@keenmaster486 Have you thought about making your sharpening setup mobile? My grandfather did this as a business, and he had a whole sharpening setup in the trunk of his car. He would make appointments and sharpen on-site for even quicker turnaround.
@heinrichling Yea thats the plan. Actually was planning on building my mobile set up today. Just bought a generator which was the reason I couldnt before.
@keenmaster486 Could the sharpening be done inside a van ? Is is there a lot of fumes or scrap that goes everywhere? Or would you do it outside in plain sight? Just curious, I loved your idea and how you are evolving it, Go go go!!
@marcbroussard lol literally just normal knives. Mostly Wusthof, Cutco, Shun and some random cheap ones. Also do scissors, pocket knives, garden tools, and machetes and axes here and there.
@keenmaster486 Hey man i got a few question, but let me just say that i've been looking for a business idea for a while now, i've had a knife fascination since young i've been collecting, i've never thought of sharpening as a business because i've never thought there was a demand for it.
@keenmaster486 So that means you bought more belts than came standard with the Ken Onion set, yes? What leather strop do you recommend? (Is it really necessary?)
I just bought the kit myself and practiced sharpening my own kitchen knives today... went well. Thanks for the inspiration, I'm already getting a few calls from my Google Business listing!
@keenmaster486 Hey! We had a friend accidentally knick our best knife against a glass Tupperware, and it left a small imperfection in the blade. Can that be fixed with sharpening?
@ladymatmac Yea I've dabbled on that one. What I like about the Home Service Expert and Sweaty Startup is that it focuses on home service businesses. I really never wanna touch online businesses or like all the silicon valley startups and there arent too many podcasts that focus on the sweaty start up businesses.
