Patent ID: 9004986
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B24D

Abstract:
1. A sharpening tool for sharpening a lopper having at least one cutting edge opposite a curved blade, a base of the at least one cutting edge pivotally connected to a base of the curved blade, the sharpening tool comprising: a handle; and a sharpening section supported by the handle, the sharpening section comprising a sloped surface capable of receiving the curved blade, a wall adjacent the sloped surface to support the curved blade on the sloped surface, and a sharpening element disposed at an end of the sloped surface to sharpen the at least one cutting edge; whereby the entire cutting edge of the at least one cutting edge is sharpened when the curved blade is placed on the sloped surface to position the sharpening element at the base of the at least one cutting edge and the sharpening element is drawn over the length of the at least one cutting edge and the curved blade moves along and falls away from the sloped surface.