What's with cutting water bottles for a cut test?

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can someone explain to me the water bottle cut test? I've seen a lot of them on youtube but im not quite sure what they are trying to prove, espeically when they cut thru only 1 small bottle. is it that their knifes are sharper then water? more then half the time both sides of the bottle cut go flying so its not really cutting cleanly without any resistance thru the bottles either. is it suppose to show technique? how fast you are? how good the blade is? I am confused:cool:
 
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Skimo said:
Have you tried it?
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no, I ususally only do the hanging hair test and cutting cleanly thru TP and end there for my knifes. I also dont' drink bottled water cuz diet soda cost the same (some times cheaper) but taste better.
 
Slicing through bottles of water takes skill and practice with the blade. Slicing toilet paper does not exhibit skill with the blade, but rather with the sharpening devices.
 
so its more of a show of skill? is it showing speed? strenght? accuracy? where are you suppose to aim on a water bottle?
 
ron_m80 said:
Slicing through bottles of water takes skill and practice with the blade. Slicing toilet paper does not exhibit skill with the blade, but rather with the sharpening devices.
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Could you explain the skill involved? Slice the bottle cleanly in half without losing a drop of water? :D I've seen it done, it's like pulling the table cloth out from under the dishes. Pretty cool to watch either way.
 
I'd consider it more of a cutting display/trick than a cutting "test" -- as an earlier poster mentioned, the main reason people do/watch it seems to be that it looks cool.
 
eccvets said:
can someone explain to me the water bottle cut test?
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In a survival situation one needs to get to their water as quickly as possible, and cutting your bottle of water in half is the quickest way to do it.

Hence, it's quite a good real-world test of your knife's sharpness and functionality. More better than doing something ridiculous like making a fuzz-stick, slicing a tomato, or cleaning a fish.
 
A real water bottle cut should leave the bottom half of the water bottle in its original place still filled with water while the top half usually falls away. It's a skill thing. It's more impressive when done with a katana. It looks like a little flick of the sword and the top just falls away. Pretty cool to watch in slow motion.
 
I watched a video of a fellow, lined up a 12 pack of beer, and cut through them all with a sword of some sort.
Looked pretty cool.
 
There's a Japanese sword in my family that my grandfather brought back for WW2. I've been able to cut a water filled milk jug clean, then cut it clean again two more times with minimal spilage. I guess it's heavier and a wider base though.

What's move impressive is when an empty bottle gets cut clean. I've never tried that with the sword, but have failed a few times with knives.
 
Siggyhk said:
There's a Japanese sword in my family that my grandfather brought back for WW2. I've been able to cut a water filled milk jug clean, then cut it clean again two more times with minimal spilage. I guess it's heavier and a wider base though.

What's move impressive is when an empty bottle gets cut clean. I've never tried that with the sword, but have failed a few times with knives.
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Love to see some pics of that. Love those old Japanese swords.
 
"They do it for the children." Let's make that a case! :D

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Those guys are a riot. That's a pretty good video. That is an impressive cut through 24 cans. I'm glad they were emptied and then refilled with water. :D
 
marcinek said:
In a survival situation one needs to get to their water as quickly as possible, and cutting your bottle of water in half is the quickest way to do it.

Hence, it's quite a good real-world test of your knife's sharpness and functionality. More better than doing something ridiculous like making a fuzz-stick, slicing a tomato, or cleaning a fish.
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Yes, I definitely agree, besides, how is cleaning fish or slicing a tomato a real world test of my mall ninja skills? :D
 
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