Boning knives are the bane of any sharpener, both guided and freehand. The slight flex is easy enough to deal with, but the recurve and bolster portion of the blade is the stuff of nightmares on a
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Paring Knife Bent Tip Repair and Sharpening
Every now and then, knives fall or get dropped. Sometimes things go tragically wrong and the entire tip breaks off, or in this case, the end just gets bent, but not broken. For this paring knife, w
Repairing a Crack in a Knife – Nakiri/Slicing Cleaver
During the sharpening process, we discovered a small crack/hairline fracture near the edge of this slicing cleaver / Nakiri-style knife. To avoid a more serious structural failure in the future tha
Knife Thinning & Sharpening Process
It’s Christmas time at a local market, and we’ve been busy sharpening knives! A customer brought us a set of three matching Asian cleavers/fish knives, and while working on them we noticed some
Premium Chef Knife Sharpening and Spa Treatment
In this video, we take a worn chef’s knife through a process of cosmetic restoration and precision sharpening. The knife had previously been serviced using common sharpening methods such as stone
Building the Jende Industries Guided Sharpener – Video
The Jende Industries Guided Sharpener, or JIGS for Knives, is easy to put together, and even easier to use! This build video shows how the JIGS is assembled for initial use. The major components of
The J.I.G.S. for Sharpening Knives Kickstarter Launched!
Our Kickstarter campaign will run from August 1, 2019 until September 30, 2019. After that you will be able to find the JIGS for Knives on the Jende Industries website. The Jende Industries
Jende Industries Taiwan “Foreign Pig” Sharpening Services in Kaohsiung!
Jende Industries Taiwan is launching their local sharpening service in Kaohsiung. It’s called “Foreign Pig Sharpening Services” (外國豬磨刀子), and we sharpen kitchen knives
Lost Art of the Local Sharpener
I ran across one of the last of a dying breed today – the local street sharpener working out of his modified motorcycle. His equipment is simple, yet effective: a stone grinding wheel for chi
Chosera Slip Stones 1×2″
1×2″ Chosera slip stones are the perfect stones for those little jobs! Carefully shaped with 3 different usable surfaces and 8 grits from 400 grit to 10K, they can fit into your glove bo