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Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears

00 Offline kwakster

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Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
on: August 26, 2022, 01:39:54 PM
My nephews girlfriend is a hairdresser, and she asked me if i would try to sharpen her oldest pair of shears.
Years ago she had gotten it as a gift from her teacher, all this time had never been sharpened, and as a result it was so blunt that she didn't use it anymore.
Through Google i found that for 120 US dollars these shears seem to have a good price to quality ratio, so i thought that an attempt at sharpening might be worth it.

The edges were really quite bad, and as i had never done convex shears before i first had to think up a sharpening/polishing protocol that might work.
In the end i settled on 1000 grit SiC paper used with WD40 oil on glass, 15 micron diamond paste on the back of a narrow strip of SiC paper on glass, followed by 6 micron and 1 micron used the same way.
The hone line was repolished using only 1.0 micron diamond paste.

Just reassembled the shears again and the edges seem to work as they should, effortlessly cutting hair all the way to the point, but the real proof of the pudding is of course what the owner will think of it.
Will report back if i know more...






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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #1 on: August 26, 2022, 03:53:10 PM
Nice challenge.  I have not tried sharpening scissors especially not convex scissors. 

I can't wait to hear her thoughts. 
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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #2 on: August 26, 2022, 10:43:49 PM
I can't wait to hear her thoughts. 

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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #3 on: September 20, 2022, 08:32:38 PM
Got word from the owner, and she said that the shears are very sharp and they perform very well.
So far so good, now we wait and see how long these new edges will last in her use.


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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #4 on: October 11, 2022, 04:03:48 AM
Good job!     :tu:
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #5 on: October 11, 2022, 12:29:03 PM
That is great, kwakster :woohoo: I have sharpened scissors but only regular ones :salute: Glad you got some great results :tu: :like:


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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #6 on: October 12, 2022, 07:44:45 PM
Great job Kwakster.  I know for sure that I don't have the skill to do a proper job on professional grade curved scissors.   :hatsoff:
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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #7 on: October 15, 2022, 03:45:34 PM
At least her initial impression was a good one, but just as with knives used in commercial kitchens it's all about edge longevity.
Professional knife & shear users want to see guys like me as little as possible.

And i'm certain that most of you guys would tackle a job like this just fine, as it really is easier than it's made out to be.
Most of it is just paying close attention to what you are actually doing.
Especially if you have good eyesight in both eyes (which i don't), but i make good use of several pairs of cheap reading glasses, :D












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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #8 on: January 18, 2023, 01:12:35 PM
Last week the owner of the scissors (17-years old) dropped by my house with my nephew for a cup of tea, and informed me that she is still using them every working day.
According to her they're still very sharp and perfectly usable.

This seems to imply that my sharpening/polishing method is working, both for initial keenness and edge longevity.
Next i need to improve a bit in the speed department, while trying to maintain edge quality.


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Re: Olivia Garden convex hair dresser shears
Reply #9 on: January 18, 2023, 05:09:14 PM
Thats great to hear.  Slow is fast, fast is slow.  I'm sure if you were doing scissors by the dozen daily speed would increase but I'd wait for quality every time.   :tu:
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