A few years ago I received a decent set of knives as a Christmas gift and inevitably with time and use, they lost their fearsome edge. When I say fearsome, I'm not kidding as my chef's knife is a good 10" and too broad to fit in most knife blocks; total horror movie sized. I came across New Edge after some interwebs searches and saw on the website that I could drop off my knives at the Ikebana shop on Quinpool, which was fairly convenient for me. After just a few days my knives were back and I once again had to handle them with care, lest I lose a finger or pint of blood. Also, Peter included a wonderful little hand written note describing the process that he went through to sharpen all of my knives which was interesting and a nice personal touch. read more

Last week I read a very interesting article about Peter Nowlan in the newspaper. Later I checked his website which has a lot of information on it. He sounded very competent. Very impressed, I dropped my chef's knife off at Paderno Factory Store in Bayers Lake one evening. The next evening the store called me back; my knife was ready to be picked up! It had travelled from Bayers Lake to Middle Sackville and back in one day. The knife came back sharpened, nice wrapped in pretty paper, and with a letter attached explaining how he sharpened it. It cost $10 to sharpen my knife. There is also a really detailed price list on his website, for different sizes of knives. I highly recommend Peter Nowlan at the halifaxknifesharpening.com website for excellent service and would use him again. It's an easy drop off at the Paderno store in Bayers Lake. Same plaza as McDonalds. read more

Took my Grohman Knives to Peter and he sharpened them to an awesome edge. Ready on time and on price. This is where to take your knives to be sharpened. My knives are very special to me. Peter thanks again. read more

I was lucky to be referred to New Edge Sharpening by someone far more knowledgeable about Japanese cutlery than I. I had a issue with a new out of box knife. The owner of the company I purchased the knife from told me to send the knife to Peter. He was the only person in Canada he recommended. I could have a replacement or let Peter correct it and give it a final honing, if I liked the result I could keep it. He rounded the heel slightly without altering the belly and touched up the edge. Peter and I corresponded several times, he is detail oriented and ardent about his craft and the knives themselves. He also repaired a 20 year old nariki that was so bad it collected dust in a drawer. Both returned 5 days later along with a handwritten note detailing the 7 water stones he used to go from 220 to 13000 to fix the veg knife. In the end it was way better than I had hoped to be honest. My buddies Kasumi set will be accompanying mine next time all the way from SW Ontario. Thanks again Peter. read more

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I came cross Peter Nowlan website for knife sharpening services and contacted him , he had responded promptly and did a superb job. I also took training work shop on knife sharpening. I found him very knowledgeable and friendly. if you have high quality knife and looking for first class sharpening he is the person to go to. I recommend his workshop to any knife lover or culinary chef since he is master of his trade. read more