Any other production companies offer free sharpening?

Living where I live, sending a knife for sharpenning back to the manufacturer is about the worst idea ever. So I don't care much about it. Also... what is all the rage about a brand replacing screws? My understanding is that if you don't even sharpen a knife... it is unlikely that you will be messing arround taking appart the knife. So... I cannot see why the screws are going to get damaged!

Anyway, it is always good to know that Benchmade does refurbish the whole knife at once.
 
Where does one learn how to sharpen knives? I am very new to knives and I have several spyderco's and a buck and a few other miscellaneous knives. I have no idea how to sharpen them but I would like to learn
 
One of the huge downsides of sending your knife in for sharpening is that they simply put it on a jig and run it through a grinder, removing WAY more steel than is necessary to get the knife "sharp" again. One of the big downsides to this is that the edge becomes thicker behind the secondary bevel after its been reground.

I've sent in Spyderco's before, but only because the microbevel was so chipped or damaged that it would take up too much of my time running it on diamond stones to reset the secondary and microbevel. Getting a fresh edge off of a grinder was just more convenient. The spa treatment that Benchmade (and I think Emerson) provides is outstanding, though.
 
Cold Steel offers sharpening for $7, including their "infamous and impossible to sharpen serrated edges"
 
purplelady said:
Where does one learn how to sharpen knives? I am very new to knives and I have several spyderco's and a buck and a few other miscellaneous knives. I have no idea how to sharpen them but I would like to learn
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This shows the basic philosophy:

[video=youtube;-5yrmCxt9yU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5yrmCxt9yU[/video]
 
symphonyincminor said:
One of the huge downsides of sending your knife in for sharpening is that they simply put it on a jig and run it through a grinder, removing WAY more steel than is necessary to get the knife "sharp" again. One of the big downsides to this is that the edge becomes thicker behind the secondary bevel after its been reground.

I've sent in Spyderco's before, but only because the microbevel was so chipped or damaged that it would take up too much of my time running it on diamond stones to reset the secondary and microbevel. Getting a fresh edge off of a grinder was just more convenient. The spa treatment that Benchmade (and I think Emerson) provides is outstanding, though.
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Benhcmade free hands them on paper wheels.
 
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