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Absolutely Ken!  Everybody need an ax.  You should probably purchase several, and a hatchet too!

Mr. Mike said; "It's funny how 50+ years of hard use later.." 

I miss quality manufacturing.  Whatever happened?  Now it seems that almost _everything_, (even toothpicks! Really?), are specially "imported from the Orient", something which no longer seems to have the meaning it once had.

Please don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to start a bashing thread here.  It's just that these old, beautiful tools, even dime store tools, were truly made to last a lifetime or longer.  Now it's all disposable.  Sad.

Way to go Mike!  It's a great feeling to save an old edge tool, and a memory too!

Thanks for the info on how to deal with a loose peened bolt/rivet.  I hadn't thought of just bashing (carefully) it back down again. Duh.  I feel stupid. 

I have a similar pair.  No real sentiment towards them, but old and well made, just too loose. 

Yea, just to reiterate on what Justin said, "when you enter the big bad world of professional convex scissors, things start get very serious indeed."

When we speak of scissors and Tormek in the same sentence, we mean general purpose/garden/kitchen type scissors.  Touching professional convex shears to a Tormek would be akin to getting a haircut with a lawn mower.

I found this to be instructional:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGMk7qMPeSk

It is talking about fine, expensive, 800 mm radius stylist shears, but it pretty cool anyway.

I thought it might be cool to sharpen shears, but I found that it is really way more involved than I expected, requiring lots of practice.  They have some pretty nifty, (and expensive), equipment though.

One interesting point is how they deal with the burr.

I've sharpened scissors that my wife uses to cut my hair.  They seem to work great.  Very sharp and no grabbing.  But nonetheless, I'm sticking with kitchen/garden scissors!

I'm sure that I could do "something" to the scissors freehand.  The only issues that I see revolve around that funny "sharpen" word that you use.     How good are you at freehand work?

You might could possibly use the small knife jig.  Maybe even by clamping to the handle of the scissor.  Scissors generally have a pretty steep bevel, so you might get away with it.

I'd sure want to practice on junk first!

Rob,

Well how cool is that?  I guess time will tell, but it sure sounds like it is nothing but an improvement to the SG.  Maybe there are other reasons, but it almost sounds like Tormek should just bail  on the old wheel and start shipping these hot black ones!

Thanks for checking that out and letting us know.

Mark

Rob,

Yours was a wise utterance indeed.

I believe that of which you speak is Zen.  Zen and the Art of the Tormek. 

Or, "An ancient pond.  A frog jumps in.  Plop.  Oh! The sound of water!"

Mark

For me at least, it's the old adage, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap tools".

I'm not saying the T-3 is junk or anything, but...

Over the years I've learned that trying to save a few bucks when it comes to buying tools almost never pans out.  They either break and then you need to buy them again, or they do kind of a crappy job or are limited in some way.  Or worse, they screw up and damage or break what you are working on, like a cheapo wrench stripping a bolt head. 

If it does not outright break, I end up hating using it cuz it's kind of crappy, and I always end up wishing I had sprung for the better one.  And many times I end up doing just that, wasting the $$ I had spent on the first cheapo one.. 

Fine tools, on the other hand, bring happiness, joy and fulfilment with each use.

The tools in one's lilfe should bring happiness. 

All of my mother-in-law's knives are sharp.  The wife works at a nursery.  All of their pruners are sharp. (For free!).  I had my house resided.  The siding crew left will all of their tin snips sharp.  Now what? 

Thanks Rob.  That will be interesting.  Interesting too is that you channeled the surface with the gouge.

BTW, while it somewhat greeps me out, I can think of some quick and easy scenarios of how you could use the T-7 to "prepare" your knives for a proper sharpening again. 

_All_ of my stuff is sharp.  I even pulled the blades from my oddly large collection of those grey handled utility knives with the sliding blades, and sharpened those.   Now what???

Mark

I like that Herman!  "...cuts bread good enough for us..."

I have a bunch of knives, pruners and metal shears that will never be perfect again.  But perfect or not, I've revived most of them to be completely enjoyable and useable tools, adding many years to their life.

Funny how tools pile up that are too dull to use, but too good to discard.  Often they are simply replaced with new... How sad.  Some are beautiful old American made shears and snips, that with proper care and occasional sharpening will last many, many years to come.

And so as not to get off subject,  , I have an old cheapo serrated Ginsu steak knife that my wife got for free something like 25 years ago by signing up for credit card.  It is the lone survivor of a set of 6.   I love the old thing!  I _still_ use it every day.  After all that time cutting bricks, nails and tomatoes, it started to get just a little less effective.  A couple of seconds on the T-7 and it's now razor sharp again.

After reading this post I could have done it a little differently, but nonetheless, once again, it can cut through a nail and then slice a tomato paper thin.  Think of the savings!  I can make a tomato last for 100 sandwiches!

I bet planer blades are next, but if you get a chance I'd be interested on how it works on regular steel.  Is it too aggressive? (The product info says no).  Any disadvantages?  Like we were talking about in the other thread, it's claimed to offer "exceptional wear resistance".

I've got some knives that are really tough stainless and resist sharpening.  I can get 'em sharp, it's just a lot of grinding and pressure.  I wonder how it would work on that those.

Hmm...  I wonder if it excessively wears on the truing tool?

Thanks for letting us know about your progress! 

I agree.  For me, it's super easy to use it for more than 30 minutes!  I would find the 30 minute duty cycle very problematic.

Maybe the adhesives used in the wheel are not designed to withstand the higher temperatures generated by dry grinding considering that it is a water cooled system and not expected to have high wheel surface temperatures?