sharpening knives?

[spedrunner]

have you ever taken your knives to the butcher at your grocery store and asked him/her to sharpen them for you while you shop?

I had never heard of this, do people really do this? Can I do it!?!?!

[juliachild]

I've never heard of this. We sharpen our own.

[Deleted]

There are guys at the flea markets who do this for cheap.

[junebug]

I've never heard of this.

[whitemerlot]

My fancy grocery store offers this. You can do up to 3 a week. I haven't done it.

[runblondie26]

My mom used to do this all the time at ShopRite when I was growing up. Not sure if this was a store specific thing or a relic of 80's/90's customer service. Maybe both.

I'm assuming they don't do it anymore. But someone correct me if I'm wrong because I need my chef's knife sharpened. Stupid spaghetti squash ruining them.

[katieido]

My dad used to run a sharpening business. The knife sharpener device was an insignificant portion of his business, but he offered it.

[Deleted]

Never heard of this either.

[dexteroni]

I've never heard of this either. It sounds like something you could have done in the 50s, but I would be surprised if they still did it. My knife sharpener recently retired, but he would sharpen knives on Saturdays at various grocery stores. So I'm thinking that at least that store's meat department doesn't do it.

[TrickyBob]

I feel like if I brought knives into my grocery store, they'd arrest me. lol

[irishbride2]

Are professional knife sharpeners that much better than the home sharpeners?

[dexteroni]

Ok, google tells me that one of our local stores does do it, only at certain stores though. Interesting. Their FB page says there's a display in the meat dept with knife sharpening sleeves at the stores that offer the service. I'll have to look for it. Thanks for the tip!

Also, I wonder if the meat department employees are careful knife sharpeners. I don't see the grocery store replacing an f'ed up knife. I'll have to ask around and see if anyone else has used this service.

[isabel]

I would be pretty wary of allowing a grocery store butcher to sharpen my knives. But, we have really nice knives, so maybe it's just that.

[sushi]

There was a mobile sharpening truck I've used. They serviced restaurants and homes. It was awesome.

[dexteroni]

Mar 17, 2015 20:10:45 GMT -5 isabel said:

I would be pretty wary of allowing a grocery store butcher to sharpen my knives. But, we have really nice knives, so maybe it's just that.

Yeah, that's my concern too. They weren't cheap and I would be bummed if they got damaged.

[gustafngrete]

How about one of those knife stores in the mall?

Edited: Ours is called "House of Cutlery"

Or Maybe Sur la Table

[dexteroni]

Mar 17, 2015 20:32:45 GMT -5 gustafngrete said:

Or Maybe Sur la Table

Sur la Table sharpens knives? Hmm. Again, it's probably store employees vs professional knife sharpeners, but it's worth at least asking.

[eb777888]

If they offer it as a service, sure. But I'd feel weird asking randomly, I don't think it's really in the job description.

[mdgirl]

My old butcher used to sharpen my knives, but he was an actual butcher with a freestanding shop and we were regular customers. I asked him where he got his knives sharpened, and he said he did it himself and offered to do mine. Then we moved so I take them to a knife store (and pay) now.

[thedutchgirl]

Yes, one of our fancy grocery store chains does it. I've used it on non-serrated knives with great success. (Semi-expensive knives, nonetheless.)

[pittsmcgee]

My knives can't even be saved by that. I wouldn't know. Lol.

[janegold]

Our cheese shop offers sharpening once a month, and there's a sharpener at the farmers market, too.

[adhdfashion]

I take mine to shop that does shears, scissors and knives.

[tacokick]

I bet you read the Kitchn too. This was today's tip. I wonder how true it is outside of boutique grocery stores?

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Mar 17, 2015 19:00:18 GMT -5 @beagle said:

No, there is a guy who comes to our farmers market, and we'll bring ours to him to get done.

It's Neil's Sharpening Service, in case he's near you.

Ha, I've used Neil too. He fixed a knife that I thought I was going to have to toss because DH bent the tip.

[kirra]

I take them in to Williams Sonoma occasionally.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Our Jo-Ann's Fabrics advertises a sharpener who does work a few times a year. I think I am going to do it this year sometime. He does scissors (which is why Jo-ann advertises it) and I have lovely fancy Ginger scissors that will probably need it someday so I want to see if they do a good job on knives first :-)

[irishbride2]

Mar 18, 2015 8:42:22 GMT -5 al dente said:

Mar 17, 2015 20:05:39 GMT -5 irishbride2 said:

Are professional knife sharpeners that much better than the home sharpeners?

Are you talking about an electric sharpener at home? If so then yes. Electric sharpeners aren't good for your knives because it grinds it down? I can't remember the exact reason, but it's not good!

On the flip side using a wet stone like professionals do takes skill, and if not done properly can also ruin a knife. But when done right it is super sharp, and stays sharp for longer with proper care.

It's not electric but it's not stone either. I honestly had no clue you could take them to a pro lol.