Scissors

[pastafreak]

I recently bought these...edgekeeper scissors...from wilko.

Amazon.com User Recommendation

I cannot get the protective sheath off. I've gripped and pulled, it doesn't budge. I'm a bit afraid to pull to hard...I've visions of sharp blades flying. Maybe there's a secret button...

[JimF]

Put it in boiling water for 30 seconds. The sheath will expand sufficiently for you to remove it.

[pastafreak]

I'll give that a go later...and report back.

[Hopkirk]

You need some scissors to cut it off.

[barry1010]

I’ve bought scissors with the same problem - need scissors to use them

[pastafreak]

But the sheath/sleeve is also the sharpener...so I can't cut it. But I might have to at this rate.

https://i.postimg.cc/hGdJD4bX/20210311-182443.jpg

[choux]

pasta, if you squeeze the handles tightly together will that permit their removal from the sheath?

[choux]

Also, have you thought of asking a question on the relevant Amazon page? You cannot be the only purchaser to have this problem.

[kwillmott]

Hi Pastafreak,
Looking at the image you posted, I'm wondering if you have to break a seal where the handles meet. But it seems a mystery why the instructions aren't clearer.

[Togo]

Did you know that the way to sharpen scissors is ... take a piece of aluminium foil, fold it 3 or 4 times, then cut along it's length with the scissors a couple of times. Use the full length of the scissor blades and make the length of the folded aluminium longer than the scissor blades. That works.

[Tilly2]

Yes, I did Togo. :-)

Pasta, that red bit must be significant. Does it slide at all?

[Mamyalynne]

I'd return them to Wilko, if they can't open them then they should replace them - but test them in the store first.

[Togo]

It looks to me as if, to get the sharpener watsit off you have to open the scissors as if to use them.

[Togo]

You're a sharp one Tills :))

[choux]

Looking at the image you posted, in the left hand picture, the model's left hand is holding the sheath - is there any sort of button there to depress?

[THECORBYLOON]

Try putting them in the freezer overnight. The blades should contract and leave a wee bit more room.

Failing that, can you squirt a wee bit WD40 into the sheath to lubricate it?

[THECORBYLOON]

Did you get the scissors out in the end?

[pastafreak]

Nope...not yet. Tried the boiling water...no joy. Just tried the freezer earlier...not overnight though...that's not worked. The scissors don't even seem to have any wiggle room within the sheath.
I can't find the damn receipt either, not that they were expensive. I'll ask my neighbour to give it a go when I next see him.

[pastafreak]

Eek...just tried again. And it came off!

[Mamyalynne]

Hurrah!!

[THECORBYLOON]

Phew!