The Sharpening Guys is a sharpening and repair service run from a residential workshop at 113 Fowlds Avenue in Sandringham, Auckland. The website says the owner, Michael, has more than 20 years of experience. The service sharpens knives, hairdressing and dog grooming scissors, fabric shears, sewing scissors, garden tools, butchery equipment and hand and roller guillotines. It also sharpens surgical tools for medical and veterinary practices, and repairs damaged tools where that is cheaper than replacing them. Scissors can be sharpened to suit a user's cutting style, with the tips pointed or rounded, and older or antique scissors are restored. A guide-driven machine sets the correct angle for finer scissors.
Items can be dropped off at the workshop, where a secure dropbox is available when nobody is home, or left at New Lynn on the last Friday of each month. Mail-order sharpening is offered, with a 48-hour turnaround guarantee, and a courier service is available across the Auckland region. Customers quoted on the website praise the monthly service for fabric scissors and a butchery department served for ten years, saying the speed and precision are a cut above.