You can make a booking at our private workshop by using the contact form on our contact page. You can also email, text or call us.

We’re located at 62 Calandra Avenue, Quakers Hill NSW 2763. All knife, tool and scissor sharpening is carried out at our private workshop by appointment; we don’t offer mobile sharpening.

Most standard jobs are completed overnight, with turnaround confirmed when you book. Sharpen-while-you-wait is available for an additional $40 when workload permits; please arrange this before your appointment.

Standard chef knives are $29 each,Small knives & Paring knives under 15cm cutting edge length are $24 each, cleavers are $39 each. Mild edge damage or small chips are included. Reprofiling an edge is an additional $5-15 per item, which we’ll confirm before starting. Full pricing is listed on our Edgework page; if what you're looking for is not listed, we are just a phone call away, please reach out or shoot us an email.

There’s no minimum number of items or minimum charge - you’re welcome to bring just one favourite knife.

Light damage and tiny chips are included in our normal sharpening price. If a knife needs heavier re-profiling or a broken tip rebuilt, we’ll let you know first. Re-profiling is +$5-15 per item, and chipped point repair is usually +$10-30, depending on how bad the damage is - we’ll always discuss this with you before we start. No surprises.

Overheating the edge changes the steel by softening the hardened zone. The edge is extremely thin, so it can overheat very quickly and draw the temper. Once the temper is drawn, the affected steel becomes softer and won’t hold its edge properly. We’d rather spend more time using our slow-turning, water-cooled system than risk cooking your steel in the name of cost & speed. The result is a sharper edge that holds up better in real use.

The microscope lets us see what the naked eye can’t: tiny chips, micro-cracks, rolled spots and rough grinding marks that will cause an edge to fail early. By checking the edge before, during and after sharpening, we can dial in a finer surface finish, remove stress risers and make sure the edge is actually clean and supported, not just shiny. It’s a little obsessive, but it’s one of the reasons our edges last.

Yes - there are cheaper “quick sharpen” dry-grinding services around Quakers Hill and Greater Western Sydney, but the process behind them is very different. With us, you’re not paying for a quick pass on a dry belt or wheel; you’re paying for careful, professional, cool-cutting work with proper edge geometry and microscopic inspection on precision jigs. That means precise repeatable geometry, sharper knives that stay useful for longer between visits and far less risk of heat damage to the steel.