Knife Sharpener (One Size) (Green)

So easy to use and sharpened all my scissors brilliantly. I've been looking for a reasonably priced scissor sharpener for several weeks. I saw this and decided by the reviews that this could be the one. After receiving it I gathered all my scissors together, some unable to cut thin plastic film, ran the blades through the sharpener and bingo, all good. I was so impressed, that I got my garden shears out of the shed and gave them a sharpen. Fantastic, I cannot recommend this scissor/shear sharpener enough. It really does the job and easily too.

This is a very effective bit of kit. Not the most robust housing but the business end is really very good. The device should ideally be screwed down to a board that can be clamped to a workbench, or similar. It can be mounted vertically but I think this method would lack the control needed and may result in the top of the housing snapping. Follow the instructions exactly, regarding the motion needed to push the blades through the apertures. The tungsten carbide sharpening blocks appear to grind rather than 'strop' the blades, as there is a residue of steel filings left behind after use. I found that only four or five strokes through the device was enough to restore my blunt shears back to perfect working condition. Although this is easy to use, I don't know how it fairs with scissors. It may just be too brutal for such finer tools. Just a warning though; make sure the sharpener is facing in the right direction (this is embossed on the housing). If it is the other way round, the little beast will grind off the wrong edges of your shears.

Got these on the strength of other reviews and I am very pleased indeed I did. The garden shears in question are 30 years old, have never been sharpened in that time and have been subjected to much abuse cutting things that were too big for them by application of muscle power. I really was going to buy a new pair thinking the shears were past redemption, but opted for the sharpener as a low cost alternative. Three goes through the sharpener and the edge is like a razor and now cuts individual blades of grass. The sharpener can screw to any surface, the back of the shed door in my case and that works well. The two fixing screws are plated so shouldn't rust outdoors and the gadget itself has a strong plastic body that ought to last a long time. The screws bite into wood easily with no need for pilot holes and it's simple to fix the sharpener, in literally two minutes. The sharpener copes with two cutting blades, or one (as in my case and you just push the one blade you want honed through) or wavy blade shears. It's easy to use by putting the tips of the blades in the slots of the sharpener and then pushing while holding the blades to the sharpening steel with moderate closing pressure as they are opened up. No skill required to get the correct blade edge angle. A miracle restorer of blunt blades and can't recommend highly enough.

This is a reasonable product if you aren't going to use it every day. It did the trick on my garden shears but it doesn't seem to be that robust and I expect to be replacing it in the not too distant future. Still it's good value

I find this tool really effective for my garden shears, which get heavy use. I had one for ten years before the plastic became brittle and broke, but I have bought another to replace it because the first one had been used many hundreds of times.

It certainly does an effective job sharpening tools. I sharpened gardening shears, scissors and knives. Excellent buy.

great item easy to use shears are now sharp again well worth the money

Easy to easy, keeps scissor sharp