The questions salons, kitchens and workshops actually ask

As a rule almost any blade: shears (hairdressing, thinning, grooming, tailor’s), clipper blades, chef’s and butcher’s knives, and other blades including axes, lawnmower blades and garden tools. Special tools and machines by arrangement. If unsure, describe it on +386 51 659 600 · igor.komadina@t-2.net.

Hairdressing shears are a pair that has to meet, so they are stripped, cleaned, sharpened on both blades and re-tensioned, with the ride line left untouched. Shears merely pushed across a wheel often still fold hair, because the cause is tension and fit, not bluntness.

Yes. The work is done on the plain blade and the fit between both blades; the toothed side is left as the maker made it. The tension is checked and re-set.

Yes, but send the complete set: cutter and comb are sharpened and matched as a pair. A set that bites or pulls is often only sitting badly, not blunt. Grooming salons find it works best to send sets in cycles.

A serrated knife is sharpened tooth by tooth on the hollow side, the toothed face left untouched. On cheap stamped blades it is often not worth it, because the steel will not hold an edge; you are told after assessment.

Disposable razor blades, and tools past the point: ground away to nothing, a cracked bevel, overheated steel, or a ground-off ride line. For unusual materials such as ceramic blades, ask first.

Yes. Most of the work is for salons, kitchens and butcher’s shops, but individuals with quality knives are welcome too. The process and price are the same; the invoice can be made out to a company or a private person.

You drop the tools off at Ferrarska ulica 14 in Koper by arrangement, post them from Slovenia, Croatia and Italy, or arrange another way with us.

No. There is no collection, delivery or on-site sharpening. What comes into the workshop is sharpened there, because a controlled angle, cooling and inspection under magnification can only be guaranteed there.

Wipe the blades dry, sheath each piece (stiff card over the edge or a rigid guard), never as a bundle. Send shears assembled and closed, clipper sets complete, all in a rigid box with filling. Padded envelopes are not suitable. Full instructions on the How it works page.

To Igor Komadina s.p., Ferrarska ulica 14, 6000 Koper. Enclose a note with your company name, contact, a list of the contents and what you want done.

Roughly 1–3 working days from arrival, plus transit each way. It depends on the condition of the tools; if it will take longer, you are told before the work.

Send tools in two alternating batches: half in use, half in the workshop. The condition note you get back tells you which piece needs attention next.

Loss or damage in transit is the carrier’s responsibility, not the workshop’s, so use a tracked and insured service. Tools go back tracked; return postage is the customer’s.

Koper is about 20 km from Trieste, so dropping off is open to anyone who can reach Ferrarska ulica 14. We also take tools from abroad, arranged individually via +386 51 659 600 · igor.komadina@t-2.net.

Prices are starting figures, for example from EUR 10, telling you the floor rather than the final sum. A worn knife and a damaged one cannot honestly be put on the same line.

Because the price is set by condition, not by the tool’s name. A pair needing only re-tensioning and a pair with chipped edges are two different jobs. A fixed figure would mean somebody pays too much.

After assessment and before any work. Your description and a photo give you a starting price up front; assessment confirms the final one. If the job is heavier, the price is agreed before anything begins.

Yes. The invoice is issued by Igor Komadina s.p. (registration 7367031000, tax 71734848) and made out to your company.

The workshop is not VAT-registered; the invoice carries the note: VAT is not charged pursuant to Article 94(1) of the Slovenian VAT Act (ZDDV-1). The price is final, and VAT-registered buyers have no input VAT to deduct.

The method and terms are agreed when the order is confirmed. The invoice matches the amount confirmed after assessment; there are no items on it that were not discussed.

There is no single interval; wear is set by the work, not the calendar. The signs are more reliable: shears fold hair, a knife skates off tomato skin, cuts need more force. That is the moment; waiting only means more metal comes off next time.

Every sharpening removes some material, so a tool has a finite number of sharpenings, that is physics. No more is taken than the edge demands. Running a tool into the ground and rescuing it with heavy removal is worse than sharpening in good time.

Because bluntness is often not the cause. If the tension is wrong the blades do not meet and hair slips between them. Shears are stripped, sharpened on both blades and re-tensioned. A ground-off ride line, however, cannot be repaired; you are told before the work.

Because the edge is rolled, not worn. A steel pushes it back into line but creates no sharpness; a tired or damaged edge rolls again after a few cuts. Truing is maintenance between sharpenings, not a substitute.

No. A steel only realigns the edge; once the bevel is worn or chipped there is nothing to realign. A kitchen does best with both: truing day to day, sharpening when truing no longer does the job.

That the steel went past the temperature at which it loses hardness. Such a blade looks normal but no longer holds an edge. No later sharpening repairs it, which is why work runs coarse to fine and with cooling.

You are told before the work, with an honest view of what sharpening would still achieve. A blade ground to nothing, a cracked bevel, overheated steel and a ground-off ride line are limits sharpening does not cross. Losing the order is better than handing back a tool that will not work.

Wipe blades dry and store them apart, not loose in a drawer. True kitchen knives with a steel and cut on wood or plastic, not ceramic or glass. Use shears only for their job and do not leave them open.