Leigh did a sharpening video. It certainly looks like he knows what he's doing:We don’t have a Jon from JKI in Australia to fix our sharpening mistakes as far as I’m aware... although chefs armoury do have a sharpening service I’m yet to try it.
Big +1 for James at Knives and Stones! Not only range, price and knowledge - he's a gentleman and a great person to deal with.<<< I’m yet to hear where someone would send a Japanese knife off for sharpening if they weren’t confident to DIY. We don’t have a Jon from JKI in Australia to fix our sharpening mistakes as far as I’m aware... although chefs armoury do have a sharpening service I’m yet to try it.
Do you have anyone you would recommend?I have read at least one horror story here about seriously poor sharpening results.
I have also bought direct from Watanabe and Takeda with very good results. Japan is a lot closer to Australia than Canada so that would be a good alternative for you if you like their knives. I do.
Also a shout out to Tristone (Chadd Smith) and Kippington.There’s also a bunch of custom makers, Goldeband, The_ 9 nine, Metal Monkey, Mert Tansu and DP Customs to name a few. Cheers!
Same here. Jürgen is great to deal with.If you are willing to go across the pond I have purchased from
https://www.prochef.co.nz/ with no issues.
Not personally but I see other members are offering suggestions.Do you have anyone you would recommend?
I saw one sharpening job from them and it was over grind, possibly from his staff like you said.Big +1 for James at Knives and Stones! Not only range, price and knowledge - he's a gentleman and a great person to deal with.
A caution on knife sharpening... Although Leigh Hudson (owner) of Chef's Armoury is a very good sharpener, the same cannot be said of all his staff. I have read at least one horror story here about seriously poor sharpening results. I do not speak from experience - just recall KKF posts on the subject. Caveat emptor!
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