Casper Kiser Sharpening DVD's

We have the complete educational presentations in DVD format by Casper Kiser from the Sharpener's Jam this year. Casper is the plant floor supervisor from Oster / Arius Eickert and is the foremost expert on shears and sharpening in the USA. We now have 5 hours of DVD education that is useful no matter what sharpening system you have. Learn how shears are made and understand the twist in the Hollow and the Hone, see a demonstration of shears realigning without bending or hammering in Casper Kiser's Advanced Shear Sharpening. Then sit with the audience and here questions asked and answered by the expert in the Q & A with Casper DVD. Order from Bonika shears website or the wholesale website http://www.beautystoreworld.com/

Excerpt from the Hollow and the Honelecture by Casper Kiser Oster / Eickertat the 2010 Sharpeners Jam

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Excerpt from our new 2 part DVD. This is the most complete video presentation of the complexities of shear manufacture and function made to date. This 2 DVD set, each part 50 minutes will explore with clear illustrations the
honed and non-honed shears and how and why they are made and sharpened differently
the "twist" in shears, what it is and what it isn't
the importance of the hollow grind and how it affects the performance of shears
what correct and in-correct honing looks like and how it affects the cut
angle selection, the pros and cons of sharp vs strong edges
how and why shears are put back into correct alignment
and much, much more.This is one of those videos you will watch over and over and learn something new each time. This is an essential part of every scissor sharpeners library. You will have a new appreciation for the complexity of the beauty and groomer shears.Casper Kiser is the plant floor supervisor in McMinnville, TN for the Oster factory. He has had over 15 years experience in the manufacture of beauty and groomer shears with the Arius Eickert company. This lecture was presented to sharpeners at the 2010 Sharpeners Jam in Atlanta, GA. Here their questions and comments as Casper clearly shares with a small select group of sharpeners his years of experience. Call 1-888-290-3393 to order this DVD set or order from our website http://www.beautystoreworld.net/vhh.html (Use ID: sharpener Password: Guest)

DVD's from the Sharpeners Jam

We now have available 3 new DVD's, 3 new audio CD's and two more coming soon.
Available now is: 2009 Jam Best Ideas in DVD and audio, Dollars for Decades with Bob Schiessl in DVD and audio and Secrets to a 6 Figure Income with Ron Ellis in DVD and Cd.
Here is a link to a clip to a 6 figure Income:

The next DVD I am editing now is Scary Scissors. I think you will like the first couple of minutes. Here is a link

A New Method of Sharpening

I wanted to share with all you Scimech Shear Sharpeners who sharpen on the side a new grip on the Scimech clamp.... it's the Johnny Cash Grip.

We came up with this name not because the hold is as bright and simple as music in the country, but because a new sharpener named Johnny Cash cam up with this hand positioning.

When Johnny came for sharpening training, yes I admit, I was perturbed that he had not watched my fabulous collection of DVD's. He tested out as I expected as a hands-on learner so I let him jump right into sharpening rather than demonstrating. He grabbed the Scimech, repositioned it and came up with this hand positioning. (See the new position followed by the old position)

The Johnny Cash grip takes care of the one drawback of side sharpening over upright sharpening. Side sharpening can be slower because it is harder to see the burr come up on the edge. When positioned like the picture and the light is brought down close to the wheel, it is easy to see the nicks disappear and the burr come up speeding up sharpening. I tried this grip at the Bronner Show. With my arthritic hands, I found this position not only easy on my hands but a faster method. I normally don't sharpen at shows because the arthritis in my thumbs slows me down. I was able to easily keep up with the steady sharpening. I had to modify Johnny's grip. My left hand also held the clamp rather than the arm as in the photo but having the plate at nearly right angles to my body was an advantage. One hint, don't sit directly down wind of the wheel unless you want to get dirty. I was dressed up for stage work and stayed relatively clean during my work. I also used a color stain remover from the beauty supply to quickly clean my hands without a trip to the sink. James Lanier uses a pink scented alcohol he buys at Sally to clean his shears and his hands. I haven't tried it yet, but plan to.

It was so nice to have so many Bonika Shears to sharpen at the show. At least 1/2 of the shears we sharpened at the show were Bonika. Bob and Jim sharpened about 4 each and I did the rest. Hardest to sharpen? The Bonika Baby. The blade is so tiny and must be sharp enough for slithering on dry hair, but they must be strong for cutting on dry hair. We didn't sell too many of these because they are out of stock until next week and we didn't promote them. However, I think all the platform artists at the Bronner Show had these shears.

Sharpen Faster and Easier DVD

The newest sharpening DVD is ready to ship. I have shot and edited a lot of training DVD's but I think this is the best for content and clarity. This would be helpful for any shear sharpener, but especially for those on the Scimech. Even if you are a seasoned veteran sharpener, you will learn something from this video because it is a compilation of sharpening knowledge I have gleaned over the years from actual sharpeners in the field to improve and speed up their work. I would highly recommend it. Below is a clip I uploaded to the web. Of course your DVD copy will be much higher resolution.