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Scissors - which?
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Jane Gillett
2013-12-19 09:56:28 UTC
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Advice please.

Kitchen scissors getting old - at least, I think that's what's wrong with
them - and I'd like to replace them with something which will be good.

I'd be interested in people's opinions in what would be good replacements.
I'm lucky in that I could afford to pay a reasonable price but would want
something good.

Cheers
jane
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Jane Gillett : ***@higherstert.co.uk : Totnes, Devon.
Giusi
2013-12-19 14:58:13 UTC
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Post by Jane Gillett
Advice please.
Kitchen scissors getting old - at least, I think that's what's wrong with
them - and I'd like to replace them with something which will be good.
I'd be interested in people's opinions in what would be good replacements.
I'm lucky in that I could afford to pay a reasonable price but would want
something good.
Cheers
jane
Something that can serve as poultry shears as well and that come apart for washing.
RustyHinge
2013-12-19 19:04:14 UTC
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Post by Jane Gillett
Advice please.
Kitchen scissors getting old - at least, I think that's what's wrong with
them - and I'd like to replace them with something which will be good.
I'd be interested in people's opinions in what would be good replacements.
I'm lucky in that I could afford to pay a reasonable price but would want
something good.
Have you got a vice?

No, not that sort!

On trhe bench in your shed?

If you have, I'll tell you, step-by-step, how to sharpen them. You'll
also want a file, preferably a first-cut one, and maybe, a nammer.
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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.
Phil Cook
2013-12-19 19:25:24 UTC
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Post by RustyHinge
Post by Jane Gillett
Advice please.
Kitchen scissors getting old - at least, I think that's what's wrong with
them - and I'd like to replace them with something which will be good.
I'd be interested in people's opinions in what would be good replacements.
I'm lucky in that I could afford to pay a reasonable price but would want
something good.
Have you got a vice?
No, not that sort!
On trhe bench in your shed?
If you have, I'll tell you, step-by-step, how to sharpen them. You'll
also want a file, preferably a first-cut one, and maybe, a nammer.
I did a reasonable job of sharpening a manky pair of scissors with a
hand held sharpening stone.
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Phil Cook
RustyHinge
2013-12-20 00:54:23 UTC
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Post by RustyHinge
Post by Jane Gillett
Advice please.
Kitchen scissors getting old - at least, I think that's what's wrong with
them - and I'd like to replace them with something which will be good.
I'd be interested in people's opinions in what would be good
replacements.
I'm lucky in that I could afford to pay a reasonable price but would want
something good.
Have you got a vice?
No, not that sort!
On trhe bench in your shed?
If you have, I'll tell you, step-by-step, how to sharpen them. You'll
also want a file, preferably a first-cut one, and maybe, a nammer.
I did a reasonable job of sharpening a manky pair of scissors with a
hand held sharpening stone.
But draw-filing's the biz.
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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.
Phil Cook
2013-12-20 15:44:42 UTC
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Post by Phil Cook
I did a reasonable job of sharpening a manky pair of scissors with a
hand held sharpening stone.
But draw-filing's the biz.
Same action, different grade of abrasive.
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Phil Cook
Tim C.
2013-12-20 11:23:47 UTC
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Post by RustyHinge
Have you got a vice?
No, not that sort!
On trhe bench in your shed?
If you have, I'll tell you, step-by-step, how to sharpen them. You'll
also want a file, preferably a first-cut one, and maybe, a nammer.
I do, I wouldn't mind knowing how ... :-)
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Tim C. Linz, Austria.
RustyHinge
2013-12-20 15:31:15 UTC
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Post by Tim C.
Post by RustyHinge
Have you got a vice?
No, not that sort!
On trhe bench in your shed?
If you have, I'll tell you, step-by-step, how to sharpen them. You'll
also want a file, preferably a first-cut one, and maybe, a nammer.
I do, I wouldn't mind knowing how ... :-)
OK.Bear in mind that the edges of scissors are cut thus:
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Find something to make 'soft jaws' for the vice - lead flashing,
aluminium, leather - or you will (may) damage the inner surfaces of the
blades.

Grip tightly one blade, cutting edge up - in the vice,so that as much
edge as possible is showing.

Note that the bit (cutting edge) slopes up to the face which slides over
the other blade.

Holding the file at right-angles to the edge, tilt it a bit until it
matches the slope of the bit.

Holding the file at each end, draw it towards you. Repeat, until the
edge is keen and straight.

Repeat on the other blade.

The blades should be slightly bowed (inwards) so that as the
cutting-point moves down the scissors as you cut, both blades are
kissing - i.e., in contact with each-other.

If the blades are slack and this is not the case, find your hammer. A
ball peine one is best for the job,.

A decent pair of scissors will have a screwed-in fulcrum with one end
slotted and the other end peened-over. (*I* think this ought to be spelt
'peined-over'...) Tighten the slotted end, then peen-over the other, so
that the screw won't loosen at all.

That should do the job.
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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.
Ophelia
2013-12-20 17:43:02 UTC
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Post by Tim C.
Post by RustyHinge
Have you got a vice?
No, not that sort!
On trhe bench in your shed?
If you have, I'll tell you, step-by-step, how to sharpen them. You'll
also want a file, preferably a first-cut one, and maybe, a nammer.
I do, I wouldn't mind knowing how ... :-)
| |
|/
-------------
/|
| |
Find something to make 'soft jaws' for the vice - lead flashing,
aluminium, leather - or you will (may) damage the inner surfaces of the
blades.
Grip tightly one blade, cutting edge up - in the vice,so that as much edge
as possible is showing.
Note that the bit (cutting edge) slopes up to the face which slides over
the other blade.
Holding the file at right-angles to the edge, tilt it a bit until it
matches the slope of the bit.
Holding the file at each end, draw it towards you. Repeat, until the edge
is keen and straight.
Repeat on the other blade.
The blades should be slightly bowed (inwards) so that as the cutting-point
moves down the scissors as you cut, both blades are kissing - i.e., in
contact with each-other.
If the blades are slack and this is not the case, find your hammer. A ball
peine one is best for the job,.
A decent pair of scissors will have a screwed-in fulcrum with one end
slotted and the other end peened-over. (*I* think this ought to be spelt
'peined-over'...) Tighten the slotted end, then peen-over the other, so
that the screw won't loosen at all.
That should do the job.
If he can't manage that an easy way is to cut through fine grade emery
paper, first with the scissor (or paper) one way up and then the other. Do
it multiple times, how many times depending on how blunt your scissors are
and the same number of cuts for each side.

It is about all I can manage.
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RustyHinge
2013-12-20 23:18:54 UTC
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Post by Ophelia
If he can't manage that an easy way is to cut through fine grade emery
paper, first with the scissor (or paper) one way up and then the other.
Do it multiple times, how many times depending on how blunt your
scissors are and the same number of cuts for each side.
It is about all I can manage.
*That* is the best way to make a pair of scissors useless!
--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.
Ophelia
2013-12-20 23:40:37 UTC
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Post by Ophelia
If he can't manage that an easy way is to cut through fine grade emery
paper, first with the scissor (or paper) one way up and then the other.
Do it multiple times, how many times depending on how blunt your
scissors are and the same number of cuts for each side.
It is about all I can manage.
*That* is the best way to make a pair of scissors useless!
Always worked fine for me! Maybe you aren't doing it right!
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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/
RustyHinge
2013-12-21 09:39:40 UTC
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Post by Ophelia
If he can't manage that an easy way is to cut through fine grade emery
paper, first with the scissor (or paper) one way up and then the other.
Do it multiple times, how many times depending on how blunt your
scissors are and the same number of cuts for each side.
It is about all I can manage.
*That* is the best way to make a pair of scissors useless!
Always worked fine for me! Maybe you aren't doing it right!
I wouldn't dream of trying!

The most important thing about scissor function is that there should be
no gap between the edge of a blade and the flat of the opposite one.

Using anything as imprecise as a sheet of emery paper however fine -
even unto flour paper - will degrade that integrity.
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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.
Stephen Wolstenholme
2013-12-20 09:19:27 UTC
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On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:56:28 +0000 (GMT), Jane Gillett
Post by Jane Gillett
Advice please.
Kitchen scissors getting old - at least, I think that's what's wrong with
them - and I'd like to replace them with something which will be good.
I'd be interested in people's opinions in what would be good replacements.
I'm lucky in that I could afford to pay a reasonable price but would want
something good.
Cheers
jane
The ones with red handles at Lidl are good and very cheap. They are
hard steel so don't need to sharpened either.

Steve
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