ABOUT US
In 1986 a family member showed me how to earn a few extra dollars on the weekends. He took me in Flint one Saturday morning, stopped at a few hair salons, sharpened half a dozen shears and headed for home. I asked him why he was quitting so early when he could have stayed out longer and earned more. Needless to say I was hooked. I've learned a lot since then and covered more than a few miles. My sharpening equipment and techniques have improved over the years and my experience and confidence are apparent when new customers are quizzing me about what I'm going to do with their shears. My family has been very supportive. When we first started we did this part-time since I was teaching in a local Christian school. For two years we built this business part-time. I have to say being self-employed is much better than putting up with seventh graders. Now we try to balance two vocations. My wife loves the elderly. Her goal in life is to rescue them from having to move to a nursing home one person or couple at a time. She describes herself as a live-in caregiver for the elderly. We find someone, or usually they find us, and they hire us to move into their home and provide the care they need in their golden years. The only difficulty is that this vocation can require us to relocate often. We usually stick pretty close to the Flint area because that is where our church is and it is pretty much central to my work. Our church is very important to us. The jobs my wife accepts must be within easy driving distance to Swartz Creek (a small town just west of Flint). We have a small group of people that really love the Lord and want to learn about Him and serve Him. Our pastor has years of experience and knowledge and very lovingly and capably leads us in our worship. You can learn a little more about our church at the church website at http://www.sgbc-online.com You can even hear some of the great messages we get to enjoy by listening to the streaming audio messages found at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sgbc I'll spare you the pictures of the grandkids but here are some of my wife, my hobby, and me (in that order of course).

In July 2003 our son-in-law decided to move up from Philadelphia in
order to be able to attend our church and study under our pastor. He
decided to throw in with us on the shear sharpening business. Steve
trained him and then gave him half of his business. They agreed to
not compete with each other directly and tried to cut down on the
driving by agreeing to divide up the geography so when one of them
goes into an area it will be his to work thoroughly without a checkerboard
of this is his and that is mine.

So began ERIC's EDGES

At this date of August 2004 Eric has a year of experience under his belt
and Steve reluctantly but proudly admits Eric is as good at sharpening as
he is.