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   starzoe | Dec 06, 2007 02:30am | #1

   I was told by an expert that pinking shears cannot be sharpened, but someone on another forum said they can. In any case, pinking shears were never meant to cut out patterns, just to be used as an edging to prevent fraying. I haven't used mine for years.

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   emme | Dec 06, 2007 03:50am | #2

   I've had mine sharpened by the manufacturer.  Check out their website. 

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   jjgg | Dec 07, 2007 07:29am | #3

   I've switched to using a rotary cutter with a pinking blade on it. works great. After I sew a seam, I press it flat, then pink the edges with the blade (I put a ruler over the seam so as not to make a goof.) then I press the seam open.

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   zuwena | Dec 08, 2007 08:23am | #4

   This seems like a great alternative. Can the rotary blade pinking blade be sharpened like a regular rotary blade? Z

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   jjgg | Dec 08, 2007 11:31pm | #5

   I doubt it, I've never had much luck with sharpening a rotary blade anyway.

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   zuwena | Dec 09, 2007 09:51am | #6

   thanks.  Z