I highly recommend Local Root for knife sharpening. I have been using LR for years and always the…read moreresults are amazing (and extremely prompt in timing, etc.). Pricing is fair and reasonable. LR's set up for appointments, drop off and pick up (and paying) likewise is incredibly user friendly and easy (trust me the easy statement is very important for me given the difficulty some places are with using their web sites, etc.). My knives have lasted years and will last longer. Again, I would highly recommend Local Root for your knife care.

Awesome service and easy to schedule! My knives have a new life now after being neglected for…read more10+years.

The owner is very responsive. The knives are beautiful and they feel really good when I am using…read morethem. I am curating my knife collection one knife at a time. So far I have a chef's knife, a paring knife, a boning knife and I have an order in for a nakiri because I am tired of using my pastry bench knife to scoop up veggies after chopping them. You have to be patient because he makes them one at a time and you may not get your knife for a month or so. Worth the wait.

Fabulous sharpening and shop. Going to create my first custom knife here and I'm sure it won't be…read moremy last !

I scoured the internet for a few weeks trying to find a good, local spot for my knife. I prefer…read morehand sharpening to when people use the belts, personally. I booked an appointment with Scott/A cut above and the windows/times were very flexible. It was nice to have very specific directions for drop off/pick up. There was a bit of an issue in terms of the timeline and communication at first as my knife took longer than expected however, it was resolved and I would say customer service was great and I feel confident that I will recommend him and his work after picking up my knife last week. For context, it's the first chefs knife that I ever made so she's not sleek with machinery-grade perfection and I had the knife in storage for a while when I was travelling and also moving so there was quite a bit of wear, tear, and rust. When I unwrapped the knife, I was so happy with the results. He really put work and love into what he does and it shows. Fight the urge to run your thumb across the blade - I looked and my thoughts wanted to but I decided...let's cut up some chicken instead and it slices like a hot knife through cold butter. Great work.

I'm writing this review to let you know about Cut Above - Knife and Tool Sharpening located in…read moreTucson. My husband and I had a couple of expensive knives that we had purchased many years ago as well as a couple of other "not so expensive" knives that were all in dire need of sharpening. After looking on the internet, I came across this place and without even checking out their webpage, I called and set up a time to drop off our knives. Turns out, this is the one-man operation of a college student at the University of Arizona who took up cooking and learning how to sharpen utensils during Covid. Anyway - his name is Nick and besides being such a nice human-being, he was able to get our knives sharpened in one day and even brought them out to my car when I went by to pick them up. As far as his charges go - they seemed extremely reasonable to me but since I've never had any knives sharpened before I don't know how his rates compare to others. Regarding the quality of his work - both my husband and I are very happy with it. All the knives are so much sharper and are cutting things so much easier and better now. Why we hadn't had them sharpened before now - I'm not sure of the reason other than their becoming dull doesn't happen over night. To sum up, both my husband and I strongly recommend the services of Nick of Cut Above - Knife and Tool Sharpening.

Chris was great, he even educated me on why it was so important to keep my knives sharp. I'm…read morecutting a turkey on Thanksgiving and it is working out perfectly. Cannot recommend him enough.

I just had my favorite knifes sharped by a local mobile service, I use to have to drop them off in…read moreNewton and pick them up a few days later but someone told me about this company so I gave them a try. I am delighted, my knives are like new and I didn't have to go anywhere. Friendly and professional service.

I needed my lawnmower sharpened, but COVID-19 had closed all the stores. What to do? Call Bobby…read moreMac! He was super responsive, texted me back right away. We arranged a date, and he brought his van to my neighborhood for a Knife and Tool Party. I'm still getting thank-you notes from my grateful neighbors. He takes your knives, and texts you when they're done. My high-carbon Sabatier and Henckel knives are beautifully sharp, as is my lawnmower. We'll be calling him back every year, I think. If you've got a place for him to park his van, I encourage you to have a sharpening party in your neighborhood. Bobby's a super professional and friendly guy, and his wife is beyond sweet. They're a good team, and they do good work.

Bobby Mac sharpened all 6 of our kitchen knives today while we were at the Brookline Winter Farmers…read moreMarket. He was very professional and surprisingly quick. His price per knife was quite reasonable, and he gave us care tips as well. The knives are all super sharp, probably the sharpest they've ever been :-) We'll definitely use his services again.

The main reason why I use Tags is their location in Porter Square. I find that the staff are…read morefriendly and try to be helpful. However, the pricing is extremely high compared to some other big box stores or ACE hardware locations outside of the city. I highly recommend using their order online for in store pickup for the best pricing since the store will follow the online pricing vs the shelf sticker price. Online orders come with a paper bag that has a handle which makes it nice and easy to carry out. There are two floors to the store, with the majority of home improvement things being on the lower level.

They're friendly but not helpful--in fact, "incompetent" is the word I'd use. Here's what happened…read moreon my last two visits to Tags: I brought in a screen door to be rescreened. It took two weeks, and the screen fell off the moment I reinstalled it. I also had a key copied. It didn't work. I ended up taking both the door and key to Inman Hardware. They fixed the screen and made a key that actually worked. Buy stuff at Tags if you want, but don't count on them for even basic jobs.

I hate leaving negative reviews, but the sharpening work done for us seemed to make little…read moredifference in either the sharpness of our knives or our scissors. We had a lot of serrated knives and a few plain edge, the grind on the plain edge knives was not symmetric and the scissors had no noticible improvement. Other people seem to have had good luck, but we did not.

I have never had my knives professionally sharpened before - and I am absolutely thrilled with how…read moresharp they are after Tom from National Sharpening worked on them! He showed up as promised, immediately sharpened two chef's knives and a pair of scissors in his truck. I don't think they were this sharp when they were new (30 years and only me sharpening them on a whetstone). I highly recommend this service and Tom is a pleasure to work with!