We Pickup, Sharpen & Return Your Kitchen Knives Within 48 hrs.
Keeping VA Sharp
What We Do
Keeping VA Sharp is a local, Virginia-based home services business dedicated to the simple premise of keeping your home & kitchen supplied with sharp knives with the convenience of home pickup & delivery.
Dull knives are dangerous and make cooking & meal preparation a chore. Let us help make your kitchen safer and cutting easier.
Our sharpening partner, Dragon Knife Co., has been sharpening knives for the best chefs and restaurants in western Virginia for over 30 yrs.
Our professional sharpening is 100% guaranteed.
Who We Are
Experienced....
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Keeping VA Sharp has partnered with the Dragon Knife Co., the leading sharpening company servicing the best chefs and restaurants in western VA for over 30 years. Clients include Keswick Hall, Fleurie, Marigold, The Mill Room at Boar's Head, Foods of All Nations, The Ivy Inn and Pippin Hill Farm.
A Dragon knife likely cut your morning
bagel at Bodo's too.
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We will provide you with the best home sharpening service you have ever experienced. 100% Guaranteed.
If for any reason, you are not happy with our sharpening, our knives, or our service we will make it right or refund you 100%, your choice.
Dedicated Craftmen
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Dedicated Craftmen
Knife sharpening, or 'grinding" as the industry refers to it, has been around for thousands of years. Our team of professional craftsmen and sharpeners have been trained by the best in the business and carry on the tradition of precise workmanship and exacting standards demanded by traditional grinders. Whether it's hollow ground or belt sharpened, we do it best.
Keeping VA Sharp: The Story
The Start
Dull Knives Are Dangerous
Dull Knives Are Dangerous
Since 2017, Douglas Jebb has been a Connecticut high school girls varsity hockey coach. A couple of years ago, he launched a home knife sharpening service in Fairfield County. Recently relocating to the Charlottesville area, he met Garfield Stowe, the founder of Dragon Knife Co. the top restaurant knife sharpener in western Virginia. Today their companies are keeping Virginia sharp.
Dull Knives Are Dangerous
Dull Knives Are Dangerous
Dull Knives Are Dangerous
Studies show dull knives are far more dangerous than sharp knives. Dull knives & poor cutting surfaces cause 67% of all kitchen knife visits to the ER. Dull knives require more pressure to cut, so the knife or item under pressure often slips & causes the knife hand to accidentally cut the holding hand or fingers. Professionally sharpened knives help solve this issue so cutting is safer and easier.
Your Local Professionals
Dull Knives Are Dangerous
Your Local Professionals
Keeping VA Sharp was created
in Charlottesville and operates only in Virginia, for Virginia households, served by
Virginia-born sharpening
specialists all trained in this
time-honored craft.
We're 100% local and dedicated
to giving our customers the best in sharp knives and service.
We love keeping Virginia Sharp!
Types of Knives for Kitchen Use
The Chef's Knife
The Chef's Knife
The MVP of the kitchen, a Chef's Knife, with its 8" or 10" blade is versatile enough to cut veggies, roasts, steaks and potatoes, and tough exteriors like watermelons, pineapples & avocadoes. Not good for breads and soft fruits. A must-have, and must-be-sharp, to be used safely.
Paring Knife
The Chef's Knife
A second must-have, this diminutive actor with a 3" or 4" blade is small enough for peeling apples, potatoes, and other fruits and veggies. The sharper the better as it makes for quick work when appropriately sharp.
Serrated Knife
Serrated Knife
Typically long with a 10-12 in. blade sporting numerous small sharp ridges, a serrated knife is best for breads, bagels, and tomatoes (esp. ripe, soft ones). Not to be used for meats as the saw-tooth ridges will shred the good protein you aim to eat. These become dull over
time and need to be sharpened.
Boning Knife
Serrated Knife
A medium sized knife - typically with a 6-8 in. blade - the boning knife has a very thin, sharp blade designed to navigate both the intricate outlines of bones and the annoying gristle to help chefs separate the meat from the chaff. Critical that these stay sharp, most restaurants serviced by Dragon Knife Co. get their boning knives sharpened at least every two weeks.
Fillet Knife
Similar to a boning knife, a fillet knife is 6-8 in. with a flexible blade useful in preparing fish. The thin blade easily slices along the backbone and under the skin of the fish. Another knife you need to keep very sharp.
Meat Cleaver
The meat cleaver is used for heavy-duty tasks such as cutting through bones, thick cartilage, and large pieces of meat. Ideal for cutting up pumpkins, squash and pineapples. The top, non-blade edge can tenderize meat too. Heavy with a curved blade thats wide enough to be used to crush garlic & ginger. Critical for this knife to be sharp due to its weight & size.
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