I sharpened my Okatsune Shears last night following your guide, it really brought it back to life. I use it for shaping lonicera nitida and its a pleasure. Is there any manual tool you would recommend for shaping hawthorne?
Of course, I'll make sure I cover it in a future video. Sharpening curved blades uses the same technique as straight blades, clean with Crean Mate, sharpen with sharpening stone - following the natural curve of the blade, without applying too much pressure on the stone - and lubricate with Camellia oil. Hope that helps
Something like that, yes. The Niwaki #220 stone would work well, or the Twin Diamond File, which very quickly grinds out any nicks and puts a crude new edge on.
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thank you for sharing such an informative and easy to follow guide. That's a great idea to sharpen daily to help get better at it .
A valuable, clear and concise lesson Jake. Thank you.
This was very helpful thank you Jake, would you be able to do a sharpening video on secateurs? Or is it essentially the same principles
Thanks Jake. A very nice and call lesson on sharpening. Almost meditative.
Thank you for the great lesson! Can report this process is very meditative!
Great video. Just sharpened mine for the first time and it works like new. Thanks.
That's wonderful to hear!
I sharpened my Okatsune Shears last night following your guide, it really brought it back to life. I use it for shaping lonicera nitida and its a pleasure. Is there any manual tool you would recommend for shaping hawthorne?
Well done! You can use the Niwaki Garden Shears for shaping Hawthorne
Can you do a demo like this for sharpening secateurs please or point me to where you have one?
We have a very good demo on our website, niwaki.com/videos/, where Jake demos how to clean, sharpen and oil secateurs
Brilliant.
Dude, if I don't have a whetstone, can I use a file?
Thanks mate.
You can, but you are more likely to scratch the blade. A whetstone will reduce the chances of scratching the blade
Thank you very much!!
Hello Jake thank you, could you show how you would sharpen shears with curved blades?
Of course, I'll make sure I cover it in a future video. Sharpening curved blades uses the same technique as straight blades, clean with Crean Mate, sharpen with sharpening stone - following the natural curve of the blade, without applying too much pressure on the stone - and lubricate with Camellia oil. Hope that helps
That’s great thank you 🙏
Hi Our shears are quite blunt, and 1000 does not make much difference. What stone would you recommend for a major service. 400?
Something like that, yes. The Niwaki #220 stone would work well, or the Twin Diamond File, which very quickly grinds out any nicks and puts a crude new edge on.
If it seems blunt on the cutting edge is probably a double bevel sheer.
You stone it so sharp angle. Most of mass production scissors have nearly 90 degree angle, so they dont cut normally.
There's no hard and fast rules on a sharpening angle, we generally say roughly 10-15 degrees. More like Mount Fuji than K2