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Pocket knife sharpening, Australia-wide by mail.

Folding knives, lockbacks, slip-joints and Swiss Army-style knives sharpened on whetstones, the same way as a good kitchen knife. The edge is reset at the angle it left the factory with, small chips are taken out, and the knife comes back by Express Post ready to use.

$12
Per knife
Mail-in
Australia-wide
7 to 11
Business days
An open folding pocket knife with a wooden handle resting on a whetstone
Transparent Pricing

One price per knife,folder or fixed.

Pocket & folding knives

Lockbacks, slip-joints, liner and frame locks, and Swiss Army-style knives

$12/knife+ GST

Kitchen utility knives

Small straight utility knives at the same price, if the kitchen drawer is coming too

$12/knife+ GST

Serrated bread & steak knives

Honed scallop by scallop with a tapered rod, teeth kept

$20/knife+ GST

Indicative starting prices, exclusive of GST — final quote confirmed when your gear arrives. Bulk and trade discounts available.

Sharpened on stones, not a grinding wheel.

Pocket knife steel is often hard and the blade thin behind the edge, which is exactly what a fast belt or wheel ruins. The friction can take the temper out of the last half-millimetre of steel with no visible sign: the knife feels sharp for a week and then dies.

A whetstone removes only the metal needed and never gets the steel hot. Each blade is sharpened at its existing angle, small chips are taken out, the burr is removed and the edge is checked along its full length before the knife is closed, packed and posted back. Turnaround is 7 to 11 business days.

  • Whetstone-sharpened at the factory angle
  • Small chips taken out in the sharpen
  • Plain and part-serrated edges both handled
Hands sharpening a chef knife on a whetstone with a sharpening guide
More from the workshop

One workshop,every kind of edge.

FAQs

Pocket Knife Sharpening FAQs

Folders, lockbacks and multi-blade knives.

$12 + GST per knife for folding, lockback, slip-joint and Swiss Army-style knives. Kitchen knives on the same order run from $10 for a paring knife to $20 for a butcher knife or cleaver. Return Express Post is free on orders over $200.
Overhead view of a chef knife being sharpened on a whetstone

Send Your Pocket Knife In.

Turnaround is 7 to 11 business days. $12 + GST per knife. Free return shipping on orders over $200.

Post to PO Box 69, Gunning NSW 2581. Send with Australia Post. Couriers can't deliver to a PO Box.

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