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Good knives, scissors and blade sharpening
| Good knives, scissors and blade sharpening When you move to a new country its not very hard to find the supermarket of the drugstore. What is most hard to find are the specialty shops, unusual items or services that you just take for granted at home.I was looking for a special type of scissors for cutting my hair and I was told to go to Afilado No.6 - a shop on the very end of Soriano (Plaza Independencia end). I went there to find they sold the most interesting collection of things. They seem like an outlet store for a beautician - they sell hairdryers, hairbrushes, waxing supplies, some cosmetics, nailcare things etc. However I thought it might interest some that they sell good knife collections, a wide array of quality scissors and best of all they offer a sharpening service for a good price! They have a website (although it is very basic) so you can see what they offer: |
| "Knife sharpening in Pocitos"
There is a buy that does around Pocitos on a bicycle blowing a whistle... he has a knife sharpening wheel rigged to his bicycle... Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
Comment #201/19/12 09:12Rural east Colonia departmento | "Knife sharpening"
Most places have travelling knife sharpeners and/or lil ol boys who do it from home. Here in Valdense, my mate Ulysses mends/services mowers and chain saws, sharpens knives, scissors etc and runs the till at the American Bar three lunchtimes a week. We're multitaskers down here :-) |
| "a good edge"
I carry my stone and steel with me most places I travel here in Uruguay and leave a trail of sharp knives behind. Might be one of the reasons I get invited back. Seems to be a demand for it.Only complaint I have had is from my fiance about my shaved forearm where I test the knives. Love the whistle of the knife sharpener on his bike around Pocitos. One of the things that is special about Uruguay along with dog walkers with a dozen or so dogs and the clip clop of the horse drawn recycling carts. Expert Page: House Sitters for Uruguay |
| "Knife guy"
I have the whistle guy's contact info - I had him do my whole set on blind faith and he did an excellent job! Amazing! We were cutting tomatoes just for the fun of it they were so sharp! He even took out a couple chips in my blades! His equipment is so basic, but worked like a charm! |
| "The whistle of the knife sharpener."
Lionel, the characteristic melody of the whistle played by the peddler sharpeners is not limitted to Uruguay. A couple of years ago I was at a hotel in Venezuela when I heard the melody through the window. I run downstears and out to the street to find a sharpener walking round the corner offering his services through the whistle. The man told me he didn't know the origin of the melody but had learnt it from his father, who in turn, had learnt it from his grand-father. The same as in Uruguay. I guess it comes from the medioeval sharpener guilds. I wonder if in Spain, or even other European countries, the melody is known. Well, maybe peddler sharpeners have dissapeared from Europe and the whistle vanished with them. |
| "Man powered machines"
I am fascinated by any machining tasks achieved without motors. African craftsmen wood turn on lathes powered by their foot driving a cord around a spindle. Great ingenuity that we tend to lose when the need does not drive us.Expert Page: House Sitters for Uruguay |
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