Knife Sharpening Lessons

Cost – $100.00 for 1.5 -2 hours. (Usual length, I don’t set a timer)

Lessons can be arranged via Email or at The Ikebana Shop

Covered In Your Lesson

* What Makes a Knife Dull;

* Why Sharpen a Knife;

* What Happens When You Sharpen a Knife;

* Basic Knife Knowledge, Primary and Secondary bevels;

* Parts of the Knife;

* Japanese Water Stones;

* Burr Formation and Burr Removal – Critical Components of Knife Sharpening;

* Sharpening, Angles, Holding the Knife, Expectation Management;

* Edge Maintenance, Minor Repairs, Honing;

What you Need

PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE, and PASSION

You don’t need to buy anything for a lesson, just bring a dull knife and we can go over the purchase of Japanese Water Stones, what you really need to get started and beyond.

What to Expect

You will walk away with a level of confidence in your ability to sharpen a knife, to take it from dull to sharp and to be able to repeat that process over and over. The lesson includes any follow-up questions you may have, for example: if you want to bring a knife back that you sharpened and work on it with me, no problem.

It’s imperative to start sharpening as soon as you can after the lesson  otherwise you won’t benefit from it as much as you can. I’ll teach you what you need to know but you’ll to practice. The more knives you sharpen the better of course.

Here is a recent testimonial from Joseph who was able to take a knife from very dull to arm hair shaving sharp during his lesson:

“Thanks again for the great lesson yesterday. You’re really a good teacher, relaxed, patient, informative and professional. From a student perspective, it was great, keep up the good work”

Tune-Up Lessons

This is something that I think is important to keep your confidence level stable and growing. If you would like to come back for a second lesson to fine-tune your skills or just to make sure you are on track, it is very easily accomplished. Let’s say you just finished a lesson and in two months you think you are doing very well but you would like to come back out and sharpen with me just to be sure. Or if you are having problems with a particular knife and you want to do it in front of me. Just contact me and we can set it up, there is no extra cost here, this is all part of my original lesson plan and your sharpening journey is just as important as mine. If in a year from the original lesson you want to come back again, same deal.