Mobile sharpening · Northeast Florida
Gabe Urban runs a sharpening bench out of his van. He parks at your animal hospital, grooming shop or salon, services every instrument on the premises, and leaves you cutting clean the same day. No shipping. No loaners you have to chase.
Who we serve
Surgical instruments, suture and bandage scissors, and every clipper blade in prep and treatment, sharpened on a schedule so nothing goes dull between visits. Gabe keeps an instrument log per clinic and sends one invoice a month. Multi-location groups get the same sharpener at every site.
Straight, curved and chunker shears, plus the whole blade drawer. Big shops get a standing visit every six to eight weeks so no groomer is fighting a pulling blade on a Saturday.
Convex Japanese steel sharpened on a wet wheel and polished, not ground flat. Tension set, ride line checked, tested on hair before he hands them back.
Chef knives, cleavers, serrated and boning knives. Kitchens get a route stop; home cooks text a photo and get bundled with a nearby visit.
Not on the bench: mower blades, chainsaws, axes, hedge trimmers, skates. Gabe will tell you who does those well.
Account program
Built for animal hospitals, multi-chair salons and grooming shops that would rather never think about sharpening again. Text to set one up; the first visit sets the baseline and the rotation.
Gabe inventories every instrument and blade, flags what's chipped, bent or past saving, and tags each piece in your clinic's log.
Every 6, 8 or 12 weeks, same day of the week, timed between surgeries or around your busiest grooming days. You don't call; he shows up.
Nothing leaves the building. Instruments are wet-ground, honed, tested and back in the drawer before the next appointment.
Monthly invoice by email, paid by card or bank transfer. Multi-site groups get one statement across locations.
The edge
Most sharpening damage happens when someone treats a surgical scissor or a convex shear like a kitchen knife. The angle gets flattened, the ride line disappears, and the pair folds hair or crushes tissue even though it feels sharp.
Gabe sharpens on a water-cooled wheel system, matches the factory angle on each piece, resets tension, and tests every pair before it goes back in your hand. Chipped tips and bent blades get a straight answer before any work starts.
What clinics and shops say
★★★★★
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"He comes every eight weeks, does the whole surgery drawer and the clipper blades in treatment, and the techs stopped complaining about dull Metzenbaums."Practice manager, animal hospital, St. Augustine
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"Six pairs of shears between my clients. The convex pair I'd given up on cuts like new."Stylist, Jax Beach
A Google review is how the next clinic finds him. It takes about a minute, and you'll be able to spot his bow tie in the photos.
Leave a Google reviewSomething wasn't right? Text him first. He'd rather fix it than read about it.
Service area
Based in St. Johns County. Beaches and the St. Johns corridor most weeks; Flagler, Volusia and the inland towns on rotation. Text your zip and Gabe will tell you his next day there.
Questions
Yes. Surgical scissors are sharpened to their original bevel on a water-cooled wheel, checked for burrs under magnification, and tested on suture material. Instruments that are pitted, sprung or past their edge are flagged for replacement, not forced.
Most clinics settle on every 8 weeks for clipper blades and every 12 for surgical scissors. High-volume grooming shops are usually 6 weeks. The first visit sets the baseline; the rotation adjusts from there.
Yes, on a wet wheel with a polishing step. If you've had a pair ruined by a knife sharpener, that's usually a convex edge that got ground flat.
He looks before he starts and tells you whether it's worth repairing. Some tip and chip repairs are quick; some blades aren't worth the money and he'll say so.
Monthly invoice by email, paid by card or bank transfer. Walk-up customers tap a card at the van.