Re: [VFB] Curiosity question.- now scissor sharpening

[Bob & Janet Schimpf]

   My favorite scissors for trimming deer hair etc. is the Griffin ceramic 
scissors.  They never get dull.  Unfortunately they made them with rather 
small finger holes, so a lot of guys' hands are too big to use them.  Also 
they don't have a sharp pointed tip, so their use is limited.  The weak 
point is the rivet that holds the blades together---I've gone through 
several pair.  I believe Griffin discontinued this scissors a few years ago, 
and I'm now using my last pair!  If anyone has any stuck away somewhere, I'd 
sure like to buy a couple to have in reserve.

Janet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Curiosity question.- now scissor sharpening


This brings up a new question, haven't seen it before, and it affects all
flytiers.  Do you sharpen your scissors when they get dull or do you buy 
new
scissors?

I re-sharpen mine and re-use them until the hinges get too loose to hold 
the
jaws together.  I work with such large quantities of bulk materials in 
deer
and synthetics, that my scissors are dulled every week.  Couldn't afford
that many new scissors.  I've had my last bulk-cutting scissors for at 
least
8 years, and have re-sharpened them many hundreds of times.  I now add a
little 3-In-One oil to the hinges to make them last longer, too.  Leather
seems to be the quickest duller of blades, and I use a ton of it.

Any one else do this?  It doesn't bother me to cut anything with my good
scissors, because I just re-sharpen them.
DonO
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sjclark53" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Curiosity question.


Good enough answer for me,
I'll stop using my good scissors until it is gone.
Thanks
Steve †
Subject: Re: [VFB] Curiosity question.
The one shadowbox that I did has a glass face. Oughta
keep the bugs out. I would sit next to Romero and tie
wacky streamers with all his pretty feathers. Kevlar
seems to be really bulky and will ruin a pair of
scissors in no time flat. I did some Red-Hot Chili
Clousers for Jimmy D's Chili Pepper swap a few years
ago and used the Kevlar. The stuff is a beast to use
and I trashed the scissors. -Jeff
--- sjclark53 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Question, if you make a shadow box
could you spray your flies with spray Lacquer
 to keep them bug free and make them last longer?
Next question, if you had to pick one fly to tie in
a fly tying show
what would it be?
Curiosity question.
When it comes to thread why not use Kevlar thread
for all your general
fly patterns.
Thanks a bunch
Steve †




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