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Post by dsmith on Feb 20, 2011 19:30:07 GMT -5
What is a good way to sharpen scissors?  ? I am forever buying new scissors cause mine get too dull to cut. I just them in the kitchen. I also have some for cleaning fish. I hate to keep buying more, when I can just sharpen what I have. |
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Post by mastercatter on Feb 20, 2011 20:25:49 GMT -5
ACE Hardware does them around here.
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Post by buzzard on Feb 21, 2011 17:46:42 GMT -5
I have a pair for paper, one for gardening, one for cooking, a pair for cutting sticky stuff like tape, and a couple pairs for sewing, and lord help the person who uses the wrong one for the wrong task. JoAnn's has a guy come in a couple times of year who sharpens scissors, can get expensive, but I buy good scissors so it's worth it when I need it. But in between I cut up aluminum foil too. Don't know if it's true or not, but someone told me that helps keep em sharp. I know it sounds like I got a lot of scissors, but one thing I learned was that if you use them for just one type of cutting, they stay sharp longer.
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Post by dsmith on Feb 21, 2011 18:37:14 GMT -5
I used to be that way. Certain scissors for certain tasks. I still will NOT allow my fabric scissors to be used for anything but cutting fabric. I love to sew, and am very picky about my sewing things.
My daughter and her husband just bought a house. They will hopefully be moving in at the end of the week. I told the grandkids, I'd take them to the fabric store and let them pick some fabric for me to make curtains for their rooms. I think they would love having it personalized like that.
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Post by buzzard on Feb 21, 2011 23:54:27 GMT -5
I used to be that way. Certain scissors for certain tasks. I still will NOT allow my fabric scissors to be used for anything but cutting fabric. I love to sew, and am very picky about my sewing things. My daughter and her husband just bought a house. They will hopefully be moving in at the end of the week. I told the grandkids, I'd take them to the fabric store and let them pick some fabric for me to make curtains for their rooms. I think they would love having it personalized like that. oh! I did that with my grandkids when they moved in to their house and yes, they did LOVE it! With the left over material and some plain matching colors, I made some big throw pillows too that they could use on the bed or the floors when they were reading or watching TV. Then for Christmas I made matching throws from fleece (no tie blankets). Nolan had spiderman and Savanna had the Disney Princesses. Was gonna do Savanna's room over again a few years later in peach and pink with new curtains and all, but then I got "fired". |
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Post by olhillbilly on Feb 22, 2011 3:48:04 GMT -5
You forgot the pair in the kitchen and the pair for cutting hair. Oh yeah, and the pair in the truck and at the desk and the teeny pair in the tackle box.
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Post by dsmith on Feb 22, 2011 15:12:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I am gonna make pillow to match too.
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Post by buzzard on Feb 22, 2011 20:28:02 GMT -5
How'd you know I gotta pair of scissors in my car too? ?? (use them to trim the flowers to put at the cemetary for my brother.) And I carry a small pair in my purse. Don't have hair scissors, everytime I useta cut my own hair I looked like a badly trimmed poodle. Hey ds! You can use fine sandpaper to cut to help sharpen your scissors too, forgot about that. |
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Post by papa on Feb 23, 2011 19:12:58 GMT -5
I guess I just cheat, I have an electric sharpener and it is a wet stone and sharpens almost anything that cuts, knives, scissors, ax, etc, etc., it came from Sears.
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Post by dsmith on Feb 24, 2011 14:55:49 GMT -5
I might have to check that out Papa. As much as I go through scissores, it'd be worth buying.
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Post by papa on Feb 24, 2011 18:56:54 GMT -5
I lucked out and got mine at an aution a few years back, and love it.
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