Bonnie, my name is Joseph Lodico and I want to get in to the sharpening business for hair stylist what would it cost me to come to Atlanta to study with you?

Nice! John is a great guy too!

Thank you for showing that! I have ordered the clipper cradle and was hoping that it would have the set back built into it. Going to be a huge help!!!

Onde comprar essa máquina no Brasil não btem essa maravilhas

Hey Bonnie ! Do you have an opinion on using neck strips or end papers for a test cut? Or would you only recommend the cheap tp ? 🚽 😊

🎉🎉🎉YES!!!

How much does it cost to take one of your classes? I want to learn how to sharpen scissors. Every time I go get a haircut I ask who sharpens your scissors and everyone tells me no. I think it's a big business for it here in Birmingham Alabama

Pretty good info but all this ai generated content gives me the creeps.

I am just starting my sharpening business. I've probably only done 40- 50 shears/thinners. I came across a Hanzo HH8 yesterday with a huge bevel at like 30 degrees. But because of your videos, so far, I have really good results and happy customers. Thanks. 😊 PS. I sharpened them at 35 and convexed.

As it has often been said before, there is typically no good time answer to the question. The truth is it depends on 5 factors, 1. What type of steel in the shear, 2. What angle on the shear edge to perform the required type of cutting, 3. How much hair goes through the shear, 4. What type of hair is being cut, 5. What is in the hair. Best answer: When the shear no longer performs the expected task.... Then it's time to sharpen! It could be 2 months to 2 years! Regarding #2: Probably 75% of the sharpeners don't pay attention to what angle is needed for the type of styling or the original factory angle for a stylist or barber. Are you in the 25% who know what angle is needed for the stylist to perform their styling task? Why do some shears come from the factory with 30-35 degree angle and others come with a 45 or 50 or 60 degree factory edge angle?🤔

Years ago, when i used to charge $20 for sharpening, i would tell them to them to put a nickel in “the jar” for every head. When the jar is up to $20 it’s time to call me. About 400 heads. Surprisingly how well it worked and close it was. Also alleviated the “i just got these sharpened…they didnt last long” comments.

This was very helpful because explained how to take those UFO style scissors apart. I would like to know more detail information of sharpening those style of scissors. With my years of experience of being a professional knife sharpener, I am very familiar with taking the burrs off your Edge in order to make them Sharp. So far I don't understand how you can sharpen your shears on only one side. If you do not take those scissors apart, the ones with the UFO nut, how can you sharpen the back side of the shears? As you sharpen the bevell you are going to make a burr which we are always called those feathers. The feathers will always be on the opposite side of the blade that you have sharpened. Those must be taken off or if they snap off they will be immediately blunt and dull. I would love to find more of your videos on sharpening the style of scissors and if I am wrong on anything I have said, I would know where I am wrong.

I have Craft JW shears that look like they don't have a nut to take them apart. They look like they take a special tool to take them apart. Do you have a video that shows how they come apart?

Awesome

Do you sharpen any paper of Joel’s? I’ve been in need for years but don’t actually work anymore I’ve been sickly. I forget where I use to send them to somewhere on California I think?

Great video as always Bonnie!

Bonnie I love watching your videos and I love your personality ! I’m a hairdresser who mainly does cutting, the area we’re in is rather under-saturated with reliable sharpeners so I got the idea to learn ! I bought the twice as sharp okami gold system. I’ve sharpened all my shears and some coworkers shears after watching a lot of your videos and some from Wolffe industries. I haven’t run into any problems yet and I think it’s pretty easy (I haven’t gotten any problematic shears but I’d probably just walk away from those). So do you think I should get a certification from a class before I really start advertising? Thanks for your videos! God bless.

No testing on hair?

Bonnie, I noticed you stoned one half then on to the wheel however on the other half of the shear you stoned after the wheel did I miss something?

Hi Bonnie, how do you see when a sharpener puts the pressure wrong when looking at the shear like in this video?

Yelp, you scared me, but I see I am going to have to buy more stuff to sharpen these type of sheers. Thank you

Shew, feeling better after watching you sharpen this sheer. I think I can do this.

Thank you for showing this sheer.

I have never seen sheer's like those and hope I never do. Your scaring me with this sharpening business, LOL

Looks like the bolts have been peened over for nut retention. You would have to take a file to remove the material above the nut to remove them.

Maybe a silly question but do the ‘rainbow’ or colored shears ever come convex (if they were sharpened in the factory before paint?) I have never owned a pair and my coworkers who have them only have beveled edge ones.

I DO NOT FIND THIS FUNNY AT ALL.

This looks very professional but your video is not that good because i can't see what you are doing to the blade as you rock the scissors. Do you have more videos with much more detail for someone very new at sharpening scissors?

Surely a walk away shear Bonnie?

Can I use this machine for business centre or is it for personal use only

I have my moms there beautiful condition but dull there old probably well over 55 years old

Chills listening to her story. I write about gun violence in my novel, The Moments Between Dreams. Grateful Larissa Camp raises awareness about this issue, and her escape and her drive to survive and thrive. She is so inspiring. I know people can find their higher power to succeed after trauma. Bless her. / Judith Brenner

No cant listen to you

You really gave your student fits with that lefty shear so early in her sharpening career. I still have to think a bit more and handle them a bit more carefully than the righty shears. I probably sharpen 95% righty shears. Great vid but I am afraid you are throwing way too many things at your student even considering her being a salon owner. She put a slurry on to remove the burr. I know you know that is totally unnecessary. This was day 2 of how many days of instruction? I would never put that time in a $50 shear.

I wonder if they had too much ramp on the inside of the teeth, which caused folding or pinching hair between the blades. Sharpening the teeth reduced that ramp area. Just a thought. Well done!

Good job, Florencia! It's not easy to sharpen a left handed shear.

I say bin them and get new ones but with better quality steel like AS14 colbat

Think people don’t look after their scissors at all they should be cleaned after every cut e.g wipe the blades

Love these videos ❤

I have a long story if you have the time. So I'm getting close to retirement age and I like knives. So I started a sharpening business part time hoping to get enough customers so I could afford to stop working my regular job, retire and still sharpen to afford life. Then I started seeing your videos and learning about shears. I couldn't afford a flat hone machine so I bought a TAS. I practiced , got them sharp enough to cut single ply wet or dry. No pulling, no folding. So I started taking business cards to salons. A coworker brought me 3 pair from his mom. I did them for free for feedback. She was really pleased. So today I was visiting salons handing out cards. Came across a stylist that wanted sharpening. She had a pair of Olivia Garden shears. She said she sent them to the company, and they came back worse. So I tried them on tissue , tips not cutting. Nothing appeared wrong in my inexperienced opinion. So I disassembled them inspected and cleaned. Edge was really slight, so I figured convex. I sharpened them, put them together and still not cutting every time at the tips. Used the pink stone a little, still no good. So now I'm starting to worry, my first paying customer and I can't complete the job. So I disassembled again and sharpened again. Still not cutting at the tips. So I tucked my tail and went back in to tell her that I could not get them to cut all the way to the tips. And told her that I could not accept payment. We'll She wouldn't take no for an answer so she gave me the payment and that made me feel even more defeated. So I came straight home ordered her a new pair and came to your videos. The reason I bought her a new pair, was because in trying to fix them I made a few mistakes, so I thought it was only right. So I'm not so confident right now and wondering if maybe I should stick to knife sharpening. But like they say if the horse throws you off, get back on. I know what mistakes I made, but still cannot figure out why the tips would not cut. I'm gonna ask if I can have them when the new ones are here. So I guess even at sixty couple you learn from your mistakes and keep moving forward. Love your videos and I've learned a lot from watching. Thanks.

I free-hand convex and get lots of compliments on my jobs. I polish to a high luster and check my work under high magnification along with hair and tp testing. Problem is I never know the angle intended by the manufacturer. Any tips on finding this info?

Very cool idea!

i am interesting to have sharpening van set up can you tell me a idea how much it going to cost me. by the way nice video .

just got invited to a quilting show to set up a sharpening booth, here in Canada, thank you for info on these pinkers! should you buff the edge before cutting off the burr, try the spread the scissor reverse cut burr off?

Might be boring, but thanks for posting! Learning how to maintain things is very valuable. I'm here because my clippers need sharpening after about 20 years of home use lol. I assumed a rub on the stone would be fine, but wanted to know what I don't know.

Great info. I’m a hobby knife sharpener and I’m trying to get my work space to be more pleasant to work in. Thanks for the video

Bonnie, are you sharpening edge trailing or edge leading?

the way she speaks about her husband is the most wholesome thing i saw on the internet for decades.

Where do you get one and where can I find lard oil?

If you freshen up the rideline, that area is flat. But when you look at the shears through the light, they are concave... how does that work? Do I have to re-bend every shear after flattening the rideline? Thank you.