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That’s awesome to hear, keep up the grind. As far as your question, there are a lot of variables to consider. I sharpening isn’t my main business. I work full time as a firefighter. As far as not living in a city or town. You could get ahold of a hardware store or other business and set up a drop of site with them. They however may want a percentage of sales so keep that in mind. As far as number knives per client it’s very sporadic, some bring 2-3 others bring 10+. What I have found that brings in more customers is offering more sharpening services. Like chainsaw, scissors, yard tools, things like that. When you are old enough to drive to business you can offer onsite scissor sharpening for salons and barbers. Those bring in more money per item. Hope this info helps you in growing and keep up the good work

@ACutAboveKnifeandLeather that's good advice, thanks!

Local manufacturing co.

@@ACutAboveKnifeandLeather They manufacture chisels???

@KnifeSharpeningbyDoug no they manufacture various products and use chisels immensely in their processes

I only charge a couple dollars to fix the edge. It takes no time at all to correct off camera with the equipment I have.

Thank you for your comments. Yes I have a tsprof and actually that’s what I started with but quickly learned I couldn’t sharpen professionally with it so to the slow process as you know. I still have it and it’s a fine piece of craftsmanship that does a great job

I just got the print sharp attachment from etsy for 30 bucks and it works great. I don't sharpen knives for a living. It has made my kitchen knives the sharpest ever. It's super fast and I don't have time to sit around with a wet stone which I do have, those take time and practice this doesn't.

I use a twice as sharp sharpener and I use it for both kitchen/utility and salon shears. Only difference fee is the angles and a few in between steps with the salon shears you don’t need to do for the others. Stay tuned I will make a newer scissor sharpening vid.

I would be very interested

Send me an email plez

Thank you for your comment however I feel compelled to correct something here. Firstly the mat under my sharpeners is a gun cleaning mat. I used this for its nonslip, non scratch, and for vibration dampening. Secondly for myself I served 8 years in the military and have been a firefighter for over 20 years. I have participated in as well as attended more funerals with flag draped caskets than I wish to count. I have been presented the flag of my passed father. I have the utmost respect for old glory so much so I respect which side of a group of flags the American flag should be flown on. When the national anthem plays or taps is played I get goose bumps. I’m proud of what the flag respesents and I will always respect the flag.

You can sharpen any style scissor with the TAS.

I’m sorry I didn’t answer your questions. What questions do you have?

I bought mine directly from work sharps online store

I have a few commercial clients that I routinely sharpen.

@ACutAboveKnifeandLeather what's a good way to get that kind of business? How do you charge for them? And, do you sharpen commercial knives the same as normal household kitchen knives, like the angle used, grits used, etc?

I use a modified shop fox universal knife grinder with a 120 grit wheel for the bevel and then a work sharp ws3000 to hone the backs

No they weren’t just ceramic coated.

@ACutAboveKnifeandLeather oge

@ACutAboveKnifeandLeather but then why are they black

Due to a process they use to make the blade tougher. Ceramic blades are either black or white

Over the years I have received items in the mail from customers. Most of the time I have the customer pay the shipping cost. I use pirate ship to find the lowest cost.

Thank you for your question. I use the twice as sharp system for scissors. Prices range depending on the package you get. I’ve seen several also on secondary markets. But these are worth every penny and quickly pay for themselves

Thank you

I can be very simple. People tend to over complicate the process. A few basic tools is all you need to start with.

Thanks brother for the comment and congrats on your upcoming retirement. I haven’t started my countdown yet haha. As far as mobile I really only do hair salons mostly bc of convenience of the hairdressers/barbers I work out of the back of my truck I can either run a small inverter generator or plug directly into my truck and sharpen on my tailgate. The rest of my sharpening is dropped off at my home via a drop box. To help your decision on being mobile I would be looking at the are you plan on servicing and what competition is local to you. If you have a lot of restaurants it may be advantageous to go mobile. If I were to go mobile I would look into getting a used ambulance 🚑, already has power, lights, ac/heat, storage. And is eye catching. Hope that helps some. Feel free to message or pick my brain

@@ACutAboveKnifeandLeather awesome sir thank you. My home province has only a few sharpeners that are registered with Google search that I could find. Does not appear that anyone in the province does mobile. Province is about 330kms long with two cities. One located 45mins from me and the other 90mins. Lots of smaller towns and communities dotted throughout. With the world of convenience that we live in, I’m thinking that going mobile might be better in my case. I would still do it at home for local folks as well. The ambulance idea is exactly what I had in mind. We run Mercedes sprinters here on the island. Like you said they are already powered, heated, lights etc. would be some cost savings going with a retired ambulance as long as a fella got one that was still decent. Thanks for your reply and advice. I will surely be picking your brain as I move forward with this idea. 🚒🚑🇺🇸🤜🤛🏻🚑🚒🇨🇦

Thanks for the comment and sub. I’m actually running 3 currently but would like to get a 4th so I don’t have to switch belts. Just haven’t ordered yet

Edge leading for me is faster and working through the grits the way I am by the time I get to the 12k I’m polishing the edge. A leather strop with edge trailing passes would give a more refined edge but for everyday kitchen knives and pocket knives the way I showed will render an extremely sharp knife. To date I’ve never had a customer come back and say I wish you made my knives sharper. Most say these are sharper than anything I’ve ever used. So it boils down to what is the result you want and what is your time worth to get said result.

We can stamp that on one!

For a convex egde I use the most average blade angle this allows for durability as well as longevity. I have had several customers ask for specific angles or to have a more razor sharp edge. For my kitchen knives I’m ashamed to say they are dull as can be. What’s that old saying. The shoe cobblers kid has the worst shoes. But when I do get around to sharpening my own I use the same angle I use on the majority of all customer knives. Yes it keeps it simple for repeatability and allows to quickly process numerous knives without having to reset each machine. For most general purpose knives there’s no need to get to hung up on the blade angle. Unless your drastically at either spectrum of the scale. The other caveat to this is I have sharpened enough knives over my time that if I have a knife that needs a bit of a different angle I just rotate my wrist and accommodate the angle instead of resetting the machine. The biggest and most important part of sharpening isn’t the angle. It’s keeping passes even from side to side and making sure you have apexed the blade before moving to a finer grit after the first grit.

Most knives are fairly close to the angle I’m sharpening at. As long as you keep your passes even and make sure to apex the edge you are golden. Regardless of the angle you set. And yes matching each and every blade would be inefficient as well as unnecessary for the average kitchen knife.

@@ACutAboveKnifeandLeather thanks

I have not. I have an Alec Steele 2x72 belt grinder I use for this. Not saying it couldn’t be done but the 3hp motor with 2” belt makes short work of it.

You can always finish it with a diamond paste like funny juice which will leave it some bite

Very portable and effective

That’s what I love about Ken onion is the ability to dial in the speed. I use higher speed on coarse belts and slow speed the finer the belts go. If you run fast speeds with fine grits you will overheat the blade very quickly. You may be able to get a variable speed controller for your harbor freight or play around with pulleys to slow the belt speed down.