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The minimum I can do....

Discussion in 'JapaneseKnifeSharpening / Dave Martell Knives' started by Dave Martell, Oct 9, 2014.

  1. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    When someone sends in their expensive knife for sharpening the first time I'm pretty sure that they're nervous about what could happen. I get it - I'd feel the same way if the roles were reversed.

    Here's a typical sharpening job that I did this afternoon, nothing special, just a clean up and sharpen - the minimum that I know how to do.

    I hope this helps a potential customer to ease their mind of worries. [​IMG]

    Japanese Knife Sharpening Suisin Hayate1.jpg
     
    Dave Martell, Oct 9, 2014
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  2. BathonUk

    BathonUk Founding Member

    Good job Dave:D
     
    BathonUk, Oct 9, 2014
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  3. Jim

    Jim Old Curmudgeon Founding Member

    Woo looks sharp!
     
    Jim, Oct 9, 2014
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  4. James

    James smarter then your average duck Founding Member Gold Contributor

    Wow thats amazing,... The minimum I do is stay in bed till 3 in the afternoon, and go straight to the couch. I wish I had you talent
     
    James, Oct 9, 2014
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  5. Mrmnms

    Mrmnms Founding Member Gold Contributor

    The minimum? I have to scrape the gunk off some of the knives I get in. Then I clean them up and put and edge on them. That's minimum. I've done 4 single bevels in the last year. They didn't look like that. What you did is pretty amazing Dave.
     
    Mrmnms, Oct 9, 2014
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  6. NMaxy

    NMaxy

    Beautiful as always Dave! Do you take Yanagiba's to a different grit than gyuto's?
     
    NMaxy, Oct 10, 2014
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  7. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member


    Yes sir, I go full stupid on yanagibas. I'm trying to get the perfect edge for the task as well as surface texture on the bevel for release.
     
    Dave Martell, Oct 14, 2014
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  8. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    Thanks for all the kind words guys. :)
     
    Dave Martell, Oct 14, 2014
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  9. bieniek

    bieniek Founding Member

    Yeah I remember an article you written Dave about applying the most polished edges on slicers? Anyone remembers that?

    I would however turn the question around. Where do the regular service ends. I mean, you get something inferior to Hayate, lets say a cheap masamoto, or something similar bent or warped. Would you attempt fixing that for the same pricetag?
    Im asking cause Im curious and also because I noticed its very easy to get carried away and spend hours and hours for no money. How do you balance that?

    cheers:)
     
    bieniek, Oct 15, 2014
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  10. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member


    That's always an issue. I go by the "you win some - you lose some" principle and figure that it usually evens out in the end but there are many many many times that cheaper knives come in where I have to charge more. In those cases the customer usually bails out about 50% of the time and that's understandable since the cost of sharpening/repair often exceeds the value of the knife quite a bit.
     
    Dave Martell, Oct 15, 2014
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