Sharpening old dikes/snips/scissors?

[Itsjustdirt]

Do you guys re-sharpen dull diagonal snips? How about other tools? How do you do it or who do you pay?

Thanks

 

[hautpot]

Any place that sharpens cutlery can do scissors.

Swanstrom USA has a repair service for most small cutting pliers/ electronic cutters.

 

[Wamsutta]

I sharpen tin snips, but not dikes. Dikes and lineman pliers would most definitely require a vise. Tin snips have a much wider cutting edge, making them a breeze to sharpen.

 

[seber]

I just sharpened a badly worn and chipped pair of dikes yesterday. I used a file to get the edges straight. It works fine but the handles close much closer together now. If they were just dull it would likely have been no problem.

 

[Red Robbie]

I use a speedy sharp on my Knipex dikes--works fairly well. Took many years of daily use to lose their original edge.

 

[PFSard]

I use a speedy sharp on my Knipex dikes--works fairly well. Took many years of daily use to lose their original edge.

Is this what you are using?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002OG3SKC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Red Robbie]

Is this what he are using?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002OG3SKC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Yes. Need to be careful as these will remove material very quickly.

 

[Itsjustdirt]

Awesome. Thanks. What do you guys use on fine cutlery and precision scissors?

 

[Itsjustdirt]

What would you guys use on $80 WISS shears? Steak knives? Expensive pocket knives? Same thing or is a finer approach required?

 

[Lee Celtic]

I sharpen my Mundial scissors about once a week.. the bottom blade is fine tooth serrated so after taking them apart you just flat the faces off on a stone.. don't touch the serrated part.. the top blade I just drag the stone across a few degrees off flat away from the edge

Good sera shape scissors act like a guillotine not two blades rubbing together. mine can cut 7 layers or leather

 

[metaldad]

snips, dikes............ i toss them into a box and forget about them. i consider them consumables.
good scissors, knife sharpening guy around the corner and down the street