Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Sharpen Your Knives with KnifeSpa {giveaway}

And the winners are: Sharper, Valerie, queenoftheclick, Cass, and Sarah. Please email me ASAP and I will get your prize to you. Congrats!

About a year and a half ago I finally invested in a nice set of knives. And when I say invested, I mean that I asked for them for Christmas. They've been great (except for the one time I cut myself and had to get stitches). Having a great set of knives makes chopping, slicing, and dicing so much faster and easier. After a year and a half though, I started to notice that the knives weren't feeling as sharp as they used to - even though Eric regularly sharpens them for me when he puts them away.



Coincidentally, I was contacted by a company called KnifeSpa right around when I started getting annoyed with my knives. They offered to professionally sharpen all of my knives for me. It was a pretty simple process. I sent in my knives for sharpening and got them back about a week later. I kept 1 knife at home because I knew I couldn't live that long without my knives. I sent them out just before I went out of town for a weekend so I could have a couple extra days when I wouldn't be needing them.



When I got my knives back I was truly impressed. I could slice through a bell pepper like it was nothing. Cutting sweet potatoes for our favorite sweet potato fry recipe was no longer hard work. I couldn't believe I hadn't used a service like this sooner. But it was only because I hadn't heard of them before! Want to know more about how their service works? See here.

About KnifeSpa: KnifeSpa is a service of Master Grinding Service, Inc. based in Rockaway, NJ. They have over six decades of experience, and the tradition of knife sharpening, or “grinding” as it’s known, goes back in their family for at least four generations. They can trace family grinders to Carisolo in the Val Rendena, an area in the province of Trento, Italy.

Are you chopping away with dull knives and cursing every moment of it? Then I've got a giveaway for you! 5 lucky winners will recieve a $50 spa session from KnifeSpa. (Depending on the size of your knives, that's about 5-10 knives). Be sure to read the rules and details below for your chance to win.

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Giveaway (5 winners): $50 discount on knife sharpening from KnifeSpa

The Rules:
  • Leave a comment by 11:59 pm PST on July 7th.
  • Anonymous comments: leave your email address and first name in the comments.
  • 1 random winner will be announced by July 10th. I will notify you via email and you will have 72 hours to respond before I choose a new winner.
  • Contest open to US Residents only.
Extra Entries: Additional entries can be earned by doing any of the following, giving you a total of 5 entries. Leave a separate comment for each of your entries.
  • ReTweet the following message: Win a $50 gift certificate from @KnifeSpa and @goodlifeeats & say goodbye to dull knives {INSERT POST LINK HERE} #giveaway
  • Become a fan of goodLife {eats} on Facebook.
  • Become a fan of KnifeSpa on Facebook.
  • Vote for goodLife {eats} as Best Eye Candy Blog in the BlogLuxeAwards

105 comments:

  1. woohoo! I have 3 good wolfgang puck knives that I can't even cut a tomato with! I would love to get them as sharp as when I first got them!

    Stephanie
    sharper43@yahoo.com

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  2. I retweeted!

    I had to make a tiny url to make it fit in the tweet. If anyone wants a tiny url to use, here ya go:

    http://tinyurl.com/32rc6qw

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  3. I became a fan of goodLife Eats on Facebook. (Stephanie Harper)

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  4. I became a fan of KnifeSpa on Facebook. (Stephanie Harper)

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  5. I voted for goodLife Eats as Best Eye Candy Blog.

    I don't know how you can prove that I voted. But it says you can vote every day until July 12th, so I'll even try to remember to vote for you everyday! :)

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  6. Funny thing ~ just yesterday I thought it was about time I ask my husband to sharpen our knives again. I could really use this!

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  7. Oh, I desperately need this!

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  8. How wonderful! After all the hard work my knives do for me, it would only be fair to reward them with a week at the spa!

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  9. Tammy
    tjbleeker@gmail.com

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  10. I've had my new knives about a year now and have been thinking about getting them sharpened soon as I'm starting to notice a little difference in the ones I use all the time.

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  11. I didn't even know a service like this existed. In NYC, when I was a kid, a guy used to ride up and down the street and call out "Knife Sharpening" and people would go outside with their knives. No one does that any more. I have a set of 15 year old knives, I wonder if this would work.

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  12. I am a fan of goodLife {eats} on Facebook.

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  13. I voted for goodLife {eats} as Best Eye Candy Blog in the BlogLuxeAwards.....I confirmed the vote as well.

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  14. Thanks for the chance to win! I'm annoyed by my knives right now too!

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  15. I have no good knives. . would love to win!

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  16. I would absolutely love this. My chefs knives are in desperate need of a spa day!

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  17. I voted at the BlogLuxeAwardAwards!

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  18. I tweeted!

    http://twitter.com/untypicallyjia/status/17419281138

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  19. We have been trying to find a knife sharpening place forever! Thanks for trying it out for us!

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  20. my knives could definitely use sharpening! great giveaway!

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  21. i tweeted :: http://twitter.com/PrettiesbyMeg/status/17420946236

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  22. What a great giveaway! Thanks Katie!

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  23. I tweeted about the giveaway here -- http://twitter.com/underthestars/status/17427331283

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  24. I became a fan of Good Life Eats on facebook.

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  25. And I voted for Good Life Eats!

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  26. My knives really need to be sharpened. It's been too long.

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  27. oh my gosh, a knife spa??? how cool is that!

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  28. I will be married 13 years this August and received my knife set as a wedding gift. I'm embarrassed to say that they have never been sharpened! I guess you have a pretty good idea then of how dull they are. I'd love to win this professional sharpening. It would do a world of good for my culinary skills!

    Tricia
    t.oshea@yahoo.com

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  29. This would make it easier to slice those fresh garden tomatoes

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  30. love this blog! i just found it through the BlogLuxe awards and I'm soo happy i did :)

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  31. I could really use some new knives but settling for sharp would be nice. Really everyone knows a dull knife is more of a hazzard when cutting.

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  32. I was just thinking the other day as I tried to slice a tomato that I needed my knives sharpened. They have never been sharpened since I received them on my wedding day. It would be a treat.

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  33. Oooh - Perfect I was just wondering if I could find a local place to sharpen my knives.

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  34. What a GREAT giveaway! I'm with you, I've been feeling the exact same way about my knives now. They are still fantastic, but I can tell the difference. Thanks for putting this together!

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  35. OK, I just tweeted it too! :)

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  36. I'd love to win! scg00387 at yahoo dot com

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  37. http://twitter.com/DesMoinesDealin/status/17450909122 scg00387 at yahoo dot co

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  38. Voted for you as best eye candy! scg00387 at yahoo dot com

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  39. What a great giveaway! Thanks! ginaogden at gmail dot com

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  40. I voted for you as Best Eye Candy Blog... ginaogden at gmail dot com

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  41. Just dropped my knife sharpener on the floor last month. A much needed prize!

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  42. My knifes would love to go to the spa!
    Shannon H.
    oregoncouponmom@gmail.com

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  43. I just "liked" you on FB.
    Shannon H.
    oregoncouponmom@gmail.com

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  44. I just "liked" knife spa on fb too!
    Shannon H
    oregoncouponmom@gmail.com

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  45. I'm in! Sheri J. shjtx51 at gmail dot com

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  46. My knives need sharpened so bad! This is an awesome giveaway!

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  47. that is very cool! Some of my knives could use a spa day. even though I have a sharpener, I don't think it works as well as the professionals can do.

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  48. I only own two good knives: a Shun Santoku and paring knife. Both could use a good sharpening! Thank you for the chance to win! :)

    Rachel
    rachiemorey@hotmail.com

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  49. Oh, I love chopping and dicing and cutting with a good knife! Mine are getting a bit dull, though.

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  50. I have great knives that are getting dull too. This would be perfect!

    erica.l.nielsen at gmail

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  51. What a great service - my knives are in desperate need of sharpening! HollyB
    hollyb1972@verizon.net

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  52. Thanks for the giveaway! This would be great!

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  53. I became a fan of Good Life Eats on FB

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  54. i'd love this service for my knives!

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  55. i'm a fan of good life eats on facebook

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  56. i'm a fan of knifespa on facebook too

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  57. i tweeted: http://twitter.com/sekeil5/status/17585533515

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  58. This is a great giveaway. I could definitely use some sharpening.

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  59. I've been meaning to have my knives sharpened for ages. This would be great.

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  60. What a wonderful giveaway. Thanks for the entry!

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  61. i am a fan of KnifeSpa on FB. Thank you!

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  62. I cut my finger really really badly on a paring knife that my dad sharpened unbeknownst to me, since I used too much pressure since they are too dull to cut hardly anything 90% of the time. Getting them professionally sharpened that will last more than a week would be awesome.

    Lisa
    rewoundboomerang@gmail.com

    I voted for your blog also~ (:

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  63. That sounds great! Sharp knives definitely make a difference.

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  64. Sharp knives what would that be like?

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  65. I am very much in need of sharpening my knives! I just cut myself with a dull one yesterday

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  66. a fan of goodLife {eats} on Facebook.
    erin neu

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  67. Voted for goodLife {eats} as Best Eye Candy Blog

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  68. I voted goodLife {eats} for Best Eye Candy Blog!

    Rachel
    rachiemorey@hotmail.com

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  69. tweeted

    http://twitter.com/erunuevo/status/17625920834

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  70. Oh I could DEFINITELY use this!

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  71. I could really use this, slicing with my knife through a butternut squash is really hard work!

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  72. a fan of KnifeSpa on Facebook.
    Valerie Jordan

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  73. a fan of goodLife {eats} on Facebook.
    Valerie Jordan
    :)

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  74. I voted goodLife {eats} for Best Eye Candy Blog!

    Valerie
    vhartevelt@gmail.com

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  75. Wow...seems like a great way to keep knives sharp...I always seem to orget to sharpen mine and then I end up annoyed at how cooking prep becomes. Amanda
    baluethy@gmail.com

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  76. Oh, how cool! Never knew such a thing existed! Thanks for the giveaway!!! SheilaM - samrrn@yahoo.com

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  77. excellent giveaway (and excellent blog in general!). ;)

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  78. My knives are pitiful, this would be great!

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  79. oh man, this is fantastic! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  80. Do they get before and after shots, and if so, is there a feather boa involved? Hmmm, maybe I should go to the knife spa.

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  81. I'm a fan of goodLife {eats} on facebook.
    ginaogden at gmail dot com

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  82. I am glad to find your site, looks great! Knife sharpening would be awesome too!

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  83. Great giveaway...and perfect timing. I broke the tip off of my knife this weekend...oh please don't ask how :-)

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  84. Boy do my knives need to be sharpened...

    angie@sullynet.net

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  85. @P_jamie

    Jamie

    faire_dust@hotmail.com

    would love to try this!
    Pick me! as winner!

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