Originally Posted by CharlotteO
Like most of you, I hate to pay the price for rotary blades, even with a coupon. My sharpener is OK, but only does a 45mm blade. I have searched and searched for better sharpeners, and they are out there, but they are relatively expensive. Today the light bulb finally lit up, and I searched for how to sharpen your own rotary blade. I haven't tried this, but it sure won't cost much to try it. Supposed to work with scissors also.
http://www.pennyshands.blogspot.com/...ter-blade.html
Sounds like the same process that people use to sharpen up the paper punches that are used for scrapbooking. Foil will sharpen and they also recommend using wax paper to make the mechanism work better.