where are you guys buying your scissors?
or better yet how are you sharpening them?
I had a cheap source but they no longer cary them
I had them localy sharpened but they came back worse than before i took them to him the glass would just fold between the blades when they got dull i just bought a new pair i probably have 100 dull scissors
I buy harbor freight scissors. I get 10 for $3 and they last about 3 days a pair.
me too, i stock up when they put them on sale, which is every few weeks. They also have good prices on 1,2 and 3 inch chip brushes.
do these work for cutting kevlar?
I use friskars sheers… get them at home depot, cut through kevlar like butter… but they don’t last that long with the kevlar… they’re about $9 a pair too, so it adds up quickly… gotta be sure to get the ones that are sheers and not scissors though
great guys i found them at harbor freight 2 pair $4.00 they are all metal so the should hold up to acetone all my tools stay in acetone when not in use
do these work for cutting kevlar?
i cut kevlar with the harbor frieght scissors all the time with no problem.
I have a pair of scissors that i bought 24 years ago and they are used for everything. I just resharpen them as needed.
what kind of dull scissors do you have. p.s. I buy mine from Joanne fabrics. I got the last set on sale for $32.00 and they are 18 inches long from the tip to the end of the handle.
I have about 10 sets in the shop. We don’t use one set for kevlar like everyons says. We just resharpen as necessary.
these are a few of what i have i prefere the larger so my fingers fit the holes with gloves on how do you sharpen them?
For tough fabric like Kevlar, I’ve sharpen a pair of scissors on a belt sander with 320 grit and that seem to work. If you sharpen it really fine, it won’t cut through the fabric. Coarse grit seems to work better.
Kevlar hand shears need to be scalapped (?) to grab small groups of the thread and cut them.
I got a pair from a company in Fl. for like $45.00 with shipping and I’ll tell you this, I have paid over $100.00 per pair that never did anywhere close to these.
Try…For special hand sissors or shears: Derek @ support@specialtyshears.com or call 1-800-978-4423
Tell them “JM” from GGROP sent you…
Those Friskers from Home Depot do work very good but these are a one time buying need. And we cut alot of 17 OZ Kevlar…
Jim, Thnaks for the heads up on the kevlar scissors. I’ve never had the need to cut 17 oz cloth (til I got your sample). I guess I need to try some scalloped scissors. I will say that sharpening them on my own gives a good enough edge where I can cut the colored carbon kevlar pieces without any problems.
I am going to call that palce (and tell em Jim sent me).
Sharpening scissors comes easy to me. When I was a kid, back in the fifties, we used to have a scissors sharpening guy that went door to door with his grnder and he sharpened scissors for everyone. I saw him do it all the time. I just did what he did. I have a 6 inch bench grinder. I sharpen the scissors by taking them apart (so I can grind to the edged).
I look closely at the angle and I grind them to the same angle by setting my bottom guard as close to the wheel as possible. I also set the guard to the same angle. I sharpen them about once a month and only give the edge a quick once over. I don’t want my 18 inch scissors to be 8 inch scissors too soon (although there is considerably less meat on the 24 year old pair). If you are slow and deliberate, you can give the edge as good of a sharpening as the original and in some cases I have gotten better than the original…
Thanks Dougie!
Here’s a tip for that HD Kevlar:
Roll it out, tape 2 strips an 1" apart (keeping it parrell to the widthwise bunch of threads), snip the threads holding the end of maybe 2x widthwise bunches, grab and pull those 2x bunches out and then just cut the lengthwise bunches…
Much less work, wear and tear and screaming… :shock:
You’re rigth. We do that with our carbon too, and it gives for much less waste. We are able to cut directly along the weave without too much pain and keep a straight line even if the material isn’t laying straight.