For mail order sharpening either go to our online store or post your stuff to
Barras blades
Skene croft
Leys of barras
Stonehaven
AB39 2UE
We will then call you up and give you the cost over the phone
Knife Sharpening £0.50 per inch
Knife sharpening 50Pence per inch of blade length
Price includes minor repairs such as blade re-profiling, nick removal and regrinding of blade tip if needed.
Heavier damage may incur extra costs
General household scissors £5
Price includes strip down, lubrication and tension adjustment where able to, many cheaper scissors are riveted together.
Industrial/dress making scissors £7.50
Price includes strip down, lubrication and tension adjustment as well as sharpen and hone.
If you can include a sample of what you are normally cutting to allow us to test them.
We can also apply micro serrations if this is needed
Pinking Shears £7.50
Price includes strip down, lubrication and tension adjustment as well as sharpen and hone.
If you can include a sample of what you are normally cutting to allow us to test them.
About 1 in 10 pinking shears cannot be made to cut. In this case we will give a refund
Look here to see what not todo with pinking shears
Hairdressing/beauty scissors £12.50
Hairdressing, groomer scissors and shears sharpening. Convex and bevel edge £12.50
After inspecting your scissors, we will give them a full service. They will be dismantled and sharpened, before being reassembled, tightened and straightened, with the tension expertly set.
For mail in go HERE
Clipper blade sharpening £7.50
Beauty, groomer, barber, animal clipper blades £7.50 each
After disassembling and cleaning, your clipper blades will be honed and sharpened on purpose built machinery imported from the US. They are disinfected and cleaned once more before being oiled and reassembled. The alignment and spring tension is checked and adjusted where necessary.
Ceramic upgrades are available
For mail in go HERE
Horse clipper hire £20 a day
We are now offering horse clipper hire at £20 a day with a reduction for multiple days
Available to collect and return via our base just to the north of Inverbervie.
At the present moment they will come with one set of blades but once stock returns to lister shelves we will be offering them with an additional set of blades.
Please contact us for further details
Chisels and plane irons £3 to £5
Cost dependent on size of the chisel or plane iron and how many hidden nails you found
Chainsaw sharpening from £10
Standard cost is £10 for a normal length chain removed from the machine.
£5 extra if you want us to remove and replace the chain
More info here in the blog roll
For full chainsaw servicing see SPS below
Twist drills £3 per drill or £20 for 10 drills
Twist drills take a lot of time to get the full 4 facet grind. For many small or cheap drills this will not be economical. We’ve got the equipment for our own drills so we offer the service
Random tools
Price dependent on what it is, how much you’ve abused it, how much tea i’ve drunk and the positions of the planets. But normally about £5 to £10
Circular saw blades
I don’t sharpen these but I send my own ones to Roddy in Banchory.
• TCT sawblades including : Crosscuting, Ripping, Multi-Rip, Edging, Firewood Processing, Hobby & DIY and Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metal Cutting.
• Narrow Bandsaws & Bandknife for; Woodcutting, Metal, Plastics, foam Meat & fish.
• Wide Bandsaws : Swaged & Stellite tipped
• HSS & TCT Planer Knives, Chipper Knives, Guillotine, Guillotine Mitre and Profile Cutters Peeler Knives.
• TCT Turnover Knives, Indexable Knives, Profile Knives, Router Cutters
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Lawnmower etc servicing
While we can happily sharpen a lawnmower blade when it is off the machine.
Sometimes you will want to have someone remove it from the machine or even better give the machine a full service.
This is where Craig of Small plant services comes in
He can service your lawnmower and he can get the blade sharp enough to cut grass.
If you want to shave with it he can send it to me.