https://www.blackstonesboston.com/

Agree, I have used them and they did a nice job.

Thank you

FWIW if you get a $20 whetstone and watch a five minute YouTube video you can get unlimited sharpening across all straight blades for life.

I just habitually sharpen mine every 4 months and it's great. Easy thing to do when snowed/rained in.

where did you get the stone from?

Amazon. Just sort by cheapest and best reviewed. There's not a lot of nuance in the material. For more insight, get one with two grits (medium and fine) and work from rougher to smoother. Don't forget to apply pressure and use a shit ton of water. Also don't touch your eyes after until after washing your hands to avoid getting anything into them.

I pour a glass of wine and play west coast gangster rap and get sharp.

I've tried and scratched up my knife already I plan on buying a cheap knife to learn but I just need my knife sharpened after Thanksgiving

Most come with a guard to keep the knife at the right angle.

If you have chips to your point you'll want someone with an electric belt to grind it down.

Don't discount honing the knife after usage.

This is good advice but if you're at all nervous about the concept of sharpening blades you maybe should just get someone else to do it. It's not that expensive compared to a hospital bill because you don't get safety intuitively. Sharpening blades isn't hard but there is some dumb stuff you can do (e.g. touching your eyes without washing off the metal bits on your fingers) that is probably more likely to happen if you're super antsy about these things.

Usually a local hardware store. There are also some good kitchen shops on Newbury in Back Bay and Charles in Beacon Hill

I used to get a good sharpening from them back when they had a shop the kitchen place on Newbury. Last time I took it to this location and it seemed like they used a bench grinder on the knives. Not going back unless I hear they have gone back to doing a better job.

Thread from a year ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/qdfams/knife_sharpening/

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/

I got mine done here. $20 for my large knife +$9 for chip repair + $8 for same day.

https://www.sharpknivesrock.com/before-after

I love Kitchen Witch in JP. You have to leave them overnight but great results.

https://www.kitchenwitchjp.com/

Some grocery store’s butcher department will do it for free. I know Big Y does.

I'd say less likely. The more informed you are the less mistakes you'll make. But to each their own.

So far I've probably sharpened my knives over 100 times and we're bandaid free.

Most hardware stores will do it or have a send out service they use to do it.