When it comes to maintaining the edge of your knives, there isn't an alternative to a professional sharpening service. Whether you are a domestic cook, a chef, or someone who simply uses quality knives, having sharp blades is critical to performance and safety.

Do you have a dull knife in the kitchen or workplace? Whether you're passionate about home cooking, a professional chef or just an individual who appreciates the edge, it is very important to keep your knives sharp.

For many purposes, knives are considered to be incredibly valuable in many industries and are used both in professional kitchens and for camping. At some point in time, the knives also diminish their cutting capacity and get deformed or damaged in some way or the other.

When it comes to cutting, hollowing, or tapering wood and working with blades, the very fact of having sharp blades is all that is needed to make blades function effectively and accurately.

I am Chen Banks, the owner of Out There Edge Knives and Sharpening Service. I started making knives as a hobby back in 2012 and it turned into a dream of having this business. As a child, I always had a fascination with knives and swords.

There are many commercial brands and hand-crafted individual Japanese knife makers. The most common retail brands you will see are Global Knives, Shun, Kai, and Mac Knives.

There are many styles of kitchen knives that come from different countries around the world. The most common kitchen knives I have encountered during my years of knife sharpening in Raleigh, NC are from German, Chinese, and Japanese knife companies.

As adults, we all still like to have a little fun when we can. I used to enjoy knife-throwing in the backyard after work with friends. The good thing about being an adult is that we get to play with adult toys like darts guns, mini crossbows, throwing knives, and more.