Knife woes

[BigBlue]

Capras in Blaine charges $1 per blade.

Wow, that seems cheap. These folks do a good job and won't wreck quality knives?

[yuppiejr]

My workhorse Schrade 498 hunting knife is the only one I've had them do and other than running it over a steel and giving it a quick strop at the end of last season it doesn't need to go back this year even after field dressing two deer, not sure if that's more a testament to the quality of the blade or the sharpening service though.

[BigBlue]

I'd hate to bring some barely-dull Wustof knives there and end up with them destroyed. For $1-2 per blade it is tempting but I'm probably better off breaking out the Gatco set and doing them myself.

BB

[farmerj]

I used AB Shaver in Fargo ND when I did my K-Bar some years ago. It's still sharp despite more than a few deer being skun with it.

[gbono23]

gbono23 wrote:
I've got the Lansky and like it, I've got stones and they work too, but I've also gotten lazy and now I take my knives into a knife shop and have them professionally sharpened about once a year! It costs about $2 a knife, unless you catch them during a deal. Most Byerly's butcher shops also sharpen knives ( I've never gone there, but friends of mine have). I just find it easier to do that, I'll take our kitchen knives, my hunting knives and my pocket knives in all at the same time and it takes about 20 minutes and i'm out of there.


What are some examples of local places that do this type of knife sharpening for prices like that?

Thanks,
BB

The one I've been going too is Wusthof Knives.

344 Taft St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
(612) 379-1300

A little out of the way for me, but they have done a good job.

[Hmac]

I bought a WorkSharp, Ken Onion Edition a few weeks ago. Works great for restoring, re-profiling, and maintaining knives, especially when you have various knives with different profile angles. My Shun kitchen knives all need 16 degree angles. European kitchen knives are 20 degrees. Benchmade is 30 degrees per side and SpyderCo is 20 degrees. The choice of angle, especially if you're re-profiling, is going to vary with the type of steel. The Worksharp series does a great job and has maximum flexibility.

[SparkyJeff]

The one I've been going too is Wusthof Knives.

344 Taft St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
(612) 379-1300

A little out of the way for me, but they have done a good job.

I go there too.

It's called Eversharp.
http://www.eversharpknives.com/shop/

They service knives for lots of restaurants in the twin Cities.

[UnaStamus]

I use a Chef's Choice Model 130 Professional electric knife sharpener for my kitchen knives, and it works superbly well for my pocket knives. I've turned many a friend's crappy knife into a good cutter with little effort. The upper level pro models are even better, but you'll pay for them.

If you like the manual approach and want ridiculously sharp knives that you can literally shave with, supplement your sharpening stones with 4000 or 5000 and 8000 grit stones from Naniwa or Norton. Take a note from the straight razor world if you want something really sharp.