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Sharpen your knives, scissors and garden tools<\/h2>\n

You don’t need to throw away kitchen knives and scissors that are no longer sharp. If you sharpen them, they will again last a long time. Not all Repair Caf\u00e9s have a knife sharpener, but our repairers<\/a> are eager to learn. Who knows, they may want to learn more about sharpening knives and scissors when a visitor brings them in.<\/p>\n

For many people, it’s an eye-opener that you can sharpen blunt knives, scissors and garden tools quite easily. Once they know there’s a knife sharpener in a Repair Caf\u00e9, it often spreads like wildfire.<\/p>\n

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And rightly so! Knife and scissor repairs are almost always a success at the Repair Caf\u00e9. The repair rate for these types of repairs is 98 per cent, according to our RepairMonitor. In this online system, Repair Caf\u00e9 repairers keep track of their repairs and whether they are successful. This has always been the case with knives and scissors.<\/p>\n

Buying grindstones for sharpening knives and scissors<\/h2>\n

Albert Haan from Repair Caf\u00e9 Zwolle-Assendorp (the Netherlands) always brings his own sharpening equipment. Sharpening knives and scissors is a hobby that got out of hand for him, and in the meantime, he has started his own business<\/a>. “The Repair Caf\u00e9 in Assendorp is located in a community centre, which also has a small restaurant”, says Albert. “At one point, the cook was complaining about his blunt knives. Then I thought: you know what, next time I’ll bring my sharpening stones. Of course, the visitors saw that, and so I started sharpening more knives and scissors.”<\/p>\n

Albert is not a fan of using knife sharpeners where you must run the knife through. According to him, they often cause a knife to be sharpened unevenly. “You often sharpen the first part the most because there you unintentionally press the hardest. That means your knife is sharpest at the handle and the least sharp at the tip.”<\/p>\n

Knife sharpening tips<\/h2>\n

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There are all kinds of tutorials<\/a> and instructional videos<\/a> available on the internet about sharpening knives.<\/p>\n

Even century-old knives can be sharpened. Albert: “One day, a man came to our Repair Caf\u00e9 with a very old butcher’s knife. It was perhaps a hundred years old and had always been in the family. He had never dared taking it to the sharpener because he was worried they’d mess it up. But, in the Repair Caf\u00e9, he had seen me working several times. It gave him the confidence to bring his knife. So, I sharpened that knife, which before hadn’t cut for years. He was thrilled. Not necessarily because of the knife, but mainly because of its family history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharpen your knives and scissors yourself or drop by the Repair Caf\u00e9!<\/h2>\n

Do you need help sharpening blunt knives and scissors? Then come to a Repair Caf\u00e9 in your area<\/a>. Want to do the repair yourself? Then find a repair guide at iFixit<\/a>! You can also use these step-by-step manuals to prepare your visit to the Repair Caf\u00e9. This way you can read what to expect.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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