Blade sharpening system and method of using the same

A blade sharpening system comprising:

• a blade sharpening device configured to contact said blade according to a predetermined shape of said blade comprising
• a grinding assembly having a grinding wheel demountably attached to a spindle operatively coupled to a grinding wheel drive system, said grinding wheel configured to contact said blade with a constant grinding pressure and a constant grinding rotation speed;
• a blade holding apparatus to slide said blade over said blade sharpening device, comprising
• parallel first and second gripping members for contacting opposite sides of said blade and align an edge of said blade with said grinding wheel for sharpening;
• and
• a controller comprising:
• a memory on which the predetermined shape of said blade and a value of said constant grinding pressure corresponding to the predetermined shape of said blade are stored, and
• a processor operatively coupled to the memory, to said blade sharpening device and to said blade holding apparatus to control sharpening of said blade,
• the processor being operable to control, at the value stored in the memory corresponding to the predetermined shape of said blade, said constant grinding pressure exerted during the sharpening on said blade by said grinding wheel, and to control the blade sharpening device to contact said blade according to the predetermined shape of said blade.