Sharpeners Report

12/10/2024

We have three more days to collect votes for our Sharp Name Contest! Help break the tie for 1st place! Your vote might move up another choice. So many great name nominees.
https://www.myalchemer.com/s3/8111001/Business-Name-Contest

12/07/2024

Dear Readers, Your inbox should have our final 2024 Sharpeners Report. Here's a link to the free news in our industry. Vote in our Sharpening name contest; and Take our Price Survey! Enjoy the ads in between our how to articles and shop tips!

Happy Holidays to all. Since 2011, I've kept this publication going thanks to you and our advertisers. Please note a request to take our Sharpening Price Survey below. I announced last issue about my retirement from writing the quarterly news, but popular informational products will still be availa...

11/27/2024

Vote in our name contest! 21 business nominees are listed here:
https://www.myalchemer.com/s3/8111001/Business-Name-Contest

11/26/2024

We just made it easier to vote in our Sharpening Business Name Contest!

Business Name Contest. Created using Alchemer, online survey software.

11/25/2024

VOTE ON FAVORITE BUSINESS NAME! HOLIDAY WEEK FUN. Naming your sharpening business takes a lot of thought. Community identity, your values, your brand all are reflected in your business name. Here is a list of businesses that entered our Sharpening Business Name Contest! Please vote for yours, and for your favorite name! The business owner will win a prize of their choice from our book store, including a grand prize access to our Archives, with all of our back issues as a resource, a $100 value!
EMAIL [email protected] to VOTE today! The NOMINEES ARE:
-Afia CO Sharpening
-The Barber and The Butcher Sharpening
-Day Break Sharpening
-Golden State Sharpening
-Honed By Jones
-Honed In Sharpening, LLC
-Island Sharp
-Jack the Knife. Sharpener
-K.O. Blade Sharpening Knock Out Service!
-KCS Diamond Sharpening
-Neighborhood Sharpening
-O.G.E.R.’s Services (Old Guy Enjoying Retirement)
-Precision Sharpening & More
-Pro Shop
-Road Runner Sharpening
-Schubert’s Sharpening
-Sharp As Sin
-Shear Maiden
-Summit Sharpening
-The Shear Medic
-UpHill Edged
EMAIL [email protected] to VOTE today! Vote by Dec. 2 so we can award a holiday gift prize to the winner!

10/31/2024

Let's get spooky sharp today my friends! Happy Halloween ladies and gents in the shop. Who is your fav spooky character? publisher wants to know. Boo!

10/29/2024

I'm shipping sets of books today purchased in Reno at The Sharpening Show! You can purchase our Price Report this week and get TWO years of data! 2024 and, in Feb. 2025, you'll get the new Price Report. $28 on our "Book Store" section Sharpeners-Report.com. Auto-renew applies for the deal. Pick up an ebook while you are there! I'm reprinting certain titles, but a PDF is always easy to ship to your email.

10/29/2024

The Sharpening Show in Reno has happy readers of our "Best of Sharpeners Report" Series of five books on sharpening tools, as a business, and sharpening and tips. I even sold my fictional novel, The Moments Between Dreams! My next novel has a sharpener entrepreneur in the plot! Thank you fans of SharpenersReport!

10/27/2024

Thanks The Sharpening Show in Reno NV was a joy to attend for as a speaker, selling of educational books, and as a reporter passionate about this industry!

10/25/2024

Vendor room "The Sharpening Show" in Reno has a bustling room with folks sharing knowledge and buying books, supplies and considering equipment! businesses.

10/25/2024

Enter our Sharpenjng business name CONTEST!

09/18/2024

Magna-Matic offers a spark guard for lawnmower blade sharpening. Do you own a Magna-Matic?

09/16/2024

Visit Sharpeners-Report.com or see our Fall newsletter in your inbox! Business Name Contest is open! https://sharpeners-report.com/blog/

09/14/2024

Our Fall newsletter is out! Check your inbox.

Here's a story you can read and take action this weekend!
Sharpeners Report Name Contest
Sharpeners Report Newsletter is fishing for the most awesome company name among our readers. Nominations start now, and voting starts in October and ends in November. Nominate your company or one you admire for its name.
By October 15, please enter this sharpening company name contest by email to [email protected]. Please include:
SUBMIT Your First / Last name, City/State, and Tel. or Email.
CONTEST ENTRY: The company name you are nominating, and if different than your own, include the owner's name, his or her city/state and contact info, including website or FB page if there is one. Send a photo of the name on a sign if possible, but not necessary.
Did you know that we ran a business name contest in 2012? There have been so many retired and so many new entrepreneurs, it is time for this contest again!

Here is a link to the rest of our Fall Newsletter.
https://createsend.com/t/r-F8F7A14573A32D522540EF23F30FEDED

07/19/2024

Our vendor for the news distribution is experiencing an outage. Please use this link to view news intended for your inbox today. It will be posted under Current Newsletter on our website as well.

August 3 - 5: Loganville, GA Bonika Shears Sharpeners Jam Location: Anna Holbrook Building, Loganville, GA (Atlanta, GA Suburb) This year's Jam is also offered via On-line access. Lodging: Hampton Inn & Suites, Snellville, GA   More information on agenda below.

07/19/2024

Check your inbox Friday for our Summer issue of Sharpeners Report!

05/30/2024

Watch a video promo of where my short story of terror and relief in Winter will be published among other fabulous authors.

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