu trabalho, Estou com 63 anos depois de trabalhar mais de 30 anos com com afiação de ferramentas industrial agora aposentado estou me preparando para trabalhar em casa como afiador de tesouras, alicates e outras ferramentas. Entendo que esas ferramentas devem ser muito bem afiadas é mais uma lapidação do fio cortante

i would like to see more of ricky

wowza he looks just like my boyfriend 😻😻😻😻

Thanks for your concerning.

hmmm 29. If a shear had to be shortened 4mm, I'm wondering if the rideline work ended up washing out the tip so the sharpener opted to shorten to remove washout? The other interesting would be how much the rideline dropped into the hollow grind? Was there excess edge steel removed causing a dip in the pivot area. A sign of excess rework.

Maybe the heat warped the metal from taking 1/4 of an inch off.?

Awesome. Catherine is the only one of three siblings that was interested in sharpening with her father. Second generation sharpener. Wow. I'm a very proud father.