looking for professional sharpening services.

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this is very specific but after having bad experiences with the local "professional" sharpener i started searching for a better one. so does anybody knows someone or a company that does a good job in the province of québec CA. around the city of victoriaville.

ps: i tried to reprofile a lionsteel sr1 but just cant seem to do a good job with the sharpmaker...
 
That is because the sharpmaker is not a professional sharpening system. IMHO it flat out SUCKS! If you want to learn to sharpen, and have decent results, I recommend the DMT Aligner kit. It's what I first used years ago, and was the first time I was able to keep my knives truly sharp! From there I have learned several methods and now I use my own "designed & built" sharpener. For freehand sharpening, water stones are the way to go.

If you don't mind shipping, contact me and I would be glad to help you. I am disabled, and have time. I would be happy to sharpen your knives. I wouldn't charge you anything. I enjoy it. But I would like to see you learn it yourself. You just need to be pointed in the right direction.
 
Two residents pro sharpener:
Jason B (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=732635)
Josh (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1265034-Super-polished-edges)

David is right, learn to sharpen yourself is liberating and that reprofiling using sharpmaker is difficult because it takes a long time (even with Diamond stones). There're tons of resources in this subforum, there's one good sticky on top.
You should start with knives that you don't care if it scratched, as mistake bound to happen.
 
I can possibly help you but I'm in the Gatineau area...pm/email me should you want to work something out. -Pierre
 
The Spyderco sharpmaker is a great tool to realign an edge Or finish an edge. Definitely a poor choice for a very dull knife or to reprofile. Once you have a sharp knife. You should be using the sharpmaker to maintain your edge.
 
I do agree that the sharpmaker isnt very good for reprofiling, but i have done it before on a few knives. Like an eros SS and a ZT0450 for example and i did a fairly good job. But i cant seem to get the curved point of the SR1. Im pretty sure its user error but i dont know what im doing wrong.

Edit: i mustve sounded like a complete idiot in my original post. But i meant i tried my hand on the sharpmaker with diamond stones as i didnt trust the local sharpener to do a good job on my sr1. And after a few hours i managed to get 85% of the blade razor sharp but cant seem to get the tip right.
 
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kaozer said:
I do agree that the sharpmaker isnt very good for reprofiling, but i have done it before on a few knives. Like an eros SS and a ZT0450 for example and i did a fairly good job. But i cant seem to get the curved point of the SR1. Im pretty sure its user error but i dont know what im doing wrong.

Edit: i mustve sounded like a complete idiot in my original post. But i meant i tried my hand on the sharpmaker with diamond stones as i didnt trust the local sharpener to do a good job on my sr1. And after a few hours i managed to get 85% of the blade razor sharp but cant seem to get the tip right.
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Hi,
Are you rotating/pivoting for the tip?
If you paint the edge with a permanent marker, it can help you see if you're grinding on the edge or above it
Tips can be fatter , but its more likely you forgot to rotate/pivot , so you're lowering the angle on the tip, that means more metal to remove before its sharp
To maintain angle throughout the tip all you have to do is pivot the blade throughout the curved parts like this
The little green square indicates 90 degrees to the stone , and always finish the stroke on the stone (tip remains on stone)
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Reguardless the sharpener you use. A sharpie marker is definitely a most important/useful item.
 
A sharpie can be helpful, yes. I don't use it on my home built system, as the angles are exact! And I'm very familiar with using it. At the end of the day though, a sharpie is not going to help the "finish" left on the steel surface from the sharpening media. Through a countless number of knives, and sharpening systems, water stones leave a finer edge than diamond hones do.
 
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