t 7 for professional knife sharpening

[mikeau]

Hi all
Any professional knife sharpeners out there that use the t7 as their main sharpening tool.  I have a manual system but it is slow on knives that need some material removed.  I am a beginner but I can see an opening where I live for a sharpening service.

Thanks
Mike

[jeffs55]

I am not a pro but that is why I bought mine. It works very well for that purpose.

[Herman Trivilino]

I've thought of opening a sharpening shop, but until now I didn't think it would be profitable.  There's a local service here, but you have to wait until Tuesdays for it to be picked up from the local hardware store, and then returned the following Tuesday.  I just dropped off a 50-tooth carbide-tipped saw blade to be sharpened, and picked up a price list. 

They're charging a lot more than I'd remembered.  $1 plus $1 per inch for just about every knife that I could sharpen with my Tormek.  Here's one exception that looks like it's got to be a typo: $10 plus $1 per inch for hunting knives!

Between $5 and $9.50 for scissors.

At these prices I just may change my mind.  I know I can beat the Tuesday-to-Tuesday turn-around time.

[thesharpeningguy]

Are you still interested in sharpening kitchen knives?

[DSS]

I have a sharpening service and before the T7 I used a home made wet stone driven by a furnance motor and an alternater belt. It did a pretty good job until I saw what the T7 can do for knives, scissors, and all kinds of shop and home utensils. I would call the edge I get now as a very refined and durable edge. This is probably the best investment I've made for this business as far as doing flat blade utensils.