Excellent advice. Tomake $$ sharpening be able to do it in two minutes. Few will pay for polish. All they want is a sharp edge that last. I finish 320 for butcher/meat edges, 600 for vegetable. Again, do it in 2 minutes. Talk to Tractor Supply as some managers will let you set up on weekends. But you have to advertise and be regular. No one wanders around with a batch of edges looking for a sharpener.

I used to own a kitchenware store in Boston. We specialized on selling kitchen knives and I wanted to be the go to place for knife service. I learned to sharpen and repair knives and scissors. Now that I'm retired, I still enjoy knife sharpening and repair. Serrated knife sharpening is often hard to find and so I have made it a specialty and I get $14 each for doing them. During the past few years I have added knife scale (handle) replacement which do for one of the major knife brands. It doesn't pay that well, but to a retiree, I've got the time and it's fun. I don't know of anyone else who does this so it's a bit of a niche for me.

Love that networking connection with Whole Foods.

Having declared my dissatisfaction with this sharpener last night kzfaq.infoUgkxDcr-y2Pf6xdnrFHrSP7dl9kpKaCozcSQ I thought about the problem some more. It occurred to me that I might be undoing each attempt at achieving a sharp edge by the repeated attempts. So, I tried to clean up the unsatisfactory result by honing with only positions 3 and 4.Miracle!! A really nicely sharpened chef's knife, more than enough to handle my needs. Admittedly, it did not reach professionally sharpened razor-fineness, but it is now significantly sharper than it was. A bout of breaking down carrots convinced me. So, major apologies to the manufacturer, Amazon, and all happy and potential owners! Follow the directions: don't buy it if you have ceramic blades; and don't overwork your knife blade.

Man, this is awesome. I’ve sharpened all the knives at our house before, some friends knives for free, but i’ve gotten paid by a butcher neighbour to sharpen his butcher knives. I just set up a podcast and grind away

Nothing against this guy and him building his business, that's great. I personally would like to hear from someone who makes a professional living doing this and no longer has the need for a 'regular' job.

This is exactly what I need to do! Awesome tutorial! I'm glad I came across this topic! Cheers from Australia 🙂👍👍👍. My wife bought a set of forever sharp kitchen knives ( surgical stainless) apparently! Ok but after learning from Japanese sharpening guy on KZfaq. I copied his methods and I sharpened up 2 Aldi knives which my wife threw in the garage to scary sharp! Lol. I had 1 forever sharp bread knife from the 80s which I scored from my mother years ago. That bread knife was great and lasted forever. The ones they sell now are poor quality and dull very quickly! Awesome!!!!

Dexter!! So good to see you!

Excellent video! I sharpen knives for friends but had it in my mind to have my hobby pay for itself.

This is great! I have been thinking about starting my own business, and this series looks like it will help a lot.

Great vid, well done!! Love to see Dexter and get his wealth of knife knowledge!

When I was a cook in Aspen, the knife sharpening guy had a van and went to every restaurant in town on a monthly basis. Miss him. I think, if possible, a mobile business that caters to restaurants, can set up in -- as he does -- at the Whole Foods or other supermarket might be a good way to go.

Right on time, i m on my way to make money with sharpening ! Good job!

This is interesting. Before starting to try to learn how to sharpen my own knives I looked around and couldn’t find anybody, but maybe I just didn’t look hard enough. I live in Greensboro and Winston is a hop skip and a jump away. I would have easily given him my business if I still needed it.

Really helpful insight and perspective! Thank you for the ideas and recommendations!

This is going to be a great series. I’ve been sharpening friends knives for a while. Been wondering if there is a way to make some money for doing it to fund more sharpening supplies and knives.

also consider doing just like him but in Sweden with your products

I like networking with the community at Whole Foods . There are also knife shows here in Wilmington NC which you can rent a booth inside of the show. I would love see your set up in Winston Salem .

Cool video idea 👍🏻

Excellent video - when will we see the next one?

How does he sharpen scissors/shears? I'd love to see that technique!

Very cool, No disrespect, you make stuff usable, good for you, the tool doesn't make the product, though, nice vid bro.

Are there special instructions for faberware?

What do you do if you don't have a belt sander or a work shop? Do you do Manuel stone sharpening?

Nice,

What brand sharpener is the ones he is using I hear the model of each but did not hear the brand. Thanks

I just cant avoid putting a slight recurve on knives

Seems Doing this at an industrial/ industry level would be the only way to make significant $

Does someone starting this kind of business need to get a license?

Can you sell to me old knife sharpening machines?

Never sharpen a knife on a grinding belt. Never.

Actually you can't make money sharpening knives. Everyone & their dog is already doing it.

Thank you for your long ad . I know I will not buy from you.