Hair Dressing Scissor Sharpening

[grahamparker]

Do any forum members sharpen and repair hairdressing scissors ?

 

I have three hairdressers with 100 yards of my shop,one next door and have

just been told how much it can cost to sharpen and adjust a pair of scissors.

 

£35.00 inc vat for about 10 mins work.Sam next door to me didn't seem to think that

this was expensive but i did.

 

I have sharpened normal houshold scissors,shears and knives for years but if you can get

away with charging these ammounts i thought i would explore what kind of machinery

is required to do the job, or find a forum member i can send them to if they can offer a good

rate for other members.

[keithm]

A 'Tormek' sharpening system from 'Axminster Tools', just the job. I believe that Lee has purchased on recently

 

http://www.axminster.co.uk/find.asp?pri ... Q53GDS1O9Y

 

There's loads of extras to invest in over time, great bit of kit =D>

 

 

 

It will pay for itself in a matter of months

 

Keith

[Lee]

it did! however hair dressers scissors are slightly different, yes I can sharpen them as good as the rest. But those who specialise in them also replace the little rubber stopper, fit new bolts & have all the special "little" parts to give them a full service. I do loads of hair dressers scissors, but if they need parts they still have to be sent away.

The tormek system is amazing, I thought I could do a pretty good job of sharpening before, but it was 90% of what I can now do.

 

Lee

[Mick Friend]

I had a tormek but lost it in the divorce ( dont ask) So I got another - but in Spain I charged 5 euros to sharpen a chisel takes minutes ( dont sound a lot but used to do about 100 a week)

Mine is used every week now for my own tools.

someone must sell the hairdresser scissor bits?

I feel a project coming on.

M

[k4mrc]

Do any forum members sharpen and repair hairdressing scissors ?

 

I have three hairdressers with 100 yards of my shop,one next door and have

just been told how much it can cost to sharpen and adjust a pair of scissors.

 

£35.00 inc vat for about 10 mins work.Sam next door to me didn't seem to think that

this was expensive but i did.

 

I have sharpened normal houshold scissors,shears and knives for years but if you can get

away with charging these ammounts i thought i would explore what kind of machinery

is required to do the job,

 

we also sharpen scissors, garden shears etc;

but DO NOT do 'hairdressing scissors' even though i have hairdressers shops around me,

the reason is - there scissors are sharpened at an excact angle, which unless you have the correct tool to do the job you wont be able to do,

so if you can get the correct tool to do the job brilliant - but if not dont even think about it, as there scissors are expensive.

you have been warned!

[keithm]

To sharpen any tool, that includes scissors, you must use a slow speed on the grinder and preferably water, many don't apply this logic and wonder why it blues the steel! You will lose any edge on this type of sharpening much quicker if not using a system like 'Tormek'

[Michael]

Which system did you get Lee, T7 or T3?

[Lee]

T3, you need a few jigs & a truing tool.

 

Lee