: -----Original Message-----
: From: scott grandstaff [mailto:scottg@s...]
: Sent: 25 September 2003 17:26
: To: oldtools
: Subject: [oldtools] Re: Sharpening scissors
:
: ....... So, just open the scissors as wide as they'll go and
: grind or rough stone the bevel at approximately the same
: angle. If they've seen hard service you'll have to take off
: some meat. Enough to form a good burr.

Just a thought, and confessing to experience, remove the burr before
closing the blades. Forgetting does no good to the edge.

The burr is removed with the insides dead flat on a stone of course.

Jeff
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Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
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