The Story Behind #27
Hi, our names are Lance & Linda – together we own and operate #27.
This venture started many years ago when a love of cooking combined with a love of growing things led to a new hobby and then in 2012 we started our business, #27. By combining the best fresh ingredients from across the country, through our carefully mastered recipes, we developed an exceptional, boutique range of preserves that built quite a following in the Wellington region.
All that preparation of hundreds of kilos of fruit and vegetables meant that we became increasingly interested in the best knives for each job and in keeping them sharp.
Gradually, we fell in love with obtaining and using quality knives and the pleasure that comes with using the right knife for the right job.
I, Lance here, also discovered that sharpening knives is almost a form of meditation for me and the joy I get from taking a knife that is blunt or damaged and restoring it and getting it back into use is immense.
And so the next chapter of #27 began when, in 2019, we closed the preserves making business to allow us to focus on sourcing and selling the best Japanese knives and providing a professional knife sharpening service, restoring your blunt and chipped knives to something like their former glory.
And it isn’t all about sales – if you have questions or ideas relating to kitchen knives or knife sharpening, please just get in touch… knife talk is fun!
