re: Coolina Knives are a major disappointment (free lifetime sharpening services revoked)

I have a Tormek I use for sharpening everything. I had to finally start telling people that I didn't have time to sharpen their knives.

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Why would you want anyone else to sharpen your knives? It is easy, there are a ton of ways to do it including the best (some stones and a little water) and you can do it exactly to your liking.

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The best advice I will give anyone is to not wait until your knives "need sharpening". It is so much easier to just get in the habit of sharpening them regularly. I keep one of those cheap draw sharpeners in the drawer and use it just about every time I use a knife. I will strop them, too, sometimes that's all they need.

I rarely take one of my knives to the Tormek, and usually only when I've dinged the blade something blunted the edge badly enough.

I bought an extra set of bands from coarse to extra fine. However, sometimes I run a fairly sharp knife through on the medium belt and it sharpens it with perhaps a slight burr edge but it will still slice great. I’ll turn it around and run it once on the opposite side and smooth the burr.

Who doesn’t sharpen their own knives? I’d rather do it myself than package them up,drive to UPS store to send them off.

Coolina is Chinese garbage artisan crafted in sweatshops.