Overview
Buy this book and get some stones. Josh Donald, author of Sharp & founder of Bernal Cutlery. The practical guide to knife sharpening you never knew you needed. Blunt kitchen knives, scissors and garden tools. Dry wooden boards. We all have them. But maintaining your stuff is easy when you know how. Professional knife sharpener Gareth Heaton draws on years of experience both at his kitchenware business and running workshops to provide step-by-step instructions on how to correctly sharpen your tools. Using whetstones and other abrasives, you'll make them more effective and safer to use and discover the hidden joy and satisfaction of maintenance. In Do Maintain, you will learn how to: Properly sharpen all types of kitchen knives Sharpen scissors, secateurs, spades and more Use a whetstone and ditch ineffective home sharpeners Treat wooden chopping boards and season cast-iron pans. It's time to start looking after your everyday tools and utensils, break the cycle of buy and replace, and learn the lost skill of knife sharpening.
Full Product Details
Author: Gareth Heaton
Publisher: The Do Book Co
Imprint: The Do Book Co
Volume: 44
ISBN: 9781914168642
ISBN 10: 191416864
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 02 October 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Packed with clear instructions, photos and illustrations, Gaz shows us that maintaining our tools doesn't have to be a chore and really couldn't be easier... Now you can be the sharpest knife in the drawer.' Bother magazine. 'Gareth transforms the intimidating art of knife sharpening into a friendly chat cutting through any confusion like a well-honed blade.' Martyn Odell, Lagomchef
Gareth does a great job of distilling the concepts, materials and techniques a novice sharpener needs to get started. Buy this book and get some stones. Josh Donald, author & founder of Bernal Cutlery
""Gareth does a great job of distilling the concepts, materials and techniques a novice sharpener needs to get started. Buy this book and get some stones."" - Josh Donald, author of Sharp & founder of Bernal Cutlery ""Gareth transforms the intimidating art of knife sharpening into a friendly chat; cutting through any confusion like a well-honed blade. Do Maintain is the perfect balance of a best mate's guidance and the enthusiastic asides of a true aficionado."" - Martyn Odell, Lagomchef
Author Information
Gareth Heaton lives and works in Yorkshire, England where he runs Community Cutlery, a kitchenware business specializing in kitchen knives. Sharpening professionally since 2019, Gareth has restored thousands of knives, for both domestic and professional users. After discovering there was a real appetite for learning, he has gone on to teach knife sharpening skills to hundreds of people in the shop, at private events, and festivals, as well as online. Do Maintain is his first book.
