[Bill Harsey]

Scissors are two blades that pass each other.

Take a careful look at your scissors.

Please observe how flat the inside of each scissor blade is.

This may be a flat surface or slightly "hollow".

No matter what we do, we will not put any bevel on the inside of the scissors blade.

When I say 'inside" I mean the surfaces that touch and by pass each other as the scissors are closed.

First you need to gather some some medium and fine stones,

For the critical step, you are going to need to make or get a leather strop and find a way to load it with fine green (chrome oxide) buffing compound.
Here I just use a strip of 9-10 ounce leather about two inches wide by twenty something inches long but for scissors you could cut those dimensions in half or smaller.
Thinner leather can be glued on a flat board. Leather must by one of the tanned but not oil tanned (soft) types. Hard leather like Oak tanned works best.

To load the green buffing compound I use WD-40 and soak the end of the green buffing stick in it, soak the leather with WD-40 and just rub it in. There is a lot of latitude in this process and is difficult to do wrong. Let dry overnight and it's good to use.

This strop will work on every knife you sharpen and is for both scissors and knives the critical last step to full sharpness.

Reason for the green colored chrome oxide buffing compound is that it's usually a fine abrasive that works well on hard steels.