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Keeping your blades sharp isn’t just about performance — it’s about safety, longevity, and getting the most enjoyment out of every cut. At my sharpening service, I work with a wide variety of knives, from everyday kitchen essentials to specialized tools many people don’t realize can be sharpened. Here’s a closer look at the types of knives I sharpen and what you can expect when you bring them in. ⸻ 🥕 Kitchen Knives (Home & Professional) These are the most commonly sharpened

You might be surprised how often I get asked questions like “What angle do you sharpen kitchen knives at?” Or “What angle do you sharpen pocket knives at?” The answer? It depends. You see from the factory one kitchen knife manufacturer might sharpen their knives at 20 degrees per side. Another manufacturer might sharpen their knives at 14 degrees per side. And to make it even more confusing manufactures of knives will often sharpen different knives at different angles. It wou

Good morning! If you made it to my website you likely already know that my sharpening service, Honed By Jones, is located in Carson City, Nevada. I have a home workshop that’s in the central part of town near Mills Park. But thankfully for my personality I’m not stuck in my home workshop all day, every day. One of my favorite times of the week is Sunday morning because I get to do my weekly booth at the Reno Riverside Farmers Market . The Riverside FM is different than other

Approximately seven years ago I got the not so wild idea that I should learn how to sharpen my own knives. I was about to go on my first ever multi-day backpacking trip and as things happpen these days I was doing research on YouTube. I watched a well known YouTube backpacking “guru” sharpening his knife while sitting on a log next to a creek and I thought “I could learn to do that. How hard could it be?” A couple of weeks later while in my local hardware store at the time in

Hi everyone, and welcome to the Honed By Jones Blog. In this space I’ll write about the latest happenings and updates with my sharpening service. If I’ve got a Farmer’s Market coming up I’ll post about it here (I’ll be sharpening at the Reno Riverside Farmer’s Market this coming Sunday as usual). If I’m adding a new service I’ll post about it here. For example, I just started doing knife restorations. Contact me for details. That’s all for now. I’ll post again soon. Thanks f