Photos Is it sharp?

[Lorien]

Let's see how sharp your knife is. I'll go first

 

[BJE]

I tried to feel the edge through the screen, but all I got were fingerprints on the glass.

 

[The Hawk]

I went camping many years ago in the Sahara Forest. The had to re-name it when I got finished swinging my blade. .

 

[eveled]

 

[TRfromMT]

Been enjoying getting hair whittling edges freehand lately...

 

[r8shell]

 

[scottyj]

I cut the tip of my thumb off with my ZT 0566. It was sharp.

 

[Rykjeklut]

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[Eli Chaps]

When I first "arrived" in the Maintenance, Tinkering, & Embellishment forum I made some bold claims. The fellas politely but staunchly rebuked some of my assertions. They were right.

I thought I knew sharp until I started posting there and then had my world opened up. These days I post a lot of my mistakes and shortcomings and it might sometimes seem as if I don't even know how to sharpen. I do, but after that initial posting, I realized I'd feel terrible if something I said mislead a fledgling sharpener and caused them frustration. So now I try to share all my trials and tribulations in hopes of showing that we all make mistakes but it can be done.

@HeavyHanded , @Obsessed with Edges , @Jason B. , @bgentry , and @DeadboxHero among so many others are great resources and so generous with their knowledge.

Right now, without question, my favorite knife is my Wusthof Gourmet Chef's Knife. Yes it is more of a budget knife but I love it. I embarked on hand-thinning this one (not something I necessarily recommend for this size) and it still needs some work but the performance enhancement is excellent.

This was sharpened on a Norton Fine India, honed on a Black Arkansas and then lightly stropped on bare leather. It's been a few weeks (and daily use) so it's catching a bit but still cross cutting paper towels and feathering across grain on receipt paper.

This guy is pretty easy to sharpen but cleanly cross-cutting receipt paper is more or less my gauge for all my knives.

 

[sharp_edge]

If a knife can slice paper towel, that is sharp. This is also when I decide a knife no longer needs to be sharpened/stropped.

 

[eveled]

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Not much to tell. Just a mock up Of the old Buck logo. Cutting a bolt.

 

[DocJD]

Sharp enough to cut right thru my fingernail and nail bed with barely a touch .



Bled like a stuck pig until I put on a pressure bandage .

Gotta love a knife can do that right outa the box .

 

[Pomsbz]

To be frank, although my previous test was zipping cleanly through receipt paper, I'm currently playing with a well stropped 600 grit edge which is a nice toothy edge to have on a working knife and will still shave arm hair. It does make more noise going through those receipts though.

 

[TheEdge01]

 

[r8shell]

 

[abcdef]

screaming scary

 

[kwackster]

I think so,

 

[jacinda]

amazing

 

[Zulus]

Very nice job Guys !
All of you.
I prefer to keep my blades dull.
Shaving hairs on my forearm was fun some half Century ago :^D

 

[Lorien]

that's some sharp steel ya'll!
slicing through paper towels ain't so easy to achieve, but anyone have any luck slicing tp? (not that you should, that stuff is worth its weight in gold...). Tissues are pretty tough to cut clean as well, my sharpening skill tops out somewhat below that