Easy Way to Sharpen a Guillotine Paper Cutter Without Taking it Apart | Bonika Shears

Guillotine Paper Cutters are the chopping type paper cutters for paper and poster board. Often they can be sharpened with hand tools and without taking them apart.
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Bonika Shears was begun by Bonnie Megowan, a former school teacher. Bonnie used her background in science and experience in the knife industry to begin a business sharpening and repairing quality stylists shears in the Atlanta area in 1988. Gene Megowan, the marketing manager for Scissor Mechanic, conducted extensive market research. Together, they created the exclusive Bonika International shears. The Bonika International Shears were designed as the first truly multicultural shears. Since then the more than 6 dozen models have been added to the line. They now have local sharpener /distributors in nearly 2 dozen countries and every state. Bonnie Megowan has trained most of these sharpeners. She became the first woman to place first in a national sharpening certification through the National Beauty Tools Sharpeners Guild. Bonika Shears is a member of the ISSA International Beauty Tools Sharpeners Guild, NBTSG National Beauty Tools Sharpeners Guild, and educates for the IBSA International Beauty Sharpening Association.
When you call Bonika Shears, don't be surprised if you hear children. This is a true family business. Their oldest daughter, Mystie Hunter is part owner and vice president of daily operations. She oversees the office personnel, accounting, and scheduling. Her husband, Jay Hunter, is an independent sharpener with a business called Living On the Edges, handles most of the local Metro-Atlanta sharpening. The oldest granddaughter designs sharpening aids with 3D printing during school breaks. Other employees are also family or long time family friends. They all share the same goals and commitment to customer service. Together, with their employees, sharpeners, and customers it is usually like one very large extended family.
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[@crystalpolanco7675]

Thank you so much for this video I watched it and bought the things I needed. I bought a old used paper cutter at a garage sale for $3 and with your help I got it cutting paper like butter!!!!! I home school my kids so this is going to be so awesome to have. Thanks again for all your tips and showing how to get it done.

[@BonikaShears]

That's what I like to hear. Keep it simple!

[@christinebravomom5711]

I have a mini guillotine cutter that had a spot where it tended to bend, rather than cut. I watched this video and was able to fix the bad spot with a metal nail file! Saved me $$. I'm going to get the sharpeners you recommend, cuz my big guillotine is dull and replacing it would cost a LOT more than the files. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@BonikaShears]

@@christinebravomom5711 you are welcome. Glad it worked,

[@BonikaShears]

I saw the teacher I sharpened the blade cutter for last night at an art exhibit. She expressed how pleased she was with the sharpening.

[@mjtpogo]

That was awesome Bonnie!

[@BonikaShears]

LOL! thanks

[@cindydolezal2980]

I was given a vintage paper cutter and this is exactly what I need! Mine is going to take some tightening up of the screws too.

[@BonikaShears]

Good to know

[@emmkaa2099]

LOL. I was cheering you on with every test cut, and when it kept gettin' better and better I was like, "Yessss"! Your vid is exactly what I was looking for in that I'd already decided I didn't want to disassemble my little guillotine if I could at all avoid it for the exact same reasons you expressed... disassemble: easy peasy; reassemble: difficult at best, disastrous at worst. I think I've got it... straight, straight, straight edges/corners with a flat, flat, flat stone (or held flat, I should say)! I actually feel comfortable going into this, but not comfortable enough to get sloppy. Walmart first, then to the garage to sharpen stuff. Thank you SO much. From the Southern California desert, MK 😁☀️🌵

[@BonikaShears]

It worked!

[@emmkaa2099]

@@BonikaShears Me too!! It worked!!

[@SueEnoughIsEnough]

I just used my TAS to sharpen 2 sets of these blades. The long arm works great!

[@BonikaShears]

Good to know!!

[@janebrownell6828]

This was so helpful! I've been cutting laminated paper sheets. It might have a buildup of the material. I'll try what you have shown. Thank you for sharing this info.

[@BonikaShears]

Glad it helped!

[@SueEnoughIsEnough]

Bonnie is very experienced! She trained me on convex hair shears. I have one of her machines. If you are a professional sharpener, you can figure out pretty quickly how to sharpen almost anything.

[@BonikaShears]

Thank you. Well almost everything. Still working on my wit.

[@eddiekulp1241]

I used a big 2 spindel grinder with face wheels , had tilting tables to lay work on to maintain the same angle we sharpened them a few times . Mostly did cutter grinding, you did allright

[@BonikaShears]

That would be the correct professional way. Mine is a red-neck "Git'R done" way! LOL

[@Elcerebro920]

great job Bonika but when i saw you putting your head under the guillotine I was shocked ,I am glad you are safe ,thank god you are safe and thanks for a wonderful video Long live bonika

[@BonikaShears]

@@Elcerebro920 I have better sense. It was so dull I couldn’t get hurt.

[@cjp7900]

What is that pad or block you were using called?

[@BonikaShears]

The diamond hones I used for sharpening? bonika.com/products/mini-diamond-hone

[@deoara1]

I have sharpened a few of these. I use the Tormek 8 sharpener with the planer blade attachment.

[@BonikaShears]

Can you do it without taking it apart.

[@shannonc.4257]

Wow, if this lady can sharpen it, anyone can sharpen it. I learned more about proper sharpening of a blade in Boy Scouts than I did here.

[@BonikaShears]

That’s the point exactly.

[@howtopoachanegg]

Your job is so cool ❤

[@BonikaShears]

Oh yes. Don’t think I’ll ever retire.

[@DoeDaring]

How cute are you? Thank you for your sparkle and shine. Your personality made my day. And your video helped a lot! I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to do this myself.

[@BonikaShears]

Glad I could help!

[@LeenaLellu]

Thank you! I will try this :)

[@BonikaShears]

Did it work?

[@LeenaLellu]

@@BonikaShears I ordered the needed tools from AliExpress and they haven't arrived yet, so too soon to tell. :)

[@timgibson3787]

Its a right handed paper cutter, just like right handed shears. I have the same cutter, and want to touch up my edge now. 👍👍

[@BonikaShears]

grab some of those diamond paddles.

[@MarkMathiasUS]

Did I miss the part where the top (curved) blade is sharpened? Seems that's an important part of sharpening a paper cutter, too, correct?

[@BonikaShears]

I did both. This is a "git R done" type sharpening... not a true professional how-to video.

[@RVincents]

Me also. I did not see her do it. It's an important part of it

[@JoannCarolus]

9:57

[@jagoq53]

Would 'shear' be the right term for the blade, as opposed to sharp? - I'm in the process of building a guillotine with an antique Hampson Bettridge blade 👍

[@BonikaShears]

No, shear has the suggestion of the blades curving toward each other. I think the normal person would just use the word sharp.

[@jagoq53]

@@BonikaShears Ah, OK- only that the 4' blade I have has a gradual camber, which would do just that - probably not noticeable with a shorter blade. As a blade-maker myself, I look for extra detail 😉 From an engineering point of view, the term 'shear' is where the cut is perpendicular to the material 👍

[@sharon94503]

If it was 25" @ $1/inch, how did you earn $96?

[@BonikaShears]

Georgia math? We have extra fingers and toes in the south because we keep getting them cut off.

[@jeremymcpherson8608]

This is how teachers end up with three fingers on one hand.

[@BonikaShears]

🤣

[@luqsmhmd7722]

😆

[@georgeforeman7121]

Most paper cutters do way better with more sheets... You need to test single sheets to have a clue how the cutter really works.

[@BonikaShears]

Really? I didn't know that.

[@p0p.fingers]

I don’t know you but I like you already just because you spent 45 seconds under the blade talking to me lol

[@BonikaShears]

😜

[@tasmedic]

I don't think you're charging enough at a dollar an inch! That's a great job. Or maybe you could put the teacher in your diary and sharpen these on a regular basis. Return business is a great thing when you're providing a service like this, and of course you can charge a bit less because it fills your diary (if you're not already too busy, in which case it's time to train some more workers!).

[@BonikaShears]

Thanks for the complement. I would rather teach than sharpen. I hope this helped enough that I don't have to take money for doing this again.

[@gruzi.]

im two years too late but the cutting faces are easily detached by unscrewing them.

[@BonikaShears]

This particular one was old and the screws looked stripped. I was looking for a “good enuff” easy sharpening. Remember, if you watch my other videos my specialty I’d shears and clippers.

[@gruzi.]

​@@BonikaShears stripped screws are the worst

[@ttoddh1]

I was waiting for you to put the paper to the top of the guillotine where the ruler at the top helps you get that perfect 90 degree angle of the cut and also the correct length by using the ruler at the top. You didn't sharpen either to the end so you will not get sharp cuts at the top. At least I learned how not to do it.

[@BonikaShears]

The reason I did not put it at the top was the ruler at the top was defective and not straight. The wood was splintered where the ruler was nailed in. My job was to sharpen not remake the thing.

[@LittleGidget1]

I should send you mine. I just butchered a notebook

[@BonikaShears]

Nooooo. Just get some diamond files and sharpen it yourself.

[@SharpObserver1A]

$96.00 for that! Shame on you !!! You need to make a jig for that, not well done just by free hand. also the movement of the grinding stone needs to be perpendicular to the edge of the blade NOT parallel, you are creating a very groovy cutting contact point surface,,,, You are a very AMATEUR, Lady Sharpener.

[@BonikaShears]

Oh, you are totally right on all counts.... but without the right equipment and in a make-do world.... it worked.

[@MISJPEREZ]

Relax

[@shannonking3201]

I wouldn't let you anywhere near a paper cutter,angles all out of spec,where did you learn to sharpen these

[@BonikaShears]

Never learned. My career is sharpening beauty shears. If you have a professional way to do this, shoot a video and I will gladly share it. The goal is to do this without disassembling.

[@shannonking3201]

@@BonikaShears I understand

[@michaelbalamuth93]

No way

[@assaadassmmani3351]

be careful honey!!

[@denysephenix2349]

I DO NOT FIND THIS FUNNY AT ALL.

[@JaseBDaley]

i have a cheap guillotine i bought hoping to cut match sticks for crafts but the square edge just ruins the offcut, so i'm going to hit 6 inches of blade near the fulcrum with a grinder to try to put an acute edge on it. i just finished counting my fingers, i'll count them again when i finish. wish me luck.

[@BonikaShears]

😆😆

[@impaulgriffiths]

can you not put your head under the guillotine plz thx

[@BonikaShears]

It got you to watch. It was so dull there was no danger!