Sharpening Services

K Williams

K Williams

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Are there any good companies that offer resharpening services on outdoor knives(not one of those companies that sharpen scissors)? Thanks in advance.
 
K.,

Since you post on this forum I have to assume you are serious about knives their performance. I just want to urge you to consider learning to sharpen them yourself for a few reasons.

1. I think there is some pride to be gained by making a blade as sharp as you want it to be by yourself.

2. When the blade needs maintenance again, you'll know what to do. You won't have to search out a service.

3. You will either pay a significant amount or get an inferior job to the one you could do yourself.

I sharpen knives commercially every day. Almost all are kitchen knives and we knock them out in less than a minute each for a couple of dollars on commercial sharpening equipment. They are a real improvement compared to what came in the door but I wouldn't sharpen my own knives that way on that kind of equipment and I don't. For my good knives, sporting or kitchen, I normally use manual equipment and spend quite a bit of time getting the edges the same on each side, angled correctly, and honed to whatever level I consider appropriate for the application. I do a little of this work for some chefs in our area and I charge a lot for it ($12 per knife compared to $2 per knife for the machine sharpening) because it is time consuming. I'm amazed that chefs who use knives all day long are interested in it and are willing to pay so much, but they do. They should learn to do it themselves. I can't even get them to come to one of my knife sharpening seminars. Why not invest in some equipment (it can be fairly inexpensive) and learn to do it yourself? You may enjoy it and you will likely prefer the results.
 
Ditto to what Fred said. Once you learn the basics, it is so easy to do and fun too! You would be amazed how fast you can sharpen any knife with a belt sander and buffer. I use a 1x42" sander nowadays and it does an excellent job and the edge seems to really last.
 
I know how to sharpen my knives. This knife(Gerbet Mark I that I received from a friend.) has chips along the edges. It looks like it might need something more than just a sharpening stone.
 
Originally posted by K Williams
I know how to sharpen my knives. This knife(Gerbet Mark I) has chips along the edges. It looks like it might need something more than just a sharpening stone.
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For a lot of metal removal, I would suggest a coarse diamond bench stone by DMT. Makes easy work of reprofiling edges.

Mike
 
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