![]() So, in summary, ceramic blades can be sharpened. The more material you remove from a blade’s teeth, the less effective it will be in the long run and, clearly, there’s a finite number of times you can sharpen a blade before it becomes ineffective. ![]() So, in summary, it’s probably not worth sending your ceramic clipper blade off to be sharpened and we appreciate that as a retailer of ceramic blades, you’d expect us to say that. However, a new blade is always going to be more effective than a sharpened one. We approached a number of sharpening services and the prices, while a whisker cheaper than a new ceramic blade for steel sharpening, were often more expensive when it came to ceramic blade sharpening. Be cautious, however, often cheap ceramic and steel sharpening services are cheap for a very good reason… Of course ceramic sharpening costs vary depending on where you are and a little bit of time on Google might show up some decent prices. New vs oldĬeramic blades can be bought fairly cheaply, but – largely due to the materials involved and the difficulty in avoiding chipping the blade – sharpening is actually relatively expensive. ![]() The actual question, is it worth it, is a bit more complicated. Firstly, it’s worth reiterating that, yes, ceramic blades can be sharpened.Īs ceramic is harder than steel – hence ceramic being used to sharpen steel blades – it’s a little more complicated and requires a different set of tools. Diamond – as one of the few materials harder than ceramic – is generally used to sharpen ceramic blades.
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