Market Sharpening Comapny

Market Sharpening Comapny Formaly a Winnipeg based mobile sharpening service now i make cooking implements.

Pan tools
03/12/2026

Pan tools

What’s your favourite handle combination? Personally o love the burnt handle with canvas micarta ferrule.
03/11/2026

What’s your favourite handle combination? Personally o love the burnt handle with canvas micarta ferrule.

When you need to play with your food while it’s cooking
03/10/2026

When you need to play with your food while it’s cooking

I made this when we still lived in winnipeg.
03/09/2026

I made this when we still lived in winnipeg.

I make these too
03/08/2026

I make these too

01.01 paring knifeThis knife is a little different from the rest. One thing that makes it different is the hammer patter...
03/07/2026

01.01 paring knife

This knife is a little different from the rest. One thing that makes it different is the hammer pattern on the blade made with an aggressive cross peen hammer. I think the more notable thing though is the handle. The wood was obtained from a 100 year old stamp business my friend mr willows acquired. In the back of the shop was a heavy log that the previous generations of owners had used to chop things on. It felt unusually hard and heavy to be local wood. When I got it back from the mill I knew it was something special. This l incredibly dense and oily wood I believe to be Lignum vitae.

One thing you won’t see from my work is the use of exotic hardwoods. This wood is beautiful of course but for a few ethical reasons I choose to dismiss it in favour of the beautiful selection of local Canadian woods I have available to me. All wood I source is either locally milled or reclaimed. I don’t know if I will ever find another block of exotic wood to reclaim so only one handle per batch will be made from this stuff. There are defects in the wood in the fork of heavy checking but this does not bother me. I like to think it tells a story and a touch of wabi sabi a principle I choose to embrace.

Ps the ferrule on this piece is made from buffalo horn sourced as a bi product from farming.

01.01 paring knivesmodel.batch.serial number These are a couple of the 55 knives from this first batch. There are two ha...
03/06/2026

01.01 paring knives
model.batch.serial number

These are a couple of the 55 knives from this first batch. There are two handle designs. On the left is my “standard” handle which is a 6 sided handle with a taper narrowing towards the blade. On the right is my “peak” handle which is also six sided but peaks at the junction of the ferrule and handle.

01 paring knives
03/05/2026

01 paring knives

We’re not saying you’re dull… but your knives might be. 😉First market of the summer season Thursday at
06/04/2025

We’re not saying you’re dull… but your knives might be. 😉

First market of the summer season Thursday at

Sharpening returns to the this Saturday. Find me there for on site immediate sharpening or if you can’t make it you ca...
03/19/2025

Sharpening returns to the this Saturday. Find me there for on site immediate sharpening or if you can’t make it you can always drop your knives off at the .market for our drop off service where knives will be returned to you sharp and ready for service the following Friday from when you dropped off the knives.

New pricing takes effect starting 2025.
12/13/2024

New pricing takes effect starting 2025.

Only 2 more left for the year. Limited availability remaining on mobile service as well. Be sure to book soon if you we...
12/13/2024

Only 2 more left for the year. Limited availability remaining on mobile service as well. Be sure to book soon if you weee hoping to have your knives sharpened for Christmas.

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980 Palmerston Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
R3G1J9

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Tuesday 3pm - 6:30pm
Thursday 3pm - 6:30pm

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