Edgecraft Chef's Choice 490 - Manual (Page 6)

left side of the blade being sharpened). NOTE: Sharpening left-handed scissors using the
procedure designed for right-handed scissors, or vice versa, will severely damage the
scissor edge!
6. Holding the inside flat face of the blade constantly in intimate contact with the guiding
surface while maintaining the edge in solid contact with the diamond abrasive pad, move
the scissor blade forward and backward in a cutting or sawing-like motion 4 or 5 times.
Stop and check to determine if a burr has formed on the flat face along the entire length
of the edge. You may find it convenient to hold the blade guide with your left thumb and/
or forefinger as shown in Figure 5.
7. If a burr is detected along the entire edge, proceed to Step 8. If no burr has developed
continue to sharpen the edge with the back and forth motion until a burr is present and
then proceed to Step 8.
8. When a burr has been created along the entire length of the first blade, remove the
scissor and open and close the blades fully five (5) or more times to cut off the burr.
9. Then repeat Steps 5 thru 8 with the second scissor blade.
10. Finish by opening and closing the scissors 5 to 10 times rapidly to cut off any residual
burrs along both blades. Wipe the blades off carefully with a soft cloth.
11. Test the blades for sharpness using a thin sheet of paper. If you need to further improve
sharpness, repeat the Steps 5 thru 11. Your scissors should cut paper very easily when
properly sharpened. If your scissors have an adjustment screw make certain it is tight-
ened until blade faces contact well when opened and closed.
After many resharpenings if the above procedure fails to give a good edge, it may be
necessary to REANGLE THE EDGE as described below:
A.1 reAnGlinG tHe edGe OF riGHt-HAnded scissOrs
This should be necessary only infrequently, when the procedure of Section A does not
sharpen well. When this is needed, proceed as follows for RIGHT-HANDED scissors:
1. Hold the sharpener with your left hand with the sharpening surface upward.
2. Insert the Coarse grit diamond pad in the recess directly on top of the magnetic holder,
abrasive side up. (Always first remove the Fine grit pad and store in underside compartment).
3. Slice on the Gray Angle Guide over the Coarse diamond pad. The flat angle guiding
surface of the Gray Guide must be to your right leaning away from the sharpener handle.
4. Follow Step 4 thru 10 of Section A above. Because more metal must be removed from
the edge facet during the reangling, many strokes will be needed to create the burr.
5. Remove the Gray Angle Guide and the Coarse grit pad. Install the Fine grit diamond pad on
the sharpener and the Red Angle guide and repeat Steps 2 thru 11 of Section A.
B. detAiled PrOcedure FOr sHArPeninG
leFt-HAnded scissOrs
The procedure for LEFT-HANDED Scissors is the same as for standard right handed
scissors, (see Section A) except:
Step 1. Hold the sharpener handle with your right hand (Figure 6).
Step 2. No change to Step 2 – Section A.
Step 3. The guiding surface of the red guide will face to your left – still away from the
sharpener handle.
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