Providing quality knife, scissor and clipper care as well as tool maintenance to the Yarra Valley and surrounds.
Servicing your needs
Kitchen Knives, Hunting Knives, Beauty Shears Textile Shears/Scissors, Clipper Blades of all sizes Chisels & Axes, Pruners and Garden Tools, sharpened to a razors edge.
Repairs, adjustments or polishing with quality guaranteed.
Custom Knife Forging to your specifications.
Basic Sharpening
Kitchen Knives, Hunting Knives, Chisels & Axes. All blades will be sharpened and honed to a razors edge with 1000-6000 grit whetstones.
Specialist Hand Sharpening
If you have a hand crafted knife, I offer a tailored hand sharpening service.
With a variety of high quality Natural Japanese Whetstones, I can get the maximum cutting potential out of your unique blade.
Blade thinning and hand polishing on natural stones is available, bringing out the dormant beauty that exists in all hand forged steel.
Beauty shears and textile scissors
Convex or bevilled edge, curved or thinning shears,
beauty stylist or pet grooming. Your scissors will be professionally sharpened to factory specs on a Scimech JR flat hone. Only the best equipment will be used on your premium scissors.
Clipper Blades
Clipper blades of all sizes, including A5 used by beauty professionals and pet groomers, up to livestock and agricultural sizes. Your clipper blades will be sharpened on a Treyco model 3000. The 16 inch double sided convex & flat plate will maintain the micro hollow grind of smaller blades as well as perfect flatness of bigger combs and clippers. The professional use of this machine insures that only 0.05mm of material needs to be removed in order to return your blades back to factory sharpness, ensuring your clippers blades will last for hundreds of re sharpens. Ensuring professionals get the maximum life out of their blades
Repairs and Modifications
Unhappy with the beville angle or performance of your knife? Do you have a chiped blade or cracked handle?
From repairing cracks in Japanese ice sculpting saws to simply grinding a new beville in your favourite knife, I can make any repairs or modifications you need.
Custom Knife Forging
As an accomplished Blade Smith I can create the blade you have been dreaming of.
From high quality multi layered Japanese style kitchen knives, basic wood choppers and camp knives or a high performing hunters & skinners, I can create the custom knife you have always wanted.
Prices
Basic Sharpening (knifes/tools)
$10 per blade
Specialist hand sharpening
Blade thining & beville polish
$15 per blade
Repairs
From $10
Custom knife forging
Call for quote based off your requirements.
Our latest work/projects
A custom Knife for a loved one
This customer wanted a high quality Mother's Day gift to show their love and gratitude to Mum!
I was privileged to create this hand forged 400mm K-Tip Guyoto (the Japanese version of a French Chef Knife, with a pointed end).
The blade is a 210mm "Go-Mai" (meaning "5-layers").
The core or cutting edge is made of "Chef's Cut" speciality knife steel, designation "26C3", which is the Western version of Shirogami steel used in handmade Japanese culinary knives.
The outer layers are copper and 304 stainless steel, used to increase ductility and rust prevention.
The Wa-style handle is made from stabilised Elm and Blackwood with a copper spacer /ends to match the blade.
Custom knife for a Home Chef
Honyaki, Nikari. 26C3.
Hand forged.
Water quenched.
180mm cutting edge.
Hardened above 65HRC.
Spine is ~45-50 HRC
2.5° Secondary bevel
20°primary bevel
Polished on various combinations of natural Japanese whetstones to bring out the Hamon without any etching.
Handle is Wa hexagon style Australian hardwood, Red and White Box Gum.
Copper spacer/ends.
Treated with beeswax and food grade paraffin oil.
