Southpaw Sharpening Etc Etc

Austin, United States

4.3

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6 reviews

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+1 512-422-6575
Address:
Austin, TX 75032
Town Lake
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.3 miCongress and Riverside
0.5 miDowntown
0.5 mi5th/Rio Grande
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
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Today

Today 8:15 am – 6:45 pm
Closed now
Local time (Austin) 21:53 Thursday, 29 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 8:15 am – 6:45 pm
Tuesday 8:15 am – 6:45 pm
Wednesday 8:15 am – 6:45 pm
Thursday 8:15 am – 6:45 pm
Friday 8:15 am – 6:45 pm
Saturday 8:15 am – 6:45 pm
Sunday 8:15 am – 6:45 pm

Description

Specialties

Reminder: I am a mobile sharpener, meaning I make house calls. You call, I come. :) Just Click to call! It’s that easy!

Southpaw Sharpening Etc. Etc. Specializes in blade sharpening. Not just knives, but everything from X-​acto to lawn-​mower blades. We also do blade restoration, clean-​up, and custom orders.

We are a mobile, Drop-​off/​pick-​up business which services the whole Austin and Manor areas.

Here is a basic price sheet:

Pocket Knives: Small blades-3.00 + 1.00 extra for aditional blades.(Add 2.00 for half serrated. Add 4.00 for full.

Cooking and chef knives:

Up to 6 inch– 5.00

7 – 12 inch– 8.00

Full serrated– 6 – 12 inch– 10.00

Re-​profiling (includes nicked blades, broken tips, re-​sharpening, etc.)

up to 10 inch-20.00

Hunting Knives– 6.00

Large Bowie Knives– 10.00

Scissors– (done in shop)

Household and Utility– 6.00

Tools (most done in shop)

Axes and hatchets-12.00

Machetes and Kukri– 20.00

Hand spades Hoes — Dependent upon condition.

Limb Loppers-10.00

Brush Shears-10.00

Pruners-10.00

Other– Anything not listed, ask for price.

History

Established in 2014.

During my apprenticeship more than a decade ago, the value of the hand-​made blade was drilled into my brain. No CNC, no automated machine to do the work for you. Learn how to do quality work with your own two hands.

I have carried this philosophy into my current business. No automated sharpener here. I do the work by eye, with quality tools. It may take a few seconds longer, but the end result is unquestionable.

Meet the Business Owner

Lynden L.

Business Owner

I have had a passion for blades and cooking for as long as I can remember. I would often be the loudest voice telling whomever was in charge the our blades were not sharp enough.

I spent years looking for a smith that would take an apprentice so that I could learn to make quality chef knives and folding blades.

Then, I found one. Right here in Austin Texas. I have been smithing and making knives for over a decade, and have loved every minute of it.

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6 reviews of Southpaw Sharpening Etc Etc

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Place rating: 1
Austin, TX
Very polite, but broke our blades.
I’m not terribly impressed with the experience I had with Southpaw Sharpening. I had called Lindin to get my grooming salons shears and blades sharpened. He was on time, polite and clean, and did an excellent job on all of our shears, but not a single blade worked after he had sharpened them. He was called back to fix his work, and after the resharpening, the broken blades still didn’t function. We asked for a full refund for the money we spend on blades and he (very politely) refused us for personal reasons.
Now here’s where it gets weird. I ask him if he would try repairing the blades one more time, since he won’t refund us. We set up a time and date, and then a day before the date I get a text saying that he will refund me the money in forty five days’ time, and that he would mail it. Forty five days, to get a refund of forty five dollars. That strikes me as pretty ridiculous, so I ask if we can get the money back sooner, and he never replies.
I’m not impressed by the fact that we basically paid him 45 $ for him to break our blades and he won’t give us back our money in a prompt time. If this was any other service they would refund us promptly, apologize, and then we could all be on our way. This is just silly, and worth warning other groomers about.
Place rating: 5
Austin, TX
Lyndon does an amazing job on our knives. He’s also great company, charges a reasonable price, cleans up after himself, and does his work quickly and efficiently. Added bonus — he (very patiently) taught me how to use a hone so as to keep the edge on my knives in-​between sharpening.
Place rating: 5
Austin, TX
I brought Lyndon a pair of clippers I inherited, the old manual kind, and before he got his hands on them they cut like a butter knife wielded by a three year old having a temper tantrum on too much sugar. Now they cut like a wonderous dream. They’re shiny on the inside, but he didn’t mess with the patina that had developed on the outside. They still look like grandma’s clippers, and cut like they did when she was my age. Probably better, if we’re being honest with ourselves, and each other. I moved away shortly after, but you can bet your bottom dollar when they need a sharpening again, they’re going back to Southpaw, even if I have to walk them there.
Place rating: 5
Buda, TX
Great service and excellent quality! We had some old paper cutters at our office that hadn’t been sharpened since we bought them decades ago. Lynden came and picked them up and brought them back a couple days later sharper than new. I will definitely use Southpaw again in the future.
Place rating: 5
Austin, TX
Professional and versatile sharpening service. I took my beat up kitchen knives to get them sharpened and they were done quickly and very well. Plus, he’ll come to you if you need it.
Place rating: 5
Austin, TX
Awesome service on our commercial equipment blades. Lyndon was super responsive and very reasonably priced. After striking out at the Knife Sharpist, and calling around town for a mobile service South Paw came through and got our blades back to us with a nice edge in under 2 hours. I highly recommend this service for anything you need professionally sharpened.
Jake, Boundless Nutrition, Austin