11th May - Knife Sharpening for Beginners with Community Cutlery
Sunday 11th May
10am - 4pm
Lunch and unlimited tea and coffee included
Gaz, founder of Community Cutlery, is coming back to The Walled Garden School after his hugely popular masterclasses in 2024!
About the workshop:
You will leave this workshop with a collection of your favourite knives, all of which have been expertly sharpened (by you) with the knowledge gained to keep them that way for life.
The workshop will begin with a lesson in the all-important sharpening theory, before moving on to a comprehensive demonstration of the techniques you’ll need to know before you really get to grips with the task of the day: sharpening your own knives under Gaz's expert guidance.
What you will learn:
Skills to become a confident home sharpener.
Sharpening theory.
How to use traditional methods of sharpening.
What to bring with you:
3-4 of your own kitchen knives for sharpening (preferably at least 1 large and 1 small knife).
Enthusiasm for sharp knives.
The desire to learn a new skill.
Sunday 11th May
10am - 4pm
Lunch and unlimited tea and coffee included
Gaz, founder of Community Cutlery, is coming back to The Walled Garden School after his hugely popular masterclasses in 2024!
About the workshop:
You will leave this workshop with a collection of your favourite knives, all of which have been expertly sharpened (by you) with the knowledge gained to keep them that way for life.
The workshop will begin with a lesson in the all-important sharpening theory, before moving on to a comprehensive demonstration of the techniques you’ll need to know before you really get to grips with the task of the day: sharpening your own knives under Gaz's expert guidance.
What you will learn:
Skills to become a confident home sharpener.
Sharpening theory.
How to use traditional methods of sharpening.
What to bring with you:
3-4 of your own kitchen knives for sharpening (preferably at least 1 large and 1 small knife).
Enthusiasm for sharp knives.
The desire to learn a new skill.
Sunday 11th May
10am - 4pm
Lunch and unlimited tea and coffee included
Gaz, founder of Community Cutlery, is coming back to The Walled Garden School after his hugely popular masterclasses in 2024!
About the workshop:
You will leave this workshop with a collection of your favourite knives, all of which have been expertly sharpened (by you) with the knowledge gained to keep them that way for life.
The workshop will begin with a lesson in the all-important sharpening theory, before moving on to a comprehensive demonstration of the techniques you’ll need to know before you really get to grips with the task of the day: sharpening your own knives under Gaz's expert guidance.
What you will learn:
Skills to become a confident home sharpener.
Sharpening theory.
How to use traditional methods of sharpening.
What to bring with you:
3-4 of your own kitchen knives for sharpening (preferably at least 1 large and 1 small knife).
Enthusiasm for sharp knives.
The desire to learn a new skill.
Timings
10am: Arrival and welcome chat
10:15am: Tea/Coffee
10:20am: Introduction
1pm: Break for lunch
2pm: Continue workshop
4pm: Finish
About the workshop, as told by Gaz:
Are you harbouring a desire to be able to sharpen your own knives? Does it feel within your reach but still somehow completely unfathomable?
As a professional knife sharpening service we speak with our customers about this topic a lot, so much so we've lost count of how many times we've heard...
"I'd really like to be able to sharpen my own knives but I'm worried about ruining them."
"I've had a whetstone for years but I've never got around to learning how to use it."
"I'm not really sure about the angles."
These are absolutely valid reasons for being wary of getting started, properly sharpening a knife using traditional methods can be tricky, but by breaking down the process and giving you a little guidance along the way, we're confident you'll leave the workshop with the skills you need become a competent and confident home sharpener.
We’ll start the workshop with a lesson in the all important sharpening theory, then we’ll give a comprehensive demonstration of the techniques you’ll need to know before moving on to a big chunk of time for you to sharpen your own knives under our guidance.
The bulk of the workshop will be focussed on standard kitchen knives, so we recommend that you bring around 4 of your own to work on, we’ll also save some time at the end of the session to talk you through how to sharpen serrated knives and scissors, so feel free to bring these along as well, in addition to any sharpening equipment you might already own and want to ask questions about, although don’t worry if you don’t own any as everything will be provided on the day (except the knives!).
About Community Cutlery
Founded by Gaz & George, this is the place to go when you’re next near Ilkley.
Community Cutlery is a home for enthusiasts, for people who love the ritual of food preparation and who have realised the charm in doing it with quality tools, with items that are as pleasing on the eye as they are practical in the hand.
Amazing kitchen kit and homewares, as well as a friendly and insightful knife sharpening service, all resides within their beautiful West Yorkshire store.
“At Community Cutlery we work closely with a select group of crafts people to bring together a limited collection of consciously chosen items for the kitchen. We believe in the people we work with and the products they specialise in, we believe in buying once and taking good care, we believe that functional items should also be beautiful and we believe that making little changes can make a big difference, for us and for the environment.”
