While @Slade is still working out the name for his new venture, I wanted to share my experience with him and his sharpening service/skills. I sent him a user BK2 with a compound bevel grind that needed touching-up and a factory sharp BK24. Both of these knives are to be given as a Christmas gift to my brother, so I wanted to make sure they were ready for use. Ehran asked me what specifics I wanted for the sharpening on each, and provided his experience and opinion with sharpening each knife. After explaining the purpose and intended (expected) use for each, he had a good plan to get them both in prime working order. He gave the BK2 a 21 DPS convex grind and tried to match the previous bevel on the primary grind as best he could. He brought it back to a hair-popping edge, restored the tip to a nice sharp point and gave the edge a nice mirror polish. He took the BK24 to a thinner 17.5 DPS bevel, which is a little bit wider at the tip, and makes an already great blade shape even more functional and slicier. He gave it the same finishing treatment and polished it to a mirror edge. He was not kidding when he told me "scary sharp" - it truly is razor sharp. The return shipping was VERY secure (and fast); both knives enveloped with thick cardboard sheaths, each tightly wrapped in their own plastic bag, and secured/sandwiched between two thicker pieces of cardboard and taped-up before being placed in a padded USPS envelope. All in all, it was a great experience all-around and I will definitely be sending him more knives in the future, esp. since I am not that experienced with sharpening and have limited resources. Thanks again @Slade - I have no doubt that you'll have much success with your business, but hopefully this will help spread the word!
Glad to hear they were well received. I appreciate the time you took on the write up. May they serve you well. Theres nothing more for me to say. You covered it all.
I've had my mitts on quite a few of Ehran's knives whether we're buying, selling, trading, or just passing good cutlery back and forth and all I can say is that dude knows how to put an edge on. I sent him a Busse Battle Grade ASH-1 with the typical brick-like edge they come with on top of an already thick blade and he sent that thing back back with an absolutely ridiculous edge on it.
