Shear Sharpening Demonstration with Jake Hobson, Niwaki

Niwaki's Jake Hobson demonstrate how sharpen garden shears using a few simple tools: water, a Niwaki Crean Mate, Niwaki #1000 grit Sharpening Stone, Niwaki Camellia Oil and a little elbow grease (model's own).

[@LydieBaillie]

thank you for sharing such an informative and easy to follow guide. That's a great idea to sharpen daily to help get better at it .

[@johnskill3647]

A valuable, clear and concise lesson Jake. Thank you.

[@ericaverde1951]

Thank you for the great lesson! Can report this process is very meditative!

[@Mausyboi]

This was very helpful thank you Jake, would you be able to do a sharpening video on secateurs? Or is it essentially the same principles

[@erkansaid8081]

Great video. Just sharpened mine for the first time and it works like new. Thanks.

[@niwakihq]

That's wonderful to hear!

[@fuegodelacruz]

Thanks Jake. A very nice and call lesson on sharpening. Almost meditative.

[@noga8974]

I sharpened my Okatsune Shears last night following your guide, it really brought it back to life. I use it for shaping lonicera nitida and its a pleasure. Is there any manual tool you would recommend for shaping hawthorne?

[@niwakihq]

Well done! You can use the Niwaki Garden Shears for shaping Hawthorne

[@karenmiller779]

Can you do a demo like this for sharpening secateurs please or point me to where you have one?

[@philhavara3330]

Thank you very much!!

[@reverentalexanderchezeley-6367]

Brilliant.
Dude, if I don't have a whetstone, can I use a file?
Thanks mate.

[@niwakihq]

You can, but you are more likely to scratch the blade. A whetstone will reduce the chances of scratching the blade

[@Aaron_Barrett]

You stone it so sharp angle. Most of mass production scissors have nearly 90 degree angle, so they dont cut normally.

[@niwakihq]

There's no hard and fast rules on a sharpening angle, we generally say roughly 10-15 degrees. More like Mount Fuji than K2

[@jamesmcintyre1675]

Hello Jake thank you, could you show how you would sharpen shears with curved blades?

[@niwakihq]

Of course, I'll make sure I cover it in a future video. Sharpening curved blades uses the same technique as straight blades, clean with Crean Mate, sharpen with sharpening stone - following the natural curve of the blade, without applying too much pressure on the stone - and lubricate with Camellia oil. Hope that helps

[@jamesmcintyre1675]

That’s great thank you 🙏

[@richardknight7088]

Hi Our shears are quite blunt, and 1000 does not make much difference. What stone would you recommend for a major service. 400?

[@niwakihq]

Something like that, yes. The Niwaki #220 stone would work well, or the Twin Diamond File, which very quickly grinds out any nicks and puts a crude new edge on.

[@jumping3271]

If it seems blunt on the cutting edge is probably a double bevel sheer.