Sharpening Hairdressing and Grooming Tools

Learn to sharpen, maintain and repair essential hairdressing and grooming tools : scissors, trimmer heads, and razors.

  • Master the sharpening of scissors, trimmers and razors
  • Specific techniques, including Hamaguri edge sharpening
  • Diagnose, maintain, and repair the equipment
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32 hours of specialized training

Specific techniques including the Hamaguri sharpening

70% practical training and 30% theory

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Who is this training aimed at?

  • You would like to specialize in sharpening hair styling and grooming tools. You want to learn how to work with specific equipment such as scissors, clipper blades and razors.
  • You want to master specific sharpening techniques. You want to learn, in particular, how to work with scissors with smooth or micro-serrated blades and how to master the special sharpening of Japanese scissors with Hamaguri edges.
  • You want to go beyond sharpening. The training also covers the diagnosis and repair of hairdressing and grooming clippers, as well as the organization of receptions, the storage of spare parts, and reshipments.

Objectives of the training

  • Acquiring knowledge of the safety rules for handling hairstyling and grooming tools.
  • Knowing the different types of metals and their hardening processes, specific grinding wheels and abrasives, as well as the cutting angles of hairdressing and grooming tools.
  • Master the various methods and techniques for sharpening and grinding hairdressing and grooming clippers, scissors and razors, as well as ordinary scissors, taking all relevant parameters into account.
  • Knowing the implications of improper maintenance of equipment.
  • Identify and correct defects in the cutting edges of hairdressing and grooming tools.
  • Sharpen hairdressing and grooming clipper blades.
  • Sharpen the scissors with smooth blades and micro-serrated blades.
  • Master the specific sharpening techniques required for Japanese scissors with Hamaguri edges.
  • Maintain and sharpen traditional straight razors.
  • Repairing hair-cutting and grooming trimmers.
  • Diagnose a fault.
  • Plan for a failure.
  • Organizing the receipt and re-dispatching of material to be revised and repaired.
  • Managing stocks, receptions and re-expeditions.
  • Managing the stock of spare parts.
  • Preventing malicious returns.

Public

Anyone wishing to become a professional sharpener, either as their main occupation or as a secondary activity.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites. You must be manual, precise, meticulous, punctual, regular, logical, patient, and a good salesperson.

Duration and rhythm

32 hours: 30% theory and 70% hands-on training using professional equipment in real-life situations.

Pedagogical methods

Didactic contributions, debates and exchanges, exercises and practical applications.

On the program

From sharpening scissors and trimmers to maintaining razors, the training covers the specific techniques for hairstyling and grooming tools, as well as the organization and maintenance of equipment.

Security & metals

  • Safety measures for handling and transporting hairstyling and grooming tools
  • The different types of metals
  • Heating and hardening metals
  • The different cutting angles and teeth

Equipment & sharpening techniques

  • Tools specific to hairdressing and grooming: grinding stones, stones and guides
  • The means and methods of optimization
  • The principles of sharpening hair styling and grooming tools
  • Burrs and cutting edges

Clippers & Scissors

  • The heads of hairdressing and grooming trimmers
  • Japanese scissors and their specific cutting edges
  • Specific sharpening techniques for Hamaguri edges

Razors & spare parts

  • Repairing razors
  • The sharpening of razors
  • How to find the corresponding parts

Reception, storage & customer follow-up

  • The organization of the receptions
  • The organization and storage of spare parts
  • Precautions to be taken before returning equipment to customers
  • Reshipment
  • Warranty

Want to specialize in sharpening hair styling and grooming tools?

You want to develop your expertise in scissors, trimmers and razors and master the sharpening techniques specific to these tools? Contact the school team to find out about the next dates, the price and the registration procedures.

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Frequently asked questions

The training covers the sharpening of several tools used by hairdressers and pet groomers: clipper blades, scissors with smooth or micro-serrated blades, Japanese scissors with Hamaguri edges and traditional straight razors.. It allows you to learn to adapt the sharpening methods to the characteristics of each tool.

A Hamaguri edge is a specific type of convex cutting edge found on some Japanese scissors. Its sharpening requires a specific technique to respect the geometry of the blade. The course covers the specific characteristics of these scissors, as well as the sharpening techniques required for Hamaguri edges..

Yes. Hairdressing and grooming clipper blades are among the equipment covered during the training. The trainee also learns to identify defects, diagnose malfunctions, and perform maintenance and repairs on the equipment.

Yes. The training is not limited to sharpening. It also covers: repairing razors, finding the corresponding parts, diagnosing and anticipating breakdowns, as well as the management of spare parts.