while maintaining perfect contact between the guiding surface and the face of the
blade being sharpened. This cutting or sawing-like motion becomes natural with
just a little practice. Apply only light downward pressure, sufficient to maintain
solid contact between the edge being sharpened and the diamond sharpening pad.
Continue the back and forth sawing-like motion until a burr is created along the
entire length of the scissor edge as outlined below.
a. Sharpening Standard, right-handed SciSSOrS
NOTE: NOT
FOR KNIFE-EDGE SCISSOR BLADES.
To sharpen Standard Right Handed Scissors, proceed as follows:
1. Hold the knife sharpener end as a handle with your left hand (Figure 13) with
sharpening surface facing up.
2. Make certain the Fine grit diamond pad is placed in the recess on top of
magnetic holder, abrasive side up. (Identify the Fine grit pad by the groove ruled
down the length of that pad).
3. Slide the Red Angle Guide onto the smaller end of sharpener and position it as
shown (in Figure 13) over the diamond pad. The flat angle guiding surface of
the Red Guide must lean to your right – away from the sharpener handle. The
Angle Guide can be positioned anywhere over the diamond pad as long as the
blade edge rests on the diamond pad.
4. Place the sharpener adjacent to the edge of the table as shown.
5. Hold one scissor blade by its handle firmly in your right hand as shown in
Figure 13 and align the inside mating flat face of the blade against and in
intimate contact with the guiding surface as shown. The other blade should
hang vertically below the table surface as illustrated (Figure 13). With the blade
so positioned the cutting edge of the blade will be in contact with the surface
of the diamond coated pad. (The other blade should be on the left side of the
blade being sharpened).
Figure 13: Suggested hold for right
hand scissors.
Scissors Angle
Guide
Abrasive
Figure 14: Suggested hold for left
hand scissors.
Scissors Angle
Guide
Abrasive
