# Sharpening Dude

- **Website:** <https://sharpeningdude.com>
- **Primary alias:** `sharpeningdude.com`

## Description

The Sharpening Dude is an independent skate-care and hockey equipment business based in Annandale, Virginia, serving hockey and figure skaters throughout the DMV and offering mail-in service nationwide. Led by John, the business provides personal, practical guidance for skaters of all experience levels, helping them choose services and equipment suited to how they skate.

Services include hockey and figure skate sharpening, with traditional hollow and flat-bottom options for hockey, as well as blade profiling to adjust balance, glide, and turning. The shop also offers boot work and repairs, local Drop Box sharpening, team sharpening, and nationwide mail-in service. Customers can purchase Bladetech blades and steel, with options to add sharpening, profiling, or laser engraving. Additional offerings include hockey gear, sticks, protective equipment, goalie gear, accessories, custom team jerseys, and engraving.

The Sharpening Dude provides online tools and guides to help customers explore blade hollows, profiles, sticks, and boot fit. Local visits are by appointment at the Annandale shop, with Drop Box locations available in several Northern Virginia communities.

## Industries

- 🏈 Sports
- 🏈 Winter Sports _(under Sports)_
- 📊 Business and Consumer Services

## Links

- [facebook](https://facebook.com/TheSharpeningDude)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/the_sharpening_dude)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/thesharpeningdude)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idXU-0cqpM/w/330/h/220/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792949605569)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idXU-0cqpM/w/1200/h/1200/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792949605897)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cocoa Brown | #201c1a | dark |
| Merino | #f1e9da | light |
| Chambray | #3b5998 | accent |

## Fonts

- var(--font-body--family) — asset _(custom)_
- var(--font-paragraph--family) — asset _(custom)_

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