We Sharpen All Shears: Straight, Curved, Chunkers, Thinners, Beauty, Ect
Our Sharpeners Are Certified Shear Sharpeners By The NBTSG
What Kind Of Edge Is On Your Shears
The Beveled Edge This edge is the standard edge of 90% of all industrial, barber, and a few grooming shears. Why is this edge so good? Because it slices the hair instead of chopping it without going dull so quickly. The small 30 degree bevel on the edge gives this edge its support. It will cut out mats, dirty hair, and general roughing in without dulling out quickly. It can be sharpened on standard sharpening equipment.
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The Convex Edge
Considered a finishing shear rather than one used to "rough in".The convex edge is identified as looking like a razor. When both blades are sharpened properly you can barely feel the shear go through the hair. This same edge is on most beauty shears. The convex edge gets its strength from the metal of the shear its on. Good shears with a convex edge are usually in the $150+ price range, and may have a ball bearing as a pivot rather than just a tension screw. The better the metal the longer the edge will last. Of course, what you cut with the shear influences the life of the edge as well.
Lefties
We can sharpen left hand shears great, but we can not test them properly to make sure they cut. There is a tension difference between right and lefty scissoring which is more the problem than anything. If you know of this problem and can adjust your shears to fit your grip and squeeze, then your good, because we can't get it perfect for lefty's.
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Here is a picture that helps you determine the difference between bevel and convex edges. Each edge has a different job in grooming, learn what it is and apply it correctly.
Most thinners today have went to a convex edge on them to produce a smooth finish, unlike the beveled edge which leaves a choppy finish.
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A Video Describing The Different Shear Edges
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A video from evolutionshears.com on setting shear tension for any shear.
This is a good starting point for any shears except chunkers and thinners.
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A video from Northern Tails on the importance of finger rests and bumpers. How to hold a shear properly to get the best cuts without and choppy, slanted, or divots.
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PROPER FITTING OF CHUNKERS OR THINNERS
Stephen Toth of Affordable Grooming Shears / Shear Mobility, has made an excellent video on the proper fitting of your chunkers or thinners so they dont catch. Its not the sharpening or shear itsself, its actually what you do with the shear after you get it. If the shear isn't fitted to your hand and squeeze, it can catch near the pivot.
Watch this very well made informative video and get ALL your shears fitted to your hand.
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Fixing Nicks and Preventing Nicks On Thinners and Chunkers
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Shear Care
If your always having issues with your shears, it may be the way you take care of them. Here is an article that will help you maintaine your shears the proper way.
NOTE: Screws that keep loosening up are cause by you not lubing the pivot like your suppose to. Hair in the pivot retains moisture, which will rust the threads on your pivot screw. The screw loosens when you scissor because of this. We cannot fix this sometimes because it takes a new screw, and we dont have every screw to fit every shear out there. So if it doesn't get fixed, thats the reason.
This article will help you prevent nicks and folding hair with your chunkers and thinners. Chunkers and thinners must be set up properly or they will bind or not cut properly. Your hand has squeeze in it, and inserts must be used to prevent too much squeeze. Its all in the article.
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Double Flat Hone
The Flat Hone Shear Sharpener
This machine is used exclusively on high dollar convex shears that have a razor type edge along the cutting blade. We can put a normal polished razor edge on a blade using different micron disks. For high polished edges we use a diamond spray or paste and buff on a leather plate.
Most convex shears are finishing shears and are used on the head and body only because they "chop" the hair cleanly, and not used from the knees down and around the feet. Hair is thicker in these areas and dirt can still be present here as well. This can possibly dull a convex edge prematurely.
We have 6 double head units all purchased from "Precision Sharpener" which makes the top of the line sharpening systems.
