Sharpening $500 shears using only a Waterstone | Bonika Shears
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Bonnie Megowan is the educator and sharpener with Bonika Shears which is a 30 year old family business owned and operated by the family including Gene her husband who is in charge of sales and Mystie her daughter who is in charge of daily operations. Bonnie is a sought after speaker at hair shows, sharpening conventions and cosmetology schools. Bonnie has produced hundreds of videos on her TH-cam channel Bonika Shears. She has trained successful sharpeners both in person and in video chats in all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries
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Hey Bonnie, Richard with Bear Claw Knife & Shear in Texas. It's been a long time! Good to see you still out there keeping it sharp. Just wanted to say howdy...
Hope you join us on line for the live sharpeners jam on Sunday.
@@BonikaShears What time is the Jam? Store is open noon to 5 central but I might be able to get away. ...Richard
@@richardsteinbergmakingknives starts today for the VIP live at about 9. Tomorrow Sunday the live stream will begin about 8:30.
I take pride in getting razor edges on knives, axes, cleavers and chisels, but scissors are a whole different universe. Thanks for the educational demo! Especially interesting is the machine you use (and how you use it).
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Sharpen with a water stone, and out comes the machine, 35 minutes I won't get back!!!
Hopefully you learned NOT to use a waterstone alone to sharpen beauty shears. That was the point.
Your videos are a treasure trove. I hand-sharpen knives using a TSPROF K-03 and a plethora of stones, also I have quite the collection of synthetic and natural stones for my straight razors, and I've been dabbling with (beveled) barber shears for the last three years. Usually it's all fine and dandy, but a couple of times those burrs on the ride line really eluded me so far. I also tried a little flat stropping with a pasted strop, at that time, and it solved the issue, but still.
I alternate between edge and inner strokes, as in 10 - 20 passes on the edge with the shears mounted on the K-03 tray, then 4-6 light free-hand passes on the same stone laying flat on the table, then again with a finer stone until the 5-6K range, or a Naniwa 10K if it's a very hard steel.
I noticed you do edge-trailing strokes on your stone for burr removal; on knives it would be better to do edge-leading strokes, as far as I know, but there's surely something that I am missing here? Thanks a lot for your answer, I still have A TON to learn and you're a lovely teacher!
Some things I do because it's easier to teach. Are you keeping the pressure on the pivot? That's key.
@@BonikaShears Oh, I see, thanks! Anyway, I use steady pressure on the pivot, without sitting on it of course, and a tiny bit of torque, just a hint, to be sure to work on the actual edge. It's a straight razor habit that's hard to lose, I guess.
Tonight I tried edge-trailing strokes on the inner edge, after sharpening the bevel, and it works better on mid-range and finer stone, as in 3K+, as opposed as the starting 600 stone that I use as a first step (if there aren't any chips to remove).
I use hybrid synth / diamond stones, mostly, because they're way faster than synths, and they polish very nicely. Now I wonder about finishing shears on a belgian coticule. Maybe with harder steels... hmmm.
the way she speaks about her husband is the most wholesome thing i saw on the internet for decades.
You need to meet him and you'll understand why.
Thank you very much for all our information sharing, you are clearly very very talented. Using old toupees, not so cool!
thank you. Old toupees need some purpose in life!
I don't even sharpen shears yet, mostly knives and tools, but one can learn so much about sharpening in general by watching Bonnie. I'd love to get trained by her on shears one day.
Come on to the ATL!
I think I will one day. Steelworker/Electrician now, but I'm thinking about a "retirement" gig.@@BonikaShears
Sorry to ask a silly question, I know it’s an American term , But what are Grits( the food). I understand Diamonds grits LOL.
In the southern United States a standard breakfast item to eat with eggs, bacon and toast is a hominy white corn cereal topped with butter and sometimes cheese. It is often served with shrimp at dinner and southern restaurants will have shrimp and grits on the menu. Growing up at my school cafeteria every Friday we would have fish and grits. It is the consistency of thick oatmeal and looks like cream of wheat but it is a little gritty and tastes like corn. What country are you from? If you come here for training I'll take you to Waffle House that serves grits 6 ways.
Very good tutorial on sharpening. Only thing wrong is grits are terrific with milk and sugar.
You must be a Yankee!!! lol Bet you drink raspberry tea.
Omg I had respect for you until you said no sugar butter and milk on my grits lmao you go girl
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Please excuse my ignorance as I’m mostly a cutlery sharpener! But is this basically a drill with a disc sander attachment that’s spongy? The equipment you’re using that is? Apologies I’m attempting to broadening my sharpening skills as barbers shears I’ve never done only ever kitchen scissors
Funny you should say that. One time at our Sharpeners Jam, Jim Turner made such a device as a joke. It had a little stand and I think it won a prize in our contest for the funniest idea. But no one really tried to sharpen shears on it. I don’t think a 6” plate on a drill would be steady enough. We have a 1/8 hp Leeson motor with American made controller to get the correct torque.
@@BonikaShears thanks for the reply and yes I’m guessing there would be a fair amount building involved to get it anywhere close to you’re sharpening machine which I might add they look very professional and ease to use on the road for mobile sharpening so beg my pardon I was just thinking out loud and I’m ever in the states I would love to come to one your training sessions ☺️
Another great video Bonnie! Always something to learn. Nice video to watch on my Monday morning. 🙃🙂🙃
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello
Lots of sanding, does this machine have a built in dust extractor?
Regards
There is very little dust. The shroud or guard catches most of it.
What did shear sharpeners use prior to the invention of powered equipment? I imagine grindstones were used and the shears were simply held in hand without a jig of any kind
I might need to shoot a video on this. Yes, I'm so old I was sharpening before these machines came out! LOL
@@BonikaShears Did you make a video about this?
What grit is that pad? I’ve got the same stone you have. Arata
2000
the first 1 minute and 24 seconds are gold!
That was fun. So real.
How much per blade or scissors?
Cost to sharpen?
Try some of that Vermont Maple Syrup on your grits!
NOOOO! Pancakes or pecan waffles.
Even better than that is no grits at all.