I was wandering around Freighthouse Square in Tacoma and stumbled upon the Vulcan Knife shop. They have some interesting inventory but I was most interested in the knife sharpening service. This week I had my pocket knife sharpened and was very pleased with the edge so today I took a kukri and bowie machete to have sharpened. Feels good to have sharp edges on the tools. They sharpen while you wait (about 10 minutes for my pocket knife). The guy was saying they have been at this location for 5 weeks and also have a store in Ballard. It's near the Tacoma Dome area, near Bullseye indoor shooting range and near the downtown Surplus Ammo store.

How much for the sharpening service?

$10 to sharpen

Meh. Ill stick with Seattle Edge

I've been to the Ballard store a few times. Some cool stuff in there. Haven't been to the one in Tacoma... yet.

This is a terrific shop with terrific service!

Welcome to WaGuns, Eric.

Had a Emerson cqc sharpened there.
Normally I do my own sharpening but the chisel grind Emerson uses and I just dont get along and it had become quite a nightmare in how not to sharpen a knife.
Sent it in to Emerson for re sharpening and it came back equally as dull as my best attemps but at alot greater cost

So after a couple years of sitting in the sock drawer not getting use I decided to do something about it and stopped in at Vulcan to see what couldnt be done.
Walking into the store I was greeted by a nice older lady and plenty of sharp pointy things on display.
I briefly explained what I was looking to have done, handed over my dull waved paperweight, and 10 minutes later they returned to me an knife with an edge a ninja would be proud of.

Cost was around $10, Victory over a habitually dull knife was priceless (R.I.P Charlie Murphy).

So while I'll continue to sharpen most of my own knives, its nice to known theres hope close by to save a dull blade while you wait.

Also, if you have kids or are just a big kid yourself, theres a lego specialty store directly across from Vulcan.