can I sharpen garden hand trimmer
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I found this stone to be very soft and the clay easily comes off. This sharpener clay might be better for specific type of kitchen knives metals which require very acute sharpness. For other rougher blades ie garden tools I might look for a rougher tool to sharpen. I know some use a real fine grinding wheel with electric motor to sharpen their lawn tools including lawn mower blades. I guess how much time you got and how sharp you want your device.
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it depends on the brand and type of hand trimmer... if you are talking about a phelco professional hand shear... yes.. it can be opened in a way to allow access for sharpening of the blade .. when dealing with most cheap shears it would be advisable to buy a replacement blade.. (if they sell them) or (buy Phelcos...)
538913
yes, but without a base of the sharpmaker system it may be hard depending on blade size. if you are purchasing this for just hand sharpening by itself I would look at there double sided stones or pocket stones by spyderco instead
1290981
I have never attempted to sharpen scissors and I really am not familiar with the finer points of the process. This stone is a very simple tool for sharpening simple non-serrated knives. If scissors can be sharpened by simply honing one or both sides of the blades, the stone should work fine. If you need to do something more intricate, it won't do.
1806753
We like the hand sharper offered by Amazon. Works really well. It's an Accusharp (white with blue handle $10)
4322
Hi It can be sharpened See the pic in the link below http://i.imgur.com/XZSvNMd.jpg The green one is new.
1719455
Yes. Like everyone else said, just sharpen it. I took a bench grinder to mine and it is awesome!
1182673
I don't know the one i have i use in regular soil, maybe a little sand but regular. It may damage the sharpness of the blades you would think.
1374517
AS far as I know you can not sharpen it. I had mine for longer than 5 yrs. I also used it almost every day! You should only be using it to slice vegetables. I broke the hand the blade was fine.
932366
You can sharpen the blade! I pulled the blade out and took it to my local knife sharpener. He did it for a few bucks and it's good as new! You can also pull the blade out and use your blade straightener on it too.
1390122
Using the sharpening kit (Lowes, Home Depot, etc) the blades can be easily sharpened. If small-scale mechanical things are not your bent, a local handyperson could do this in about 45 minutes, using the tool and instructions supplied in the kit (also mentioned in the owners manual).
1534532
I haven't tried to do that - but the construction of the cutter assemby is pretty flimsy so I would not plan to cut sandpaper with this machine - there are no provisions for sharpening a dulled curtting edge.
997690
Well you have to slide the sharpener on the mover blade. The big problem is being able to get your hands over the sharpener on the blade and slide it towards you. Because of the size of the sharpener, dont know if there is room for your hands. On my mower it did not work for me because I could not place it on the blade and slide it towards me in a sharpening motion because it was too big. My previous sharpener was small so I had no problems getting it on the blade and sliding it towards me. This one was too big for that.
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I personally use a simple hand sharpener for garden tools to keep a good edge that isn't so thin it curls up when used. But I recommend to keep in mind this is a survival tool and anything hard enough to wear away tool steel will work.
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Purchased this at end of season. So have not had to sharpen it. I did purchase the sharpener for it. These mowers usually last for years. I live near Amish country and I know they use and sharpen them.
1231092
I prefer to use my hand grinder but can use this to do your mower blades. Just be sure that the sanding paper is going away from the blade to be sharpened.
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Say, just a suggestion. (I haven't purchased this, but was reading through the questions while considering.) Try looking on YouTube or searching on web. There's usually plenty of "How To" pages. (Of course, check before you purchase, as the instructions you prefer may not include the sharpener you're looking at.) I found this with a quick "How do you use a carbide sharpening tool to sharpen gardening tools?" It doesn't include this specific product, but it has some guidance. http://hort.uwex.edu/articles/maintaining-lawn-and-garden-tools/
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I do believe you can do so, but must say I have not tried one myself. It will sharpen almost any edge you want, axe.s, lawn mower blades, scissors, gut-hook knives also. Hope this helps out..es