knife sharpening?

[dphilli1.livejournal.com]

any recs for a knife sharpening place/service? The accusharp isn't working anymore.

Comments

[mytheria.livejournal.com]

I know sirraco (sp?) via tags does both knives and yard tools. At the union square farmer's market they do knives while you wait but it's only once a month.

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

Yes, although you can also drop them off at any of a number of spots around town: http://www.siracosharpening.com/

We've used Local Root in the past: http://localroot.com/

And of course there's Stoddard's over in Newton: http://www.stoddards.com/ -- when we got an antique carving knife as a wedding present we took it there to be restored.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I needed to get mine sharpened and kept missing the Union Square window, so (having learned about it from this post) yesterday I took my primary knife to Local Root. The guy who does the sharpening happened to be there, so (after asking if I minded waiting) he did it right then while I drooled over the merchandise.

They did a great job. I feel like it's better than the last couple of times with Siraco, and I do actually appreciate having the plastic guard now (they included it with the sharpening). The folks there were also very nice.