Do Maintain: How to sharpen knives, scissors and garden tools.

Blunt kitchen knives, scissors and garden tools. Brittle wooden boards. We all have them. But maintaining your stuff is easy – when you know how. • How-to guide by professional knife sharpener and founder of Community Cutlery in Yorkshire • Rise in repair culture – The Repair Shop has 7 million viewers, over 580 ‘repair cafés’ in the UK • Universal appeal – every house in the country has a knife or pair of scissors that need sharpening! • Perfect Christmas or Father's Day, gifts for men or anyone interested in tools and sustainability Professional knife sharpener Gareth Heaton draws from years of experience – both at his kitchenware business Community Cutlery and running workshops – to provide step-bystep instructions on how to properly sharpen your knives, scissors, and garden tools. Using whetstones and other abrasives, you'll make them more effective and safer to use – and discover the hidden joy and satisfaction of maintenance. In Do Maintain you will learn how to:-Properly sharpen kitchen and serrated knives-Sharpen scissors, secateurs, spades, axes, and more-Employ simple ways to provide regular maintenance-Treat wooden chopping boards and season cast-iron cookware