Shear Sharpening, What Is A Bur Anyway?

If your shears start to push the hair or scoot the hair up the blades when you’re trying to cut the hair is an obvious sign that your shears have become dull.

There are two main reasons your shears will do this:

1. The cutting edge has rounded off

2. A burr has developed along the cutting edge

The symptoms are usually the same in either case and will cause you to try to cut the same section of hair several times before you are actually get the job done. This wastes your time and can be a real source of irritation when you’re trying to cut bangs or get a straight line in the back.

The solution is to simply have your shears sharpened. Shear sharpening is not a complicated process to understand. You must take off the old edge and put on a new one. That’s it…problem solved…well that is if you know how to do it. As simple as it sounds there are specific steps to accomplish this that if not done properly, will not only not solve your problem but can actually make matters worse….

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