Secret to Being a Master Shear Sharpener - What New Sharpeners Need Today

[@lyonsharpeningservice2896]

Great video as always Bonnie!

[@BonikaShears]

@@lyonsharpeningservice2896 thank you.

[@julietinker6564]

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.

[@BonikaShears]

How are you on convex edges? Those are pretty hard to do on your equipment.

[@minnesotamarine9861]

You should get a flat hone. It will help you out a LOT!

[@julietinker6564]

@@BonikaShears i find it pretty easy with the convexing clamp

[@PatrioticEdge]

@@julietinker6564 If you are already sharpening, then why would you spend money on a certificate? People in this industry love to make it seem harder than it is, so they can make money off of people.

[@davemerker1811]

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

[@toddbenko6701]

Different pressure or alignment issue will cause rideline width variance from pivot to tip.

[@BonikaShears]

When they put the pressure in the wrong place, there is a rideline along the back edge and the tip is wiped out in most cases...... or there is not rideline at all if the shears were honed or in other words were supposed to have a rideline.

[@davemerker1811]

@@BonikaShears thank you

[@JamesSmith-su3oz]

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?

[@BonikaShears]

I did both blades on the stone before and after. Maybe the cut on the video to keep it from being too long missed that.

[@jefferydellinger7422]

Funny story. I purchased a cheap lefty to practice on. I use TAS, so I changed my wheels around. Did everything that I usually do to sharpen. Now I am right-handed, so it all feels really weird . I get them done and put back together and test with single ply. Well, they will not cut correctly. Tips are OK, but the rest is awful. So I took them apart and started over. Got them done and put back together and still not cutting correctly. Suddenly I wondered, is it because I'm using them in my right hand ? So I googled it and sure enough, it said they will not cut properly in the wrong hand. So I tried them in my left hand and they cut perfectly. 😂😂

[@PatrioticEdge]

No testing on hair?

[@toddbenko6701]

This isnt an evaluation. Doing your own sharpening you get a feel when you want and need to test with hair... example thinning shears usually require hair testing

[@BonikaShears]

Thank you Todd. I couldn't have answered better.

[@BonikaShears]

Todd's answer was right on. If the sharpening was easy as these were and the customer did not indicate they used these for slide cutting, and I know what the angle is ... I don't take the extra time to cut hair. If I feel the tip might pull or I'm iffy with my results or as Todd said, if I'm sharpening thinning or texturizing shears I will cut hair. If I'm doing cheap groomer shears I will often test them on artificial thick fur. But for these straight forward Hanzo shears... there is no need to cut hair. I know they are sharp and aligned correctly. The tissue tells me if I left nicks or burs.

[@PatrioticEdge]

@@toddbenko6701 Haha! Well, since they never style toilet paper. Maybe just go straight to testing them on hair.

[@toddbenko6701]

@@PatrioticEdge there is a reason why every shear certification board uses tissue to evaluate components of the sharpening process. Sorry that you do not comprehend these elements.