Proctor jokingly takes credit for once saving a marriage when a customer brought in a $1,500 sushi knife that his wife had dropped, point-first, onto a marble floor, cracking off the tip. Proctor was ...

What does your business do? “Sharpening Services takes knives, garden tools, scissors and gives them the edge they had at the beginning. They are restored to full-service capabilities,” Storm said.

Joseph Rueter was a tech entrepreneur before he opened a knife shop, so it’s no surprise that he’s thinking about business extensions beyond his 50th & France storefront, Vivront. The shop sells ...