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How to sharpen scissors quickly, two easy ways

Old blunt scissors do not cut the fabric, but “chew” and it is difficult to cut such a tool even with a narrow bandage, not to mention working with patterns. In order to sharpen them it is not necessary to carry scissors to the workshop, it is quite possible to cope on your own, without using any devices.
old dumb scissors

Sharpening scissors, method one

The method is very simple, and any housewife can use it at any time right in the process of working with the fabric. You will need a regular sewing needle, which is placed across between the tool blades and sharpen them, conducting along its surface.
sharpening scissors with a needle 1

The needle remains motionless during sharpening, and the scissor blades move rhythmically and with a pull along its surface in the direction of “toward you”, clamping the needle with their base at the beginning of movement and releasing at the end. Needles with scissors as if trying to "cut."
sharpening scissors with a needle 2

Typically, the scissors become sharp after 1-2 minutes of such sharpening.

Sharpening scissors, method two

This method is even more convenient than the first, but in order to use it you will need fine-grained sandpaper. Moreover, the smaller the size of its grains, the better.
sandpaper for sharpening scissors 1

scissors sharpening sandpaper 2

In order to sharpen the scissor blades on the sandpaper, they simply cut it with scissors until the blades acquire the necessary sharpness.
sharpening scissors with sandpaper

Of course, if there are potholes on the scissor blades, or before that they cut, for example, metal wire, it is unlikely that they can be made sharper with these methods, you will have to carry them to the workshop. But they can be used to sharpen scissors, which are dull during normal prolonged use.

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