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Now here are some beautiful knives. Love to sharpen these ones

Globals in all their glory

I've had some experience lately with Global knife owners who are reluctant to let me sharpen their knives. This is something that I deal with often and I really don't blame people for being protective.

People spend a lot of money on good knives and they don't me, so they fear that I will ruin the edge and they will be ripped off basically.

After all, it's not like taking your Honda to the Honda dealer where you are pretty sure certified Honda mechanics will take care of your car, there is no fear of the car coming back all scratched up or not running properly.

So some folks would instead prefer to just have a set of dull Global knives, I really don't get it myself. If I were in that predicament, i.e. a bunch of very nice knives but all of them dull, I would give the sharpener (me) one knife to see how it goes. I get that a lot actually, a person will give one knife to me to sharpen, get it back and then bring in 8 more knives when they have seen what I can do and gained some trust. I can appreciate that totally.

Global knives come pretty sharp out of the box but get dull just like any other knife. If you are one of those people with a set of dull knives and just can't bring yourself to letting me get my hands on them, then I feel bad for you but you should trust me.
You know how some guys think about golf, cars, bars, women, watches, fancy clothes?

Well I think of ways to get your knives sharper than you can believe, you just need to trust me. If I ruined a knife (has never happened yet), I would simply replace it.

If you want your Globals brought to level of sharpness that will bring you sheer delight bring them to me. As you can see below these knives are just itching to get back into the kitchen. 

Give those poor knives a treat.

Thank you for being here.

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This took some time but the results are worth it in my opinion.

Relief Face applied at 15 deg and micro bevel at 21

Global Screwdriver

Here is a poor little Global that has seen some better days.

All it takes to repair this work is some time, technique and patience. These knives, even as severely damaged as this can be brought back from the dead. Hopefully the owner will use it in the kitchen instead of the workshop now.

This is very rewarding work. Once repaired, I started the re-profile work to get the micro-bevel back to a normal state and then I sharpened it with Shapton Glass Stones up to 16,000 grit.

Thanks for being here.

They are coming - The ultimate Water Stones

Folks,   I am extremely excited to tell you that it won't be long before I will have the exquisite Shapton Glass Japanese Water Stones for sale. Now we all know by now that there is a overwhelming variety of Japanese Water Stones on the market. You can pick up the King Water Stones at Lee Valley and they are decent for sure, nothing wrong with those particular stones. However.......there is only a few brands of stones out of Japan that really stand out above the others. Shapton and Chosera have been for a long time the premium stones.  Now, there is one that is considered by many to be a touch above even those and they are the Shapton Glass stones as seen above. (They are actually mounted on glass.)

Feel free to Google them and see for yourself. The really cool thing about this is that I have been sharpening your knives with them now for quite some time.   You know me well enough now I hope to know that I also use the incredible Edge Pro Professional often to sharpen knives. When I need absolute precision or I am creating compound bevels the Edge Pro cannot be beat. Well now, Shapton realizes this as well and these same stones are now available to me to fit my Edge Pro, so I can actually sharpen a knife with absolute precision using the EP Pro and these glass stones. YIKES.......the results are astonishing.

I will let  you know more about the stones when I have them in stock...I will also make myself available to teach anyone who buys them from me how to use them, if desired that is. 

It doesn't get much better than this my friends........

Well except for this maybe

Stay Sharp!


(Believe it or not, 10 minutes after this shot was taken I had a 12 inch Victorionox chefs knife in my hands from one of the cooks on the beach, he heard I could sharpen knives but I didn't have my beloved Shaptons with me. Next time though)