Why do blades chip

Your cart is empty. Get Sharp. Your browser does not support the video tag. Most Popular. Best Value. How many knives? What we sharpen. What can I sharpen? We sharpen all of these. Kitchen knives. Chef knives. Paring knives. Bread knives. Japanese knives.

Steak knives. Filet and boning knives. Hunting and Fishing knives. Pocket knives. Scissors with a straight edge. All major brands. Straight razors and hair-cutting shears. Swords and knives longer than 16 inch. Single bevel knives. Meat slicer, Mandoline, etc. We find the Spanish cleaver from Arcos quite effective for coconut, bones, and frozen foods. The above cases can happen to anyone. Care and proper use go a long way to prevent them, but sometimes desperation takes over, or your in-laws get ahold of your precious knife.

When your knife gets damaged, it can be very sad. Many others have been there before, practically every Knifewear employee has made the same mistake yes, even Kevin. Your knife is not ruined. It can most likely be saved! Almost all damages can be fixed and repaired by us. We remove the chips, thin the blade out and polish them so they work like they did when you got them. You can scroll down to see some photos of repairs that our knife-sharpening wizards have performed recently.

Need your knife repaired? Come visit us. Naoto came to Canada in and we aren't letting him go back. After getting angry with his roommate's dull knives, he started to dream of sharp Japanese knives.

Naoto graduated from the University of Calgary with a bachelor degree of art, majoring International Relations and finds that selling Japanese knives is his own way of doing international relations. Naoto is our Cultural Ambassador bridging Japan and Canada. You can also see him in SpringHammer looking cool and holding it all together.

View all Japanese knives. Small Makers Collection. Kids at Knifewear. Gardening Tools. Lost your password? Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website, to manage access to your account, and for other purposes described in our privacy policy. Dan Ringwald says: I just received my Work Sharp, Ken Onion edition sharpener and would also like to see different scissor sharpening videos.

September 2, at am Reply. June 29, at pm Reply. Kevin says: I used my Ken Onion grinding attachment today to take chips out of a cleaver that I used chop a lamb bone yesterday. June 25, at pm Reply. Newer Comments.