Awesome Edges Sharpening and Maintenance Service

[mr_will]

Awesome Edges is a knife sharpening and maintenance service company that is owned and operated by myself, Will Crutcher. I am a Retired U.S. Army Disabled Veteran. We are a two person operation. My wife, Gabi, does all the smart work such as: invoicing, and shipping, and I do the sharpening. My goal is to provide people with a great service that I call a dying art in the modern world. I am a Network Engineer by trade, and work full time on phone systems, networks, and computer systems for everyone from residential and small businesses all the way up to very complex corporations. I spend my off time sitting behind a whetstone sharpening knives, or trying my luck at regrinds or knife making. It's my own way to meditate and get rid of daily stresses. I have done a couple of regrinds and made a few simple knives and want I to continue to learn the trade.

For sharpening only, I usually give people a 3 day turn around time, but I have been doing very well to get blades turned around within 1-2 days. Repairs may take me longer or I may get a larger shipment of knives and that will slow down my turnaround. If I am behind when I get your blade and I foresee it taking longer than 3 days I will let you know and will try to get you an approximate day when it will get done. If I fail to let you know about the delay your sharpening is 25% off. I work on blades in the order I received them unless you fall under a category in my priority list below.

Some people may not like my priority list but I look at it this way; the people on the top perform services for everyone in this county and they use their tools to do it. Just a note, this usually does not affect my 3 day turnaround. My priority list is as follows:
Military, LEO, Fire/Rescue will get priority if it is their work knives or tools.
Contract customers will get 2nd priority this is usually restaurants and chefs

FREE STANDARD RETURN SHIPPING on any single or combined service that is $25 and up. All of US, APO, FPO.
I take PayPal, Money Order, Personal Check, Cashier’s Check. We usually ship USPS because it's convenient and easy, but it is up to you how you ship. We will ship it back how you ship it to us, unless it is DHL. We can ship UPS, FedEx, or USPS. We can receive DHL but cannot ship DHL.

The Awesome Guarantee - If you are not completely satisfied with the edge, I will resharpen it, if you are not happy after the 2nd sharpening I will gladly refund you the cost for the sharpening service. The only exclusion to this, if you send us a knife with poor steel there is not much you can do with that stuff because the edge usually rolls too easily, but we will make it as sharp as possible without it rolling. I have a lot of pride in my work and if I am not happy with it I will make it right one way or another.

All measurements are made from the plunge line or where the cutting edge starts and they are rounded to the nearest inch. Karambits, hawkbills, and other severe recurves are measured by actual cutting edge length.
To determine the price for a double edged or multi-bladed knife add of all the cutting edges together and use the total as if it was a single knife that length.

Knives (these prices are not set in stone these are general guidelines that I use)
Knife plain edge with up to 3" blade - $3.00
Each additional 1" add - $0.75
Knife plain edge 12" - $6.50
Each additional 1" add - $0.50
Serrated knife with up to 3" blade - $5.00
Serrated knife each additional inch add - $1.00
Serrated knife with 12" blade - $13.50
Each additional 1" add - $0.75
Combo edge knives – Plain edge total plus $0.75 per inch of serration
(Example- if you have a 4” knife and it has 1” of serration on it. $3+.75=3.75 plus .75 for serration which would total 4.50)
Severe recurve, hook, karambit, hawkbill (per inch) - $2.00
Ceramic bladed knives plain edge only - $2.00 per inch
Exotic Steels - Please contact me for a quote
Japanese Knives - Please contact me for a quote.

Knife cleaning $5 and up for most folders this involves disassembling the knife and cleaning all surfaces and lubing where needed. There will be an extra fee for full autos and Axis style locks. I do not remove scales that are pinned or riveted on unless I am replacing the scale for you. I am not doing cleaning on OTF knives at this time. Once I pull a few of those apart and get a better feel for them this will change.

Knife maintenance and repair, this will be quoted. This includes replacing scales, spacers, springs, pivots, screws etc. If I see something that needs replaced I will let you know. There are some parts I have in stock, if I don't have what you need in stock I can probably get it. I am always looking for new parts vendors so if you have any suggestions for small parts vendors please let me know.

Yard Tools
Mower blade Straight - Heavy blade $7.00 and up, Light blade $5.00 and up
Mower blade Mulching - Heavy blade $10.00 and up, Light blade $7.00 and up
Ax/hatchet - $5.00 per edge
Hoe, shovel, or spade $4.00
Machete - $0.50 per inch with $6.00 minimum (chopping edge)

Misc.
Paper cutter - $1.00 per inch with $8.00 minimum and must be removed from board.
Food processor blade - $6.00
Mandolin - $12.00
Straight Razors are quote only because of so many variables.

Scissors
Please contact me for scissors sharpening.

Please ask for quote on repairs.
Broken tip repair
Blade shape restoration
Restore serrating
If you have something else that needs an Awesome Edge please contact us for a quote. Gardening tools, pruning shears, electric hair trimmers.

If you prefer a specific type of edge, toothy or polished, please let me know and it will be done per your request. If you are not sure what kind of edge you want or need, I will ask questions and assess the type of knife, steel, and its uses and put the correct edge on it for you. If you do not specify what kind of edge, I will put what I feel is right on the blade.

Thank you and have an Awesome Day!
Will
Will@Awesome-Edges.com

[Fentonite]

Glad to know about you. Good prices, too. We'll do some business in the future.

[mr_will]

Thank you my friend

[pepito]

Contact you this weekend

[mr_will]

sounds good

[mr_will]

Check my website, for current specials. I will update this thread tomorrow.

[mr_will]

I am donating 10% of profits in June to the Wounded Warrior.

[pepito]

Sent him 10 knives of all shapes and styles and came back looking brand new. The blades were sharp enough to give your forearm a clean shave.
Would gladly conduct business with again.

[mr_will]

Sent him 10 knives of all shapes and styles and came back looking brand new. The blades were sharp enough to give your forearm a clean shave.
Would gladly conduct business with again.

Thank you for the kind words