Whether you’re chopping vegetables for soup, pruning a tree in the back yard, or filleting a freshly caught fish during a camping trip, a sharp blade is vital for efficiency, quality and safety.
Based in Ashland, OR, Work Sharp Tools has been making sharpeners for kitchen knives, hunting knives, pruning shears, scissors, axes and other bladed tools since 1973. Work Sharp began as Darex in Beecher, IL, making equipment to sharpen industrial cutting tools. The D, A and R of Darex are the initials of three generations of the Bernard family. Grandfather Arthur Bernard, who earlier founded the Bernard Welding Co., contributed his energy and guidance to son Richard and grandson David.