You can carefully sharpen them with ceramic knife sharpeners, but you will lose the serration.
What I do: I have the Lanski knife sharpener with the 5 different grit stones. I sharpen the scissors with the 2nd grit fine stone until they cut like I need (just sharp, not bulk hair yet) Look closely at the scissors edge angle and sharpen along that line. Look at the scissor edge while sharpening to see if you are at the right angle. At first you'll be taking off just the tips of the serration. If the valleys are still sharp, you may be able to get one more use at this point. If they don't cut to your satisfaction, keep sharpening until they cut sharp. Once they are sharp, I take one hard swipe over the heavy grit stone (at the correct angle) to rough up the edge, but not take the sharpness away. This one hard swipe 'semi-serrates' the edge and gives the blades back some grip. Now bulk hair won't slide out. Don't sharpen the back sides of the blades (the friction edges). I can get about a decade's worth of use out of a set of scissors this way. Usually the fulcrum screw wears out before the blades are no longer useable. If you are cutting a lot of deer hair, bulk, large hair flies- have two hair-dedicated scissors, one fine, one long-bladed (at least 3"). DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry McKaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:40 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Help > YES > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DonO > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] Help > > > Are they serrated? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry McKaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:24 AM > Subject: [VFB] Help > > > > > > I have a pair of Dr Slick 4" straight scissors > > that have gotten dull. Can these be sharpened, > > and is it worth the trouble? > > > > Jerry McKaughan, President > > CADDIS Fly Fishers > > P O Box 9104 > > Russellville, AR 72811 > > Home: 479-964-2385 > > Work: 479-968-5432 > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1004 - Release Date: > 9/12/2007 5:22 PM > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1004 - Release Date: 9/12/2007 5:22 PM > >
