tdeck • 1 day ago

I looked into sharpening services in my city a few years back and they're like dry cleaners - every one was a mix of satisfied reviews and detailed "this person completely ruined my $600 knife" reviews. It was very off putting.

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tptacek • 1 day ago

It's unlikely any sharpener is going to ruin your knife; at worst, they won't put the best possible edge on it. Your knife is probably just an inert hunk of steel. :)

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account42 • 1 day ago

Grinding too much of the edge does ruin the knife. Usually not the entire blade is hard enough to hold a good edge.

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tptacek • 15 hours ago

It's a fair point, but how likely do you think it is that any knife sharpening service is actually going to do that?