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Sharpening Service - We could use a section on the site...

barkingspider2007

barkingspider2007

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Knife Guys..

Sharpening Service - We could use a section on the site...

- Professional (charge for service)
- Amateur (shipping paid from knife owner)

I run out of knives to sharpen often.
The skill set requires frequent use to be excellent.

I have been sharpening for a long time, many of my friends have me sharpen their knives.
Buying knives just to have something to work on gets old and expensive.

Any thoughts on the topic would be appreciated...


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My profile would be as follows:

Amateur Status:

- For Free
- Best Effort turnaround time
- Professional level skill set
Send a PM with pictures to request service

Experience:

KME System - 12 years
TSPROF - 3-4 years
Free hand - 5 years
Ken Onion Edition Work Sharp with blade grinding attachment - When ever it came out.
I have a small YouTube Channel that features sharpening and outdoors related video.

- Sharpening at OEM profile
- Sharpen and re-profile
- Mirror edge
- Toothy edge
- Dual grit edge
- Grind the primary bevel to thin it out behind the edge
- Repair chips in the secondary bevel
- Repair broken tips
- Add a sharpening choil

Equipment:
Edge Pro 1x6 diamond resin stones
Gritomatic Orion 1x6 diamond resin stones
States LLC lapping film (full kit)
KME - Gold series diamond stones, Lapping film to 60,000 grit (full kit)
Small files
Rotary Tool for doing choil work and repair
 
Ajack60 said:

The Custom Shop: Services Offered

Are you a customizer, or do spec work? Have a flair for embellishment of factory products? This is your place to offer your services.
www.bladeforums.com www.bladeforums.com

Look here 👀
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I would not think of my hobby as "customizing knives", for the most part putting the edge into better than new shape is my hobby.

- Removal of the factory grind edge to expose the "good steel"
- Sharpen at the factory edge angle most of the time
- Modify the edge angle to improve cutting performance

Simple basic sharpening with good equipment.

Thank you for commenting, I will check out the customizing area.
 
I like it. I think knife maker/service provider accounts can do this already. I didn't read the difference between gold and platinum accounts before I got one. Just went from a gaming aspect of platinums better. I don't want to spend the money on a service provider account to sharpen for fun. Might drop down to a gold account when I renew. Kinda figured I might get some to sharpen as I sell trade knives I put a mirror finish on. I'd do some amateur work to get more experience with certain steels and carbides I don't have.

My profile:
Amateur
Owner pays shipping both ways
Super steels no problem, willing to try carbides
Hapstone guided system working edge-good mirror.
Curved stones for recurves, still in "trial stage". Will be sharp but you might want to wait until I get better at these. Can send pics of most recent.
Only willing to take orders when I'm not on the road for work
Pm for details
 
Yea I think using that would come down to needing a different account. Not sure if they'd let you post there if you weren't charging? There's also the maintenance tinkering n embellishment forum which this probably fits better in too
 
I have several different types of knives and no difficulty keeping them sharp enough with a Spyderco Sharpmaker to do the work required of them. It would be nice if there was a good knife repair company to fix them if they break.




 
See if your neighborhood has a Facebook page. I think neighborhood apps exist too?
Anyways, offer your services. Don't forget to advise people to make a cardboard sheath - with all those deliveries cardboard is easy to come by - so people aren't going around with unsecured knives.
 
Ouroboros,

I am looking to sharpen super steel knives and work on some knives needing repair.
(Video reviews and sharpening)
The bulk of the people on Facebook are carrying what you can purchase at Walmart.
Buying every $200+ dollar Spyderco that comes out to make a video is not cost effective.
Sharpening the knives for free provides a benefit to both the owner of the knife and myself.

Thank you for the idea...

: )
 
barkingspider2007 said:
Ouroboros,

I am looking to sharpen super steel knives and work on some knives needing repair.
(Video reviews and sharpening)
The bulk of the people on Facebook are carrying what you can purchase at Walmart.
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Well supersteels are unlikely, but I guarantee you some will need repair. At the least a lot will need to have a new bevel set.
 
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