Lighter Moments in a Mobile Knife Sharpening Business

Gorden Biersch Beer Bottles

I was working the other day — sharpening knives — and somebody asked if I would want to barter. The answer was yes — and here on the seat of my truck is the barter booty!

Knife Sharpening at Genes's Fine Foods in Pleasanton

Sundays I am sharpening knives at Gene's Fine Foods. My nickname for Gene's is 'The Country Club.' I call it The Country Club as I see more people meeting their neighbors here, riding bikes to shop, and coming with their dogs. 

I ever offer bicycle 'valet parking.' Sometimes the biker rider forgot their lock, or simply do not want to bother with the lock. I offer to keep an eye on it — as seen in this picture.

NapaStyle Chef's Knife

I just had to take a picture of this knife after I sharpened it. It is a NapaStyle brand Santoku chef's knife.

                The reason I wanted to blog about it is:

The name NapaStyle is printed on the knife, and that is a California-ish name.

Then we have  printed on the knife 'SANTOKU' which is a style of a Japanese knife.

Next we have 'German Steel,' and following that we have 'Made in China.' 

I have to give them props as I would have trouble cramming all those keywords in a long blogpost — not to mention on four short lines printed on the face of a knife!