Review on 🔪 Enhance Cutting Precision with SHARPAL Credit Diamond Sharpening 3 Pack by James Salem

This set of three credit card sized diamond sharpeners provides a good grit sequence for sharpening knives and tools (especially scissors, pruners and shears). 220, 600 and 1200 grit correspond to coarse, medium and fine. I have used them to sharpen kitchen shears and pruning shears. With thin sharpeners I can sharpen the entire edge of the cutting blade, especially near the axis. I'm attaching before and after photos of my trusty clippers. I suggest sharpening in one direction and raising the map between strokes. Back and forth sharpening usually results in a different angle between the card and the edge on a backward stroke than on a forward stroke. Just a slightly dull edge can be restored by starting with a medium grit (600) and finishing with sanding. fine grit (1200). If the edge is very blunt, start at 220. Some people say to drag the diamond edge across the blade as if the edge is trying to "cut" the diamond sand off the card, but I prefer to to swipe the card over the blade . blade to the edge. This method is the same as sharpening knives on a water stone. My approach causes the steel to twist a bit and form a "wire" or "burr". To remove a burr simply press a medium grit blade against the back of the cutting edge and then slide it across the back of the hair clipper blade from the hinge to the sharp end. Repeat several times and check with your finger when the burr disappears. Always move your finger at a 90° angle to the edge to avoid cutting yourself on this ridge. When sharpening scissors, inspect them carefully, as many scissors have a single cutting edge (top, movable, or outer blade). The other blade, also called the bottom, fixed or inner blade, can be flat or have small ribs to prevent the material from slipping as it is being cut by the cutting edge. Sharpen the edge only. The cutting angle can be 0°, like children's scissors, or up to 45°, like kitchen scissors and paper scissors. The best advice is to try and keep the original angle. Note that you probably shouldn't use them to sharpen expensive scissors like barber's scissors. Also not suitable for scissors with sawtooth blades. Let professionals sharpen these tools. You can ruin $500 scissors in seconds if you don't know what you're doing. These diamond cards can be used to sharpen knives in the field. Each card has a foldable plastic element with a hole to put your finger through to prevent your fingers and hand from touching the diamond surface. It took me some practice to hold the card securely because the hole is such a large diameter. I've also found that sharpening my knife works best when I hold the knife steady and draw the card across the blade, rather than trying to draw the knife blade across the diamond card. My personal opinion is that there are other sharpeners that are better for sharpening knives in the field. For example Sharpal 181N. However, the Sharpal 116N diamond card set takes up very little space and fits in a shirt pocket.