Professional Knife Sharpening in Wilmette

We only Sharpen using the finest Japanese whetstones.  

We can pick-up and return your knives free of charge. 

Click the button below to arrange a pickup or check out the articles, to see why hand sharpening is the best for your knives.

Professional Sharpening

01

Review

We carefully assess each knife for edge angle and condition, informing which whetstones to use

02

Sharpening

Using the appropriate progression from coarse to fine grit whetstones, we slowly return your knife to the original blade geometry.

03

Stropping

This final step is also done by hand on leather with an ultra-fine grit compound, ensuring a uniform and polished edge.

Evan reviewing the edge burr

Sharpening with a Progression of Naniwa whetstones

Finishing Touches with Leather
Stropping

Professional Sharpening from your neighbor

Not only can you be confident that your knives will be taken

care of at the highest level, but we will pick them up and

return them to you within two business days. Please also ask

about the complimentary loaner knife program.

Services:

Chef, Santuko, boning, paring and other straight edge knives

We can also sharpen some serrated** Knives

**Serrated knives are sharpened with a tapered diamond rod.

Knife Sharpening 101

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