Mike Brubacher - founder of BESS

BESS is acronym for the Brubacher Edge Sharpness Scale – an international standard of quantifying sharpness.

The exquisite edge we put on customers' blades wouldn’t be possible without Mike’s sharpness testers.

Mike lives in Phoenix, Arizona USA.
We were first to adopt BESS in Australia, and are proud to call Mike Brubacher our friend.

Australian Meat News

Look for Knife Grinders offer on knife and cutting blade sharpness and turnover assessment in the leading Australian meat industry magazine.

We thank the AMN editor and publisher Athol Economou for help with the design for our announcement.

Read an article on our research at the BE Campbell meat plant in the May 2018 issue >>

Australian Knife Magazine

Look for Knife Grinders' breakthrough article in the coming issue.

The AKM is available on eBay and via subscription at www.isubscribe.com.au

Michael Masion, the AKM editor and publisher trusts us to sharpen knives from his precious collection.

USA Sharpeners’ Report

Read our studies on paper wheels in the February 2018 issue of the US Sharpener’s Report.

Judy Brenner, the Sharpeners Report managing editor and publisher has been extremely supportive of our studies, and more articles will follow.

The magazine website and contacts:
sharpeners-report.com

Knife Grinders at the Sydney Knife Show

Knifemakers were bringing their newly made knives asking us to set edge on them.

Visitors were taking to us the knives they bought to test sharpness.
A few from the public even called home for their wives to bring knives for us to sharpen; others left the exhibition only to run home and return bringing more knives for sharpening and testing.

By the end of the show we ran out of one reel of test media in the PT50, so over 200 sharpness measurements were taken.

On quite a few occasions when we adults were all busy with the customers, my 10-year old son did sharpness tests, good fun.

Sharpest Knife Contests

Since the idea of a sharpness contest by BESS edge sharpness tester came to the Austalian Knife Magazine publisher and editor Michael Masion we at Knife Grinders just watch open-mouthed it spreading quickly across the country.
The Sharpest Knife Contest is becoming an annual event at knife shows held in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
Perth starts its knife shows next year with the Sharpest Knife Contest being a part of it, and Brisbane is being negotiated.

Our sencere thanks to the Australian Knife Magazine for this brilliant idea and arrangements.

Sydney contest rules: Contest Rules >>

Besides Australia, BESS sharpners testers have been used in sharpness competitions at the Sharpeners' Report tradeshow in Minnesota, USA since 2016;
and in the UK knife show since 2018.

Sydney 2018 The Sharpest Knife Contest finalists >>