Starting to get traction in the higher end cutlery sharpening market. There has to be 1000’s of vacation rentals here on Maui, all with dull kitchen knives.
Buffed & polished then sharpened to 17dps with a micro-bevel. Paring knife was done at 15 dps.
Beautiful job.
Great job cliff! Hope you have great success!
How are you contacting the vacation/rental owners to get business? seems like it would be challenging.
[quote quote=“razoredgeknives” post=22788]Great job cliff! Hope you have great success!
How are you contacting the vacation/rental owners to get business? seems like it would be challenging.[/quote]
Networking with property management and maintenance companies. There are several larger ones that handle multiple accounts.
Doesn’t hurt to have a good friend in real estate that is a super networker, and a best friend I used to work with in high end property maintenance.
Hoping to do a big “push” and see what the word of mouth momentum does after. Ive reached the point with a few other side businesses that I dont even need to have business cards anymore. People just know if you want ____ done, call Cliff. :silly:
Looks great Cliff. I tried going after vacation rentals in northern California. It seemed like most owner/managers don’t really care about the knives. The others thought it would be more of a liability. Dealing with them was worse than dealing with restaurants. Word of mouth is everything. Good luck man
It just so happens that I was about to sharpen a batch of Wuesthoff’s from our kitchen drawer. It also happens that I had just purchased a new 10" dia 1" thick aggressive hard rag wheel which I intended to load with Jantz’s LX600. Wow! A few seconds on the rag wheel and the knives would slide right through a sheet of paper. Impressive!
