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Where can I get my knives professionally sharpened?

I've taken my good knives to QFC and another place in the Northgate Mall and neither place really rocked my boat. Aside from learning to do it myself, any suggestions on where I might go that could do a great job?

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    I've been taking my knives to Epicurean Edge in Kirkland for years. I've tried several other options including Bob Tate, QFC, Sur la Table. Though I was initially pleased with Bob Tate's sharpening, my knives lost their edges quickly. Maybe the blades were over heated and softened when sharpened? QFC and Sur la Table may have been cheaper, but the edges were TERRIBLE! I don't care how little I paid, if the knife is not well sharpened! Each time I've had my knives sharpened by Epicurean Edge, the knives have come back sharper than when they were new and they have kept their edge for a long time.
    Also, the staff at Epicurean Edge also really seems to know a lot about the stuff that they sell.

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    Check out CutleryonWheels.com

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    Doesn't the QFC deli still do this for customers for free? Anyone know?

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    Epicurean Edge in Kirkland does amazing work! About $2-$3 an inch sharpened by hand and will be sharper than new! Very knowledgeable and friendly staff.

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    Don't know, but have liked what Sur La Table does for my Wusfhof & Henkel. William Sonoma recommends them. Also, I believe it is in October SLT gives you a discount (I think it's the 2 biggest knives free or something along those lines) So I sharpen every October... you gotta ask the nice ladies at the desk for the discount or for when they are running the discount.
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    Seattle Knife Sharpening Service--a.k.a. Bob Tate--sharpens knives for a lot of local professional chefs. He gets rave reviews online on boards like Chowhound.com. He was trained by a guy named Bob Kramer, who is said to be a master bladesmith. I've always been very happy with Bob Tate's work.

    http://www.seattleknifesharpening.com/index.html

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  • Finn3goof_small
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    I've found myself in the same boat and have not found any services that does what I want. They all tend to use grinding wheels that I loathe to put a $$$ blade against. Eventually I bought my own wet wheel type and now do sharpen them myself. Works great.

    Having said that, there is a legend circulating "Lesser Seattle" that tells of a person (sometimes an old fellow, sometimes a woman) that has a truck or van or trailer and drivers around sharpening all sorts of things. People swear it's true and that his person magically appears annually and everybody gets their knives sharpend to surgical steel scalpel sharpness.

    This person has never visited my part of Greenwood/Crown Hill as far as I know or somehow only visits native seattle-ite homes with scandanavian stock and puts a glamour on the rest of us so we don't notice anything. I suspect its a type of large gnome.

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    Ace Hardware on Roosevelt Way NE in Maple Leaf is within a mile of Northgate and sharpens knives and pruners.

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