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How to Care for your Kai Scissors

The black handle Japanese-made Kai scissors and shears are made of fine stainless steel with vanadium. Kai Scissors are hand polished and balanced allowing for fatigue-free cutting on all types of materials. Soft ergonomic handle grips and hardened stainless steel blades offer superior cutting action. These are the best scissors for cutting unmounted rubber stamps and Mounting Foam!  They were originally designed for trimming Bonsai trees. They are very sharp and cut through rubber like butter!

 

A good quality scissors is an investment and should be treated with care. The following tips will help your scissors bring you years and years of reliability.

How  to store your scissors:

  • Dropping scissors can knock the blades out of alignment, break off tips and nick cutting edges. Store scissors in a safe place after each use to avoid accidents.

  • Keep scissors in a safe, cool and dry place. In high-humidity areas, regularly wipe the blades with a light coating of oil to prevent rust or corrosion.

  • Store your scissors with the blades closed so as to avoid nicking the edges with other objects.

  • Kai scissors and shears are extremely sharp and should be stored out of reach of children.

How to keep your scissors clean:

  • Adhesive residue can build up on scissors when you trim stamps or cut through tape and other sticky material. Keeping the inside of the blades clean will extend the life of the cutting blade and keep the cutting action smooth.

  • I use Goof-Off or Goo-Gone and a heavy rag to clean the blades (avoid using paper towels - if the scissors cut rubber like butter, it will be through the paper towel and well into your thumb before you realize it, I am sharing this through personal experience!).

  • CAUTION: Kai Scissors are extremely sharp and great care should be taken while cleaning them (again personal experience here).

  • Avoid letting water sit on your scissors - especially the pivot screw. If your scissors rust it will interfere with cutting. Be sure to wipe them thoroughly and always dry them after they have
    been wet.

  • Several times a year oil the pivot screw to keep your scissors moving freely. Just put one drop of sewing machine oil on the pivot point. Open and close the scissors a few times to work in the oil and then wipe off the excess. Be sure to test your scissors on scrap material in case some oil remains on the blades.

  • Gently wipe off the blades with a soft fabric scrap after each use to prevent lint and tiny particles from building up on the blades and clogging the pivot screw.

How to keep your scissors sharp:

  • Scissors are not multi-tasking tools. Never cut wire, staples, pins or needles with your scissors. One of the worst things to cut is cardboard; it dulls blades and can throw the scissors out of alignment.

  • If you want to freshen the edge of your scissors, use a good quality hand held sharpening stone when the edges of your blades begin to feel dull. It will help the scissors keep their edge

  • Don't use a knife sharpener on your scissors, it will ruin the blade.

  • Hand held sharpening stones won't work if the blades of your scissors are already dull; they'll need to be professionally sharpened.

  • Certain sewing and craft stores offer scissor sharpening services, you should take your scissors in to be sharpened once or twice a year.

Caution: Kai scissors and shears are extremely sharp and should always be used with care.

How to choose a good pair of scissors scissors:

  • When opening and closing the blades, and when cutting over a period of time the scissors should feel comfortable.

  • When opening and closing the blades, they shouldn't feel too loose or too tight.

  • Look for a name you know and trust.

The following is taken from a letter from an Alluring Impressions customer:

"Hi Amy ~

...let's talk about scissors.  I never doubted you about how great the Kai scissors were going to be...but, now that I have tried them, I can't imagine doing without the pair I ordered.  Again...thank you for recommendation. 

~ Laurie"

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