Comments on: Sharpening knives and scissors https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/ Weggooien? Mooi niet! Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:56:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Stichting Repair Café International https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-15243 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:56:47 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-15243 In reply to Chester Repair Café.

In many cases, people teach themselves, like they do with the other skills offered at Repair Cafés. Safety comes first, of course!

]]> By: Chester Repair Café https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-15226 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:02:47 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-15226 In a Repair Cafe setting does the person undertaking this need to be trained to do it or could any volunteer teach themselves to do it so we can offer it as a service?

]]> By: Stichting Repair Café International https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-8034 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:29:41 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-8034 In reply to wynn pratt.

You can find a Repair Cafe near you via our world map on the website. Good luck!

]]> By: wynn pratt https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-8026 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:52:53 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-8026 WHERE ABOUTS R YOU PLEASE

]]> By: CHRIS SPEIGHT https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-6489 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:39:28 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-6489 Bravo Peter!

You’ve made it sound that simple I think we’ll try giving it a go too.

Whilst we do have a suitable belt sander, pls can you advise what is a Diamond Steel and where might we get one?

]]> By: Stichting RC https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-2082 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:23:26 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-2082 In reply to Peter H Moors.

That’s great, Peter! Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Peter H Moors https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-2038 Sat, 12 Mar 2022 09:41:24 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-2038 I have a small sander with a 1″ belt sander and a 5″ disk sander. When I go to the Unley Repair Cafe each month in Adelaide SA Australia, I put a 400grit belt on the belt sander. A quick run over the blades on this, followed by a few strokes with my diamond “steel”, and the knife/ secateurs/tree loppers/scissors is/are as sharp as a razor. People are just so appreciative and love their sharp knives.

]]> By: Graham Jack https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-1403 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:55:32 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-1403 I have a two-sided stone for sharpening chisels. Every so often I bring it indoors to whet the kitchen knives. Getting the angle on each face is tricky, especially nearer the end as the blade curves up to the tip. I think you are supposed to use light oil on the stone.

]]> By: DAVID IRVING https://www.repaircafe.org/en/sharpening-knives-and-scissors/#comment-1307 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:21:07 +0000 https://repaircafe.org/?p=41727#comment-1307 While content is true, Japanese whetstones are v expensive. Cheaper equipment works. The important thing is to show people how to do it. It is a skill that has to be learned. You need to be taught how to feel the stone working on the blade

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