Richard J was the first guy I thought of, too. I've never sent any knives to him myself -- I have an Edge Pro and do my sharpening myself -- but I've never heard from anyone who was less than extremely pleased with his work. He'd be the first person I go to if I ever had a big fixed blade that I didn't want to take the time to sharpen on the Edge Pro. (Right now all of the knives that I use are folders, plus a couple of smaller fixed blades.)