Today I came across something you don’t see very often anymore a traveling knife sharpener working from a modified motorcycle. It felt like stepping back in time. Instead of a shop or a van f
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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
Jende Industries, LLC 2012 Sharpening Party!
After a short 2 day break from my travels to Chicago and Austin, it was finally time for my Sharpening Party! Ken Schwartz from Precise Sharpening flew in the previous evening, and we had a chance
Operation O.B.O.E and Bocal Majority Summer Camps – Austin, Texas
The second leg of my trip took me to Austin, Texas where the beautiful Chicago summer lake weather turned to hot and sunny Texas summer weather. I was scheduled to give some reed knife sharpening s
Spyderco Stone Challenge
We recently added Spyderco Medium, Fine, and Ultra Fine stones in custom 1×4-inch and 1×6-inch sizes for use with several sharpening systems. On its own, that wasn’t particularly unusual, b
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 Guided
2012 Oboe Summer Session at Northwestern University
It was only about a week since the whirlwind Blade show in Atlanta, and I was already on the road again – this time for a couple of Reed Knife Sharpening Seminars. The first one was at Northweste
The Blade Show 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia
The Blade Show 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia started off great! For some reason, the travel gods were favorable. On my 14 hour flight from Hong Kong, the middle seat in a row of 3 was empty and I receiv
Nubatama Stone Review – with a Damacus Yanagi
Nubatama stones are the newest playthings I’ve recently received from the US distributor, Ken Schwartz of Precise Sharpening. The main idea for me was to work with him to find a series of sto
DMT vs. Atoma Diamond Plates For the Edge Pro – A Microscopic Comparison
Since we added the Atoma diamond plates for the Edge Pro to our website, people have been asking what the differences are between them and the DMT diamond plates. I thought that these microscope