Sharpening – Onsite sharpening & Repair I D.K. Industries

Sharpeners Report publishes story about harmonic treatment

In the January issue of Sharpeners Report, Judy Brenner interviewed Randy Kinney and me on the new harmonic treatment we are using to strengthen metal for sharpening. We are very excited about the attention that this process is receiving. If you have any questions about our harmonic treatment or want to try the service for…
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Try DK shear renewal system

You love your old shears. You love how your old shears feel in your hand. You love how they use to cut, but now they don’t preform like they use to. They just aren’t as sharp and they don’t hold an edge The DK Shear Renewal System re-animates your favorite shears in 5 steps: The…
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Harmonic treatment gets micro-sharp edge

After 25 years of using heat to temper steel, I learned that heat only tempers the outer third of the steel. This is why the sharpening of an edge doesn’t last as long with each sharpening. Recently, I discovered a new way of tempering the steel all to its core, thus improving its edge by 300%. This method is…
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The Priceless Importance Of Honing: Shear Sharpening

Honing is the process of smoothing metal after getting rid of the blemishes along the edge. It is not a practice that is unique or specific to shear sharpening. Honing is a process that is as old as the hills (as they say) and is used in any type of finishing work. Honing is commonly used…
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Getting That Edge

The honing process not only removes micro burrs that is left behind after sharpening an edge, but moves the molecular of the steel closer to gather, leaving not only a sharper edge but a stronger edge. The result is a stronger and sharper edge that will last longer. When we use this honing process on your…
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D.K. Places at the National Beauty and Tool Sharpening Guild

Owner and CEO, Dean Koeneman, placed third again forty-five certified master sharpeners at the 2013 National Beauty and Tool Sharpening Guild in Memphis, Tennessee. He trailed the 1st place sharpen by a mere 8 points!
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Hospital and Surgery Centers

If you watched the TODAY show February 22rd, you will know that there is a necessity to keep surgical instruments as clean as possible, and you will know that the necessity is not being met as often as it should; all instruments, once cleaned, should be sterile and ready to use 100% of the time.…
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OSHA Compliance

Here you see a picture of Dean Koeneman, DK Industries’ CEO, wearing a lap coat to repair and clean ridged scopes. He does so to sterilize his work, making it so the multiple layers of the scope stay clean, but Mr. Koeneman wearing a lab coat is indicative of something else very important.
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