Comments on: How do you sharpen dog grooming scissors?

By: eurobichons

eurobichons — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:43:37 +0000

with a good old fashioned kitchen knife sharpener.

By: rmfly

rmfly — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:57:05 +0000

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.

By: Whippet keeper

Whippet keeper — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:40:57 +0000

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.

By: raspberryswirrrl

raspberryswirrrl — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:17:27 +0000

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.