8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

Eight different ways to quickly and easily sharpen your scissors without having any special tools or equipment. In fact, we will use available items that will help the scissors regain their former sharpness and cut as before.

1. Sharpen scissors using a paper clip


Take a regular metal paper clip. The larger its size, the better.
The sharpening technology is as follows. Use scissors to pinch the tip of the paperclip.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

And, slightly squeezing the knives of the scissors, draw a paper clip until the knives intersect.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

Next, remove the paper clip. We repeat these steps 30-40 times. Corresponding notches appear on the paper clip.

2. Use the battery case


For sharpening, you can use a AA battery, but always in a metal casing.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

We do all the sharpening steps in the same way as in the example with a paper clip. Movements should be made from the tip of the scissors to the intersection.

3. Using sandpaper


In this example we will use sandpaper. The smaller its grain size, the better. It’s better to take “zero”. Everything is very simple here. Cut it into thin strips. At this time, sharpening of the blades occurs.Don’t forget to turn the paper over to the other side so that the knives are sharpened evenly, or simply fold it in half.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

After this, cut the napkin to smooth the surface.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

4. Glass sharpens scissors


Any glass is considered a very hard material. We take a glass bottle and sharpen the blade on its neck. There should be notches on the bottle.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

Be careful as the glass will crumble.

5. Use foil


We roll up regular food foil into 4-8 layers. Just like in the example with sandpaper, cut the foil into thin strips.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

40-50 cuts should be enough.

6. Using a screwdriver


Take any screwdriver and press it into a hard surface. We clamp the screwdriver shaft with the tips of the scissors and, with a little force, move the scissors apart. We repeat the operation 30-40 times.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

7. Sharpen with a file


We clamp the scissors in a vice in an open position to the maximum.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

Using a file, we pass along the cutting edge from the middle to the tip.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

We sharpen each side separately. Instead of a needle file, you can use a whetstone.

8. Cutting metal sponge


You can also sharpen scissors by simply cutting a metal dishwashing sponge.
8 ways to quickly sharpen scissors

After sharpening the scissors, be sure to remove wear products: metal shavings. It would be a good idea to lubricate the blades.

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Comments (10)
  1. Guest Alex
    #1 Guest Alex Guests December 21, 2018 12:03
    16
    If you want to get rid of scissors, always follow the advice of “cut something hard.”
  2. Alexander Kizimov
    #2 Alexander Kizimov Guests 21 December 2018 13:55
    11
    This is called how to finally kill scissors...
    1. Pavel Skaletski
      #3 Pavel Skaletski Guests 21 December 2018 18:18
      13
      In Soviet times, there was such an article in some newspaper: how to sharpen scissors using sandpaper, I can imagine how many scissors were damaged in this way, apparently this smart guy was writing now, these comrades, like vampires, get a lot of bad advice from it.
  3. Leonid Anoshenko
    #4 Leonid Anoshenko Guests December 22, 2018 10:31
    11
    These recommendations are from a person who has never sharpened scissors himself, and the worst thing about this situation is that he doesn’t understand the problem, i.e. how to do it right
  4. Vyacheslav
    #5 Vyacheslav Guests December 28, 2018 12:55
    9
    Only method No. 7, using a needle file, can be recommended. And then the skill is needed.
  5. Guest Nikolay
    #6 Guest Nikolay Guests March 10, 2019 07:37
    3
    Can these actions really be called sharpening? A one-time edit is fine. The blade of a scissor has a sharpening angle; when it changes, the blade stops cutting. The manipulations that the author suggests further aggravate the matter. Only a whetstone, a whetstone, a soft file( not round, as in the author’s photo).
  6. Visitor
    #7 Visitor Guests 24 July 2019 21:17
    2
    yes, yes, of course these are some methods)
  7. Visitor
    #8 Visitor Guests 24 July 2019 21:18
    1
    You need bars)
  8. hehehey
    #9 hehehey Guests July 27, 2019 03:35
    4
    diamonds are elementary, you gentlemen))
  9. Vasilisa
    #10 Vasilisa Guests October 9, 2019 02:08
    2
    I don’t know if these methods are really effective and I wouldn’t risk damaging the scissors. My mother-in-law has a knife with the ability to sharpen and scissors. So I sharpen my many scissors with her and am quite pleased with the result.