question for the more experienced knife people (need help finding a sharpening service)

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pete675

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Hello,

When I started on this forum CRKT was my top of the line gear. I have learned a lot and now have a big collection of different brands and steels. I know I can sharpen myself but I am not so good at it and do not want to damage my expensive knives. Who would you reccomend I go to for sharpening for high end knives ? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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What makes you think someone else will do a better job ? I’ve read that folks have sent them in and came back terrible. You can always send the expensive one back to the maker, most of them will sharpen them for free. But you will incur shipping fees, for some makers, that includes you having to pay both ways. The way the mail system is today, it’s not a guarantee you’ll get your knife back depending on where you’re at.
If you can sharpen the cheap ones, you can sharpen the expensive ones also. You may find that the expensive knives are easier to sharpen with the right system than the cheap ones due to better materials.
 
My advice is learn to do it on your own. Pick up some cheap kitchen at Goodwill and the sharpening system of your choice and just practice. You will not regret it. It will bring you much more appreciation to the hobby and an additional sense of satisfaction that you wouldn’t gain otherwise. You will learn things that aren’t understood without going through the process. I’m not a master sharpener by any means, but I get better each time and learn something new as well. I have several different sharpening systems, everything from the guided Wicked Edge, a Spyderco Sharpmaker, and simple flat stones. I still use them all at times, but I’ve slowly been able to teach myself how to do it the old fashioned free hand way. Personally, I think it’s the most rewarding part of this knife hobby.
 
i think you should also give it a try yourself. I can recommend the sharpmaker with the blade grind attachment. on lowest speed setting you can do some nice sharpening and in a reasonable time. I use a sharpie and a magnifier to see what i am doing. And practice first on a knife you don;t care about.
 
Appreciate the nod guys, there are several that are true professionals at sharpening, See this thread from REK while his books are closed for some things, he is still available for sharpening and does an excellent job.

While I can sharpen fairly good, most guys/gals are often looking for that extreme mirror polish and I am not setup to provide that.

As others in this thread mentioned, learning how to sharpen is something that you need to try and learn as best you can, even a professionally sharpened blade will need a quick touch up or strop to keep it cutting well.

My recommendation would be to get one of Spyderco's Sharpmakers, I think they would be better known as SharpKeepers as most see them as a means of maintaining your edge and not so much as creating original bevels, although you can get the coarse sleeves to slide onto the triangles that will be more aggressive.

See more detail here at Knife Center

you can email me at if you decide to have me sharpen one of your knives, and as Hvactech Hvactech commented, I very much enjoy creating knife lanyards as well ;)

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Gary W. Graley said:
Appreciate the nod guys, there are several that are true professionals at sharpening, See this thread from REK while his books are closed for some things, he is still available for sharpening and does an excellent job.

While I can sharpen fairly good, most guys/gals are often looking for that extreme mirror polish and I am not setup to provide that.

As others in this thread mentioned, learning how to sharpen is something that you need to try and learn as best you can, even a professionally sharpened blade will need a quick touch up or strop to keep it cutting well.

My recommendation would be to get one of Spyderco's Sharpmakers, I think they would be better known as SharpKeepers as most see them as a means of maintaining your edge and not so much as creating original bevels, although you can get the coarse sleeves to slide onto the triangles that will be more aggressive.

See more detail here at Knife Center

you can email me at chiseledge@yahoo.com if you decide to have me sharpen one of your knives, and as Hvactech Hvactech commented, I very much enjoy creating knife lanyards as well ;)

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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I’ve bought a couple different knives from Gary that he sharpened and they are as sharp as anything I own, and he did so without any sharpening marks, marring, or blurred bevel markings that I’ve seen from other people when they sharpen, including myself, lol. I bought a wicked edge pro at last years blade show and I’m still slowly learning on cheaper knives. I have several more expensive knives that I’ll send off to Gary or someone similar because I just don’t have enough experience yet. Love the Wicked Edge Pro!!!
 
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