Polish the surfaces that slide against one another and dress the small flat
surface with a fine stone.

Most of my scissors have the little cutting flat surface at almost ninety
degrees. A couple have them at about eighty degrees or so. I would just try to
duplicate the angle they already have. I remove the screw where I can, but in
some it appears to be staked in.

Hope this helps. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited by law.

Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA

and for all involved in celebrating, please enjoy your Memorial Day weekend!


---- RH  wrote: 

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With woefully inept sharpening skills, I find myself in need of 
sharpening an old pair that belonged to my mother.  If she were still 
with us, she'd be 116; so these are, indeed, old ones - at least 75 
years old by my own observation.

Can anyone point me to a good wiki or online article that describes the 
appropriate process?  There is a screw holding the 2 arms together.  Can 
this be removed?  Is the thread right or left handed?

Thanks for any help.  I want to get this pair sharp and give it to my 
daughter as a gift from the grandmother she never knew.

Bob Hutchins
Temple, TX, USA

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