ABOUT
Hello, I am James McGrew with On Point Sharpening by James. I started sharpening October 2013 for the sole purpose of sharpening alpaca shear blades to shear our herd of alpacas. Since then, I have learned how to sharpen beauty shears, dental instruments, veterinary instruments, circular saw blades, drill bits, chain saw chains, and clipper and blower repair. In September 2014 at the National Beauty Tool Sharpeners Guild I certified on Beauty Shears and Clipper Blades. September 2015 I certified on Beauty Shears and received 1st place and Master Sharpener on Clipper Blades. September 2016 I certifed on Clipper Blades and received 1st place and Master Sharpener on Beauty Shears. I have trained with Master sharpeners Dennis Brooks, Jason Sturm, Robert Schissel, Dana Schleufer, Jean Paul Babin, and several others.
Equipment
- ADEMS Full Drive
- ADEMS Rideliner
- The Advanced Hamugari Convex Shear Sharpener
- AMK Tactical AMK-75 and AMK-77
- Foley-Belsaw
TEAM

James A. McGrew
Owner
NBTSG Certified Beauty Shear Sharpener
2014 Certified
2015 Certified
2016 Master Certified
NBTSG Certified Clipper Blade Sharpener
2014 Certified
2015 Master Certified
2016 Certified