Any good bonsai scissor sharpening techniques out there ?

[Shogun610]

Any good bonsai scissor or blade sharpening techniques ? I have a small sharpening stone can be used with water or oil.. and also my Kaneshin scissors are a bit loose. Anyone have tips on how to tighten it back up. ?

 

[Gabler]

I tend to maintain my tools with a strop and polishing compound. As for tightening, no idea.

 

[RJG2]

There are a ton of different opinions on how to sharpen - watch some videos and choose your poison. I have a couple stones with different grits on each side, and a strop with polishing compound as @Gabler mentions.

Tightening - some light taps on the rivet with a hammer should do the trick. Just go very slow so you don't over tighten - loosening is much harder.

Still haven't figured out a great way for concave cutters.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

I use a sap eraser and wet stone. This video shows how to sharpen some differnet tools (turn CC on). Bookmark for cool tips.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I interviewed a guy in our local club who is an expert in sharpening tools and wrote it up here. May be helpful on selecting stones, etc. Once you have the tools, seems like it’s a matter of practice to get consistent.

Sharpening knives and scissors

A friend who has been sharpening tools for a very long time; to near obsession (which is a very good quality), offered to give me a lesson and some pointers on the art of sharpening knives and scis…

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[Maiden69]

Still haven't figured out a great way for concave cutters.

This is what I use for my concave cutters. Use a black sharpie and make the edge black, that way you can see what you are removing helping you stay true to the edge already there. My American Bonsai concave cutters came with an uneven and rough edge. I was able to get them razor sharp.

@Shogun610 for scissors you can use a 1000 hard stone to maintain, but then you will also need to learn how to maintain your stone. There are a lot of info on the web, just search for Japanese knife sharpening. It is the same technique I use for my knifes and scissors.

 

[Shogun610]

I interviewed a guy in our local club who is an expert in sharpening tools and wrote it up here. May be helpful on selecting stones, etc. Once you have the tools, seems like it’s a matter of practice to get consistent.

Sharpening knives and scissors

A friend who has been sharpening tools for a very long time; to near obsession (which is a very good quality), offered to give me a lesson and some pointers on the art of sharpening knives and scis…

nebaribonsai.wordpress.com

Perfect

 

[RaginCajun]

I interviewed a guy in our local club who is an expert in sharpening tools and wrote it up here. May be helpful on selecting stones, etc. Once you have the tools, seems like it’s a matter of practice to get consistent.

Sharpening knives and scissors

A friend who has been sharpening tools for a very long time; to near obsession (which is a very good quality), offered to give me a lesson and some pointers on the art of sharpening knives and scis…

nebaribonsai.wordpress.com

Thanks!

 

[Cable]

I use a Speedy Sharp on all of my tools.

 

[RJG2]

This is what I use for my concave cutters. Use a black sharpie and make the edge black, that way you can see what you are removing helping you stay true to the edge already there. My American Bonsai concave cutters came with an uneven and rough edge. I was able to get them razor sharp.

Nice, I think I've had a couple honing cones on my wish list for over a year. My wife is slacking!