Welcome to Side Hustle Sharpening

I sharpen kitchen knives and other day-to-day knives. Here’s some of my work « ref. »

This is a side hustle. I am not a full-time knife sharpener. I have an unrelated day job. But I got tired of sending my knives away for sharpening or just giving up and cutting with dull, dangerous knives. So I loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hills, that is. No, wait. I learned how to sharpen knives, experimented on my own knives until I was happy, and am happy to offer this service to you.

When you cut a lemon in half, does it look like you hit it with a sledgehammer? I can help.

Do you have a set of good knives you got for a wedding present? Have you been married for what feels like several hundred years but never sharpened your knives? I can help (with the knives).

Do you want a kitchen knife that can cut slices of tomato you can see through and onions so fine that they start to cry? I can help.

Do you have a knife you use to open Amazon packages whose better days are far, far behind it? I can help.

Do you have a custom-made Hattori Hanzo sword which needs maintenance by an absolute master of the craft? I can’t help you there. I sharpen basic knives.

Do you have some complicated wavy Star Trek-looking machete you got from a store in the mall in the 90s? I can’t help you there. I sharpen basic knives.

Are your knives so dull that you once accidentally tried to cut a tomato and used the back of the knife instead of the part that’s supposed to be sharp? I’ve been there, done that, and feel your pain. I can help.

Do you have a serrated bread knife that leaves your bread loaf looking like you stepped on it? I can help.

Do you sharpen your knives once or twice a year by either taking them to that store in the mall where a bored teenager runs them over some really aggressive knife-screwing-up machine, or shipping them away for a week or two? I can help.

Do you have a knife with major knicks, missing chunks, and a blade which has seen so much abuse it looks like a screwdriver? I can’t help you there. I sharpen all knives by hand, and fixing stuff like that will take me so long that you’re better off finding someone with a grinder or just buying a new knife.

Do you have a lawnmower blade, a chainsaw chain, or a table saw blade? Sorry, I can’t help you there. I sharpen basic knives.