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To whom it may concern;
My
name is Jim Christensen, I live in Orem, Utah and have wanted to get into the
sharpening business for quite some time. In January of 2002 I lost my full
time job in a steel plant in Utah because of foreign steel imports being
illegally dumped into the U.S.A. from other countries. Because of this I
was eligible for retraining from the government through T.A.A.. I
Knew of several people and companies that taught sharpening, I knew Larry Brooks
was a master sharpener still practicing sharpening and felt Larry was one of the
best sharpeners in our country if not the best so I called Larry Brooks and
asked Larry if he would train me in the field of sharpening. Larry agreed
to train me. At this point I applied for my retraining to go into the
sharpening field. I tried to convince my counselors that sharpening was a
legitimate trade. My counselors for T.A.A. felt I should go into more conventional
fields at local colleges. I keep presenting my business plan to them and
explaining to them that this was the field I wanted to go into and felt I could
make a living sharpening. Finally, after four or five months they finally
gave in and OK'd my training with Larry Brooks of Sharp Edges in the field of
sharpening.
I would strongly recommend
Larry Brooks of Sharp Edges to anyone interested in getting into the sharpening
business. I learned more than I could ever explain in this
letter. Larry is a wonderful teacher and teaches one on one with his
students, his wife Linda helped me greatly with how the business should be
run.
Since completing my training
with Larry Brooks I have gone on to open my own successful sharpening business
in Utah (Cutting Edge Sharpening). I could not have made it in the
sharpening business if I would not have trained with Larry Brooks.
Jim Christensen
Cutting Edge Sharpening
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