How do you sharpen dog grooming scissors?
20 Jul 2008
What is the best tool or machine to use. What angle degree for upper and lower blade and do I use same angle degree for both or should they be different?How much hand pressure do I use when sharpening. How many times on average can a pair of grooming shears be sharpened?
4 Responses
2008 Jul 23
we usually send ours away to be sharpened… shears as well as electric clipper blades. it usually takes a week before they are sent back to us.
ask your local vet where they send theirs.
2008 Jul 24
Sorry, I’ve never sharpened my own. We had a service come to the shop and later to the vet office I worked at.
You can try asking a sharpener and perhaps they’ll be kind enough to tell you.
There is a great booth here in CA at our local dog shows, they do the best job. Sorry don’t remember their name.
If the sharpener knows his stuff a pair of scissors can be sharpened many times and will keep a good edge for a while (if they are good scissors). I’d say start with a light hand and go slow.
I’ve had scissors ruined by new sharpeners that I was desperate and tried them. They didn’t know how to deal with curved scissors and rather than tell me they just ruined several pair.
Good luck.
2008 Jul 27
I tried sharpening my own for a while. It was a total nuisance. For the $8.00 it costs to have a professional do it, I got a couple of extra pairs and started sending them out. It’s much better and they tell you when the blades are on their last legs.
2008 Jul 29
with a good old fashioned kitchen knife sharpener.