Before sharpening hand shears, clean the blade area, and then, sharpen the hand shears by rubbing the blades with a file. Apply cutting oil to hand shears after sharpening in order to prevent rust on the blades with this free video on gardening from the owner of a landscaping company.
Expert: Bill Elzey
Contact: www.showplacelawns.com
Bio: Bill Elzey is the owner and manager of Showplace Lawns in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green
9 Comments
This is exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the info. Very helpful
This guy is a fool, he knows nothing about how shears work, the edge he is telling you to sharpen would remove the shear effect.
your working o the wrong side. the flat side has to remain flat ,you need to work on the beveled side of the blade. Like taylor said your removing the shear effect !!!!!!
Thank you for the details.
thanks. couldn't sleep, now I am
DO NOT, I repeat, Do NOT sharpen the edge he says needs to be sharpened! That is the wrong edge to sharpen. It should be abundantly clear that the edge that needs sharpening is the beveled edge, NOT the flat edge of the blade.
I see there are a few viewers that got something out of your video, what they'd took from it is probably wrong. I agree with Taylor & guajilo below, I think you're sharpening the wrong edge.
Thankyou for the help sir.