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Service
At Hikari Scissors Greece we believe the backbone of a successful business is the service you receive, not just when you purchase a scissor but the follow up and support you receive years after making your investment.
Factory sharpening is recommended to preserve the longevity of scissors. Every manufacturer has their own degree of angle on each individual blade – we refer to it as “Factory Angled Blade.” We have been trained in Japan and know the specific degree of every angle in the blade. This allows us, when servicing your scissors through sharpening them, to remove a minimum amount of steel and restore the blades to their original Hikari specifications, re-establishing the cutting-edge to a “like-new” condition. In addition to sharpening the blades, we also make sure that the scissors are balanced and adjusted properly. Scissors will feel and cut like new after they have been serviced. Customer satisfaction is our priority as we stand behind all our work. We cannot provide any guarantees for scissors previously unprofessionally sharpened.
Every scissor service consists of the following:
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Scissors are dismantled
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Microscopic strip down
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Thorough inspection for areas needing special attention
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Angle setting and adjustment
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Sharpening, convexing and mirror polishing
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Balancing and adjustment
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Lubrication
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Final test cut on natural hair
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If needed, we will replace the Finger Rest, Finger Rings, Washers, and Stopper. Take control and responsibility of your tools. Learn how to properly maintain them between servicing. The more knowledgeable you absorb, the more you will appreciate our quality workmanship and dedication.
Generally speaking, there are two ways to sharpen and repair scissors, Grinding or Hand Honing .
HAND Honing
This is the Japanese traditional technique of sharpening, polishing and finishing by hand.
This is the only way high quality convex blades are manufactured and refined by traditional Japanese scissor factories.
GRINDING
This is the most common but devastating way to sharpen scissors. When scissors are sharpened on a grinder, a large amount of metal is removed shortening the life time of scissors. Grinding causes overheating of the metal, therefore destroying its hardness, its strength and its ROCKWELL power (metric scale hardness). Also, it changes the blade structure/curvature. Grinding devices are appropriate only for Bevelled German type scissors, pet scissors, dressmaking scissors, florist scissors, home scissors.
” Signs that your scissors need sharpening “
- Pushing – bending – folding – chasing the hair
- When your scissors makes noise or when you feel a crunchy open/close operation of blades
- When you feel your scissors heavy and need more pressure to perform cutting (it’s dull)
- When scissors have accidently been dropped down
- If you accidentally cut the comb instead of hair (it will create a nick in the blade)
- When thinning scissors pinch and pull the hair.
” HOW TO SEND YOUR SCISSORS FOR REPAIR “
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” SHARPENING COST“
Sharpening cost: 30,00£ (VAT excluded)
We spend approximately half an hour for each scissor repair and, in some cases, we exceed an hour.
Don’t trust the white van man stumbling into your salon from the street with your scissors!
Scissors just cannot be sharpened “in the salon”.
“SCISSOR MYTHS”
SHARPENING by LASER
Some processes in the manufacturing of scissors can be controlled by computer
but the finest sharpening can be restored only by skilled craftsmen.
Laser (sounds nice!) but if used it emits very high temperature that would destroy the edge’s ROCKWELL hardness.
SCISSORS THAT NEVER NEED SHARPENING
With proper maintenance, scissors can extend the time before them needing to be sharpened.
However, even the most expensive instruments need an occasional touch up service.
IF SCISSORS FALL THEY ARE PERMANENTLY DESTROYED
The most common outcome when you drop a pair of scissors is to create nicks or bend of the blades.
Both two cases can return 100% in their original condition by experienced craftsman.
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