Has anyone thought of sharpening a dull blade? If so, what did you use to do it and how did it work?
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You can sharpen anything. But if you don't know how to do it you had better leave it to a profssional. Look for someone that sharpens saw blades in your area. I would take the entire cutter to him and let him remove the blade.
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It would be dull if i ever got to see it or use it. hey it was a 300 dollar lesson to never buy from amazon again. hey i could have lost alot more right. I guess this is one of those life lesson. warning never buy from amazon
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Hi, I use to use a smaller 12 inch cutter that could only cut up to 5 sheets at a time. I use a heavy 60-80lb card stock paper for some of my clients and I needed something that would make it easy. This unit handled 50 sheets at a time with no problem. It saved us about 4 hours because it can handle the 11x17 sheets.
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Contact a local print shop and find out who sharpens their blades for their machines. They should be able to direct you to a reputable company/person who can do it for you.
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This blade need to be sharpened by a profesional, or get a new brand blade.
2274774
We have never used it to sharpen our lawn mower blades. We only use it for knives. Sorry I could not be of more help
1223048
Sorry I have no idea. I would imagine you are correct that a scissor or knife sharpener would dull the blades.
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A used blade is best and who knows how exactly it works. It seems to sharpen the blade by removing layers of shaving cream and hair that has stayed on the blade after use.
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It didn't work well for me either. I took off a lot of steel shavings using it but it was never razor sharp. Try a stone. I wonder if you run it through their sharpener then a stone if it doesn't sharpen up quick.
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I have sharpened some fairly small blades. KME sells a set of jaws for pen knives. I've yet to get one, but it's on my list.
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Aloha... it takes a LOT of passes to sharpen the serrated knife, but it does help. Even though I only cut bread with my serrated knife it still got dull, and the sharpener brought it back - but as I said, it takes more time than other blades.
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I couldn't get mine to work at all, not only did it not sharpen the blade it actually made it more dull. I returned it for a refund.
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Absolutely. There are two ways to sharpen knives: One way is to use a sharpening steel - that just aligns the delicate edge that gets wavy through use back into a straight edge that feels like you've removed steel. The other way to sharpen is to remove metal and forge a new edge. That will have to be done every several years or so, depending on how much you use the knives and how often you are using the steel. Not using the steel with each use will definitely ruin the edge and will require you to sharpen(with a professional sharpener!) them a lot earlier. Hope that helps.
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The answer is "Yes". But, it arrives dull: I sharpened ours immediately, mostly using a file.HTH,Robert
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I used one for years before replacing it, for $10. seems worthwhile. If you really want to though, then the same way you'd sharpen most knives/scissors. or with a wet rock. go nuts.
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Peter C., Hello. I have not done that YET but, I hope I can sharpen the blades a couple times. Maybe 10. Good luck. Sorry my answer is Not good. Maybe next time,I can benefit.Pamela
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If the knives were really dull before hand you may not have spent long enough with the brown stones on edge. That will get you to a starting point. Then turning the brown stones to flats will get you a nice sharp edge. With kitchen knives I'd stop there. The slight irregularity of the edge at that point often helps almost like a serrated edge with slicing through tomato skins etc. Then use a steel to keep that edge straight. You might also make sure you are holding the blade with a truly vertical orientation so that the bevels are even.
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I am sure it would dull over time. Not sure how it would sharpen. Ours is still going strong.
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Yes and no if the blade is very dull it won't sharpen, if the blade is sharp it will maintain the blade. I use a hand file to first shape the edge then I use the sharpener.
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I use a ceramic rod or long oval cross section stone (originally made to sharpen old time sickles and scythes). I hold the blade stationary and use the stone like you would a file, making sure to move it lengthwise down the edge at the same time so that I don't end up putting a groove in the edge.
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I use a soft mouse pad with fine sandpaper on it. Just Google how to sharpen a convex knife.