Peter was really professional. Texted me approximately what hour he would be turning up the next day. Arrived promptly. Greeted me at my front door. Did my knives and scissors super fast in his van. I had a bunch of Chef quality knives, cheap knives, scissors. Pretty much grabbed everything from around the house. His charge is a min of $40, but the price per knife or scissors is very reasonable. Knives came out sharp, not overally sharpened with wasted metal and with a sensible edge. It seems like one side is sharpened more than the other. I think this was deliberately done to prevent chips. I don't think that any manual sharpening is going to give the razor edge on top quality knives out of the box, like laser sharpening can. Laser sharpening isn't available in Melbourne as far as I can see, anyway. Definetly give Peter's Sharpening a go. The most important to me, is that he didn't damage my knives from uneven sharpening or over sharpening. I was pleased with the results.

Approximate cost: $40

Had a wonderful buying experience. The shop really went out of the way to help me get two books needed quickly for a trip. One was sold out on Book Depository and AbeBooks, and the other wasn't stocked in one bookstore in Melbourne. Not even at other specialty travel book stores. I would have to have waited for a week for it to be ordered in. Impressed with the customer service and quality range of travel books at Latitude Books.

Approximate cost: $40 for 2 books