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proved procedures sharpeners may develop bad techniques which lead to poor sharpening.
Many sharpeners promote themselves as “factory trained,” but what does that mean? To most people it likely means the sharpener was trained in every aspect of the sharpener’s job, and the company deemed them an “expert” with their products and services. I have been factory trained by eight different companies. The factory invites you to their technical department, or they send a factory representative to your shop. They show you the procedures to maintain their products. For example, they showed how to sharpen a shear and a blade. When they are sure you understand the procedures, and can acceptably observe you performing the procedures, they give you their certification. Nothing else.
Perhaps it would be otherwise if the factory checked back with the sharpeners ensuring they are still restoring
items to factory standards. But they don’t. Factory-trained sharpeners may be sharpening incorrectly because no one checks up on after initial certification from the factories. In fact there is no continuing education. Factories have never checked up on me or even called me about my training and present status.
Enter the NBTSG Why is the NBTSG different? To begin with they promote continuous improvement with regular training and several levels of certification. They don’t take
Is being certified by a factory
sharpening lightly. They offer the train-
enough? NO!
ing to get a sharpener to a “Master Lev-
Even after being shown factory ap-
el” and beyond. It is simply up to the
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