Sharpening and maintaining hedging shears
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Shears are a great tool for trimming grasses and hedges. Get a good pair and keep them nice and sharp. Here's how to sharpen and maintain shears. Sharp shears will make cleaner cuts on your plants and avoid tearing the leaves - which looks nicer too.
Thank you for this video, have watched many before but this one has taught me the best way ,and I can now use a sharp pair of shears,
Dave, glad you liked it. Having sharp tools is better for the plants (cleaner cuts) and safer for you (less strain in cutting). Enjoy!
@@Gardenosophy Thank you, most video's don't explain the difference between the the types of shears,eg scissor type with two cutting blades and the single type with one cutting blade and anvil. Mine are now cutting like brand new thanks to your video, I was on the verge of buying a new pair. Thanks again.
The first thing to check is the "set" of the blades.
Do they come together properly or are there air gaps?
Fixing a bad set is very difficult.
So soothing and satisfying
yes there is something very satisfying about having sharp tools
Your narration was clear & concise, but I did think you might conclude by showing how sharp the shears were, unfortunately you didn't, thanks all the same for the demo.
That's a good idea. Thanks!
@@Gardenosophy In the U.K =£15 per tool sharpened?? There is an art to it I grant you.
@@hookbeak3516 I like to sharpen before I do a significant pruning job (like the roses or fruit trees) and then from time to time if they don't feel keen. So being able to do it at home is convenient (and significantly cheaper too it seems!)
@@Gardenosophy No worries BITG go safe.Your vdeo is still goood.
Holy crap man, those are some badass scissors.
yes with great power comes great responsibility
Sexy shears.
Very handy, thanks
you're welcome; having sharp tools is both efficient and safe.
Please could you add what the detergent and metal wool was?
Hannah, the detergent I used in the video came with the sharpening tool. But any washing up detergent half diluted would be fine. It's to help dissolve the accumulated resins and sap. Likewise the steel wool is not specialist. I just tore a piece from the scourer we have for the kitchen pots. I prefer the coarser one since I'm not really looking for a fine polished surface. All the best!
Why 37 dislikes? Do people think they know something better than others?
I didn’t dislike it, BUT, I clicked the video to watch a demonstration how to use the Fiskars sharpening file, and he cut that part out. He used it, but skipped over how to I believe. That’s the only reason I clicked.
Lotsa lotsa lotsa lotsa lotsa talking. Not enough “showing”. What is it about RUclips that makes people talk so much to explain something so simple
He didn't show how to use the sharpener as far as I could tell.
What is the angle at which you sharpen?
I think the rule of thumb is to try and match whatever was the original blade. For the big shears in this video that is 30-35 degrees; most garden cutting implements will be between 25-35 degrees. Some people recommend going about 10 degrees finer right at the edge.
@@Gardenosophy .
Fabuloso video
Grazie!
How much new
those shears are over fifteen years old! With just a little annual maintenance they are as good as new. Sometimes getting good quality tools and maintaining them well works out cheaper (and better) in the long run!
Never ever again, touch the inside part of the blade of pair of scissors!! I know your logic makes you do that, but it's 100% wrong. Always touch only the bevel from the other side and leave the burr as it is!!! The next time, you use the scissors, the first couple of cuts, will naturally remove that burr, without doing any damage. Now, if you do what you did, eventually the cutting edges won't meet with each other, which is all the cuttimg action of any kind of scissors!!
I found yor video, because I just discovered that Fiskars maintainance kit. Please, what' about the file's quality? Did you ever had any Nicholson files, to compare them with? It seems like medium gritt teeth, but does it last? I want to see, If It deserves getting it, or not! Thanks in advance
PS I know, that what you did, came out from simple logic, but that probably comes from your knife sharpening knowledge/experience. Scissors sharpen differently! Keep that tip in mind. If you want to have scissors, that can last you for a really long long time! Fiskars general use scissors, or even better Japanese scissors, can last literally a lifetime if you maintain them properly!
Thank for your thoughts Greek Veteran.
You asked about the Fiskars maintenance kit. I think it's great. It has a diamond file (apparently small pieces of industrial diamonds embedded in to the metal). It has lasted me about ten years and I sharpen some gardening tools about once a month. It's very convenient to use and works well on hardened steel tools like the shears in this video. I don't get any sponsorship for products ( but Fiskars if you're listening....😉). The oil in the maintenance pack is pretty standard that you can get anywhere. My kit came with a soap thing too (Sap-ex?} which is not bad, but again any detergent would do. The so-called 'maintenance guide book' is (at least in Australia) just some instruction diagrams with no words - designed for global markets. The file is the only specialist thing in the maintenance pack and I have found it really good.
Agreed you really don't want to mess with the flat edge of scissor blades. Nothing worse than the blade becoming bowed/concave in the middle and you then get a blind spot where the two blades don't meet. You'll note that I was holding the file absolutely parallel to the flat edge and just did a single pass . For exactly the reasons you mention.
@@Gardenosophy I'm glad that you know and that you understood what I mean Thank you for all the information, I really appriciate that!
Weird that the file lasts that long, but I'm glad that it does, isn't it a diamond file? Are both sides the same grit?
@@greekveteran2715 stop asking questions..you sound like my wife
@@Dave-im3lm God bless you and your family sir
@Greek Veteran
it only has grit on one of the big faces. it does have grit on both side edges though to perform exactly that manoeuvre and remove the burr
I don't mind the questions. That was a very nice positive response from you.
I'm sure Dave was just having a bit of fun and loves his wife and your questions!!
too many hand motions
thanks! I'll keep that in mind for future videos.
@@Gardenosophy You're fine... I'm just messin' with ya. I left you a thumbs up.
Don't change a thing
A total waste of time You didn’t show how to sharpen.