Best Ideas from the 2019 Sharpeners Jam

It may sound crazy, but you can restore and recondition the edge on a pair of beauty shears using a common nail buffer. This video shows yo...

Jim Turner’s Creative Winning Ideas at the Sharpeners Jam 2018 Best Ideas Contest : The Sharpener’s Jam winning idea came from Jim Turner o...

Most stylist indicate that they would trust a distributor of shears who also sharpens rather than a sharpener who also sells shears. It see...

When is 90 degrees Zero degrees? When you switch from sharpening knives to sharpening beauty shears in the USA. I trained a new shear ...

How To Shorten a Beauty Shear : What to do if you drop your shears and one tip breaks off? There is nothing you can do but shorten the other...

Have a website? Why not sell Bonika by dropship? : I just talked to a person who paid $6,000.00 to set up a website and learn to dropship. I...

The Bonika International Shear. What makes it special and how to sharpen it. : So, what's up with the Bonika International Shear? What m...

Sharpening suggestions on the Bonika Peacock Shears : Watch this Youtube video on how to disassemble the

See the comparison of the new Scimech HD Machine. http://www.bonika.com/scimech-hd-scissor-sharpening-flathone-updated-2017/

Bonika Shears is proud to have been able to make both the contour hone stones and the Rideliner Pro videos available free on Youtube as of...

There are three basic types of screws on shears plus variations on a theme of these three types. There are regular screws, thumb-nut adj...

Understanding the Basics of Shear and Scissor Sharpening : Today is the last day in the office before our annual Sharpeners Jam. I have been...

Why Update? For over 16 years the CS-101-2000 Clipper Blade Sharpening Machine had arguably been one of the best on the market but a lot can...

The 800 mm radius myth started a number of years ago. Larry Brooks, a well respected retired shear sharpener, wrote a book on how to sharpe...

Report on the 2016 Sharpeners Guild Convention : Last weekend in Kansas City the National Beauty Tool Sharpeners Guild held their annual con...

What is the best way to test and see if your shears are sharp? As a sharpener, I put shears through more than one test to see if they are ...

Custom Fitting Shears - How to Select the Right Shear : I made a discovery. After years of buying a size 8 shoe, I discovered I should be...

Every cutter has a style of cutting that is all their own. But within those styles certain personality characteristics emerge that will in...

Perfect or Your Money Back Guarantee from Bonika Shears : STOP! So your new shear is not perfect, for whatever reason. Don’t panic. Give Bon...

I just added a new product on our Bonika website today which I like very much. It is not a new product to me. Back in 1988 when I began sh...

Bigger selection and more accurate measurement for washers for Scissors : Welcome to the bizarre and confusing world os beauty shear washers...

​How to Sharpen and Sell Beauty Scissors at a Local Beauty Shows : Tips for sharpeners on success at hair and beauty shows.

I am constantly asked, "Where and How do I Bend Scissors and Shears to Correct the Set, Alignment or Curvature of the Blade?" ...

What an exciting week-end of the sharpeners and vendors and the NBTSG convention in Newark New Jersey DoubleTree hotel! Much was accomplish...

If I had chosen my favorite idea, Pat Henley's presentation of this way to back out the sales tax in order to sell items with a nice ro...

 The ideas from the 2015 Sharpeners Jam ran the gambit from sharpening, organization and marketing. The Jam this year, like every year, ...