Knife Sharpener recommendations/suggestions?

[craigindaville.livejournal.com]

Hi all-

I did a (admittedly half-hearted) search around the site and didn't see this anywhere, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I missed every weekend that the knife sharpener was at the Union Square Farmers Market this summer (I always happened to be there on the off-weekend!). Does anyone know of a good year-round sharpener? Holiday cooking reminded me of how dull my knives are getting...

Comments

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that knives can be dropped off at Tags in Porter Square for sharpening.

[ron_newman]

I retagged this to business services. Check out these two old posts:

http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/692564.html
http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/248135.html

sciraco

[lcmayer.livejournal.com]

Sciraco is great, you can either drop off you shears/knives at tags or they will come to your house and pick them up. He did a great job and the turnaround time was really fast. They have a website too if you need to call/email them.

Re: sciraco

[ron_newman]

For the benefit of people who will find this post in the future, could you link to his website and give us a phone number? Thanks.

(A google search for sciraco knife sharpening found nothing.)

Re: sciraco

[modlin.livejournal.com]

Those are the same people that do the sharpening for Tags. It worked well for me. http://www.siracosharpening.com/

Re: sciraco

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Do you happen to know whether these guys hand-sharpen the knives on a soap stone or use a grinding wheel?

Re: sciraco

[modlin.livejournal.com]

No idea. But let us know what they say if you call them to ask...

Re: sciraco

[nhradar.livejournal.com]

Grinding belt/stone. They have the equipment in the van, and I watched them doing some work at Union Square. :)

Re: sciraco

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Wait, which one is it?

This?



or this?

Re: sciraco

[nhradar.livejournal.com]

Sorry that I was unclear. When I said "belt," I was indicating that it was electric. I realized that there was likely a stone attached to the device for the belt, so added "/stone" to clarify that it was a belt+stone setup. It is an electric machine.

If you want a whetstone grind, you can go to stoddards at the shops at chestnut hill.

website and email

[lcmayer.livejournal.com]

http://www.siracosharpening.com/

Siraco Sharpening Service
P.O. Box 45369
Somerville, MA 02145
(617) 628-6071
domenic@siracosharpening.com

Re: website and email

[ron_newman]

Thanks!

[craigindaville.livejournal.com]

Ron- thanks for clarifying the tag. To all- thanks for the suggestions!

[derekp.livejournal.com]

This might sounds stupid, but how does one drop off knives for sharpening? I can't imagine they'd be thrilled if I handed them a plastic bag of my knives (in need of sharpening but very much able to slide a good chunk of skin off).

[mihmo.livejournal.com]

You can rip a paper bag and wrap it around the blade a few times and tape it together. I think that's how I got them back the last time I picked them up from the Union Square farmers market.