Kyle Kaplan
@kylekaplan
active 3 years, 6 months ago-
Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 3 years, 9 months ago
Hi Russ,
That’s a great observation. You’re correct, and I should have explained my process for checking angles a little better in the video. I perform the marker test and I check the angle on both sides. If one side of the knife requires a different sharpening angle than the other, I choose to match the angle to the more obtuse side. For…[Read more]
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Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 3 years, 9 months ago
I’m really happy with all the discussion about this!
When I decided what kind of a sharpening service I wanted to provide, I took a look at the market for sharpening services and tried to figure out how I could best position one that would require the least amount of startup cash and least amount of marketing to become successful. I landed on a…[Read more]
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Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 3 years, 9 months ago
Hey guys,
As promised, here’s a link to the video I made earlier today about how I sharpen knives. It’s a long video, but I talk about the whole process, sharpen 4 knives, and then I talk about how/why I price my sharpening service. Cheers.
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Great video! Which model are you using? I’m a little confused between the Gen 3 Pro vs Pro Pack 3. You mention you don’t reprofile, so I’m guessing you have the Gen 3 Pro. Do you think having the ability to set angles independently is necessary for a beginner interested in starting a business?
Thanks
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Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 3 years, 9 months ago
Hi Roger,
I’d be happy to share. I think the easiest way for me to show my techniques would be to shoot a video and upload it to YouTube. I’m picking up about 20 knives from customers this afternoon and I’ve never sharpened for these customers before, so it’s a great opportunity to show my process from start to finish. I’ll post the link to the…[Read more]
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Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 3 years, 9 months ago
000Robert,
Yes, I’ve timed myself on many occasions. It takes me about 10 seconds to mount the knife in the sharpener, another 10-20 seconds to do the marker test to determine the sharpening angle, about 1-2 minutes to draw a burr from each side of the knife with my 100 grit stone, and then about 20 seconds to make 20 passes with each of the 200,…[Read more]
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Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 3 years, 9 months ago
Hi Kenneth,
Sharpening knives to earn extra cash is a great idea! I have a small, part-time sharpening service in Santa Fe NM and I charge $8.00 per knife or $7.00 per knife when the customer gives me 5 or more knives to sharpen at a time. I don’t do any reprofiling on the knives I sharpen for my customers. I simply match the current angle on…[Read more]
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Kyle Kaplan started the topic Wicked Edge Photo Contest – Win a $100 gift card, t-shirt, and hat in the forum Main Forum 5 years, 3 months ago
Wicked Edge is hosting a photo contest! There will be a top prize winner and a runner-up winner in each of the three categories below. We’d love for you all to participate by submitting your best Wicked Edge photos!
These are the contest details:
Category 1: Wicked Edge sharpener in a kitchen
Category 2: Wicked Edge sharpener anywhere
Category…[Read more]
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Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic We need your help! – Wicked Edge Learning Experience Survey in the forum Off Topic 5 years, 7 months ago
Hey everyone,
Thank you for your responses! We’re learning a lot and will post the results when we wrap up this project.
Cheers,
-Kyle
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Kyle Kaplan replied to the topic We need your help! – Wicked Edge Learning Experience Survey in the forum Off Topic 5 years, 7 months ago
Sorry about that. It’s been fixed.
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Kyle Kaplan started the topic We need your help! – Wicked Edge Learning Experience Survey in the forum Off Topic 5 years, 7 months ago
Hi everyone,
We’re conducting a survey about experiences in learning how to use the Wicked Edge and we’d love for everyone to participate. It’s a short survey, 10 questions, and only takes a couple of minutes. We greatly appreciate your time and your feedback. You can take the survey by following this…[Read more]
