Are u also obsessed?

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loki88

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... with the sharpness of your knives? I like to sharpen my knives, but just when i have put a nice and VERY sharp edge on them, i think to myself" but is it sharp enough"?
Although i can put it in perspective that i always wonder if i could do better! :D Anyone else has this "problem"?
 
I did until today. I was working in the store with my buddy when he asks to borrow a knife to cut his orange. (I had told him that he could not use any of the store knives). His CRKT M-16Z was dull as a visit to senate. Well sure enough, he cuts right through the orange and into his hand with my BM 710. Imagine that and wince in pain.
Do it.
Really imagine that.
Burning acid seeping into a fine wound in the palm of your hand.
My knife really is sharp enough.
-KC
 
In a word, yes. I am contantly checking my knives to make sure that they are as sharp as possible. I will check my EDC knife at odd times, even if I haven't cut anything since last sharpening it. I want to make sure that it will easily shave hairs, and feel sharp as I touch my hand to it.

A perfect example, I just received an Atwood Prybaby and used my TNT to open up the box. Now that just means a couple of small cuts of cradboard for a sharp Talonite blade. When I was done with the work, and checking out my new toy, my attention immediatly went to my TNT. The blade was still plenty sharp to cut more cardboard, or whatever else but would not shave hairs effortlessly. So I gave it a couple of swipes on the fine Sharpmaker rods to bring it back to perfection. No real need other than my obsession with it, as I have found that the blade will always lose that edge with the first couple of cuts, but then keep a perfectly good edge for a long time.

In some ways I think it is good, I never let my knives get so dull that I need to spend hours and hours sharpening them again. I also only really do this when it is convinient, if I am out away from my sharpening gear I won't worry about it. I also know that the knife I have on me, should I decide to swap out my TNT that day, will be sharpened up and ready to go.
 
No way! Life's too short to be hunched over a Sharpmaker if you don't need to be. And I rejoiced the day I got my Sharpmaker so I could stop sharpening freehand. My knives may be "barely sharp" by BFC standards, but they're still a lot sharper than most peoples' (excluding barbers, butchers and chefs).

Maybe BFC should open a sub-forum for you obsessive/compulsive types.
 
Since I started finishing-off my knives with a steel, they are all so sharp that I'm now afraid to check their sharpness.:D.
 
yes.
i also tend to touch up my blades, even if they don't necessarily "need" it.
sometimes if i'm sharpening my edc for the day, i'll get out some others to make sure they're up to snuff.
in addition, i have taken to stropping my blades on a barber's strop to get them up to shaving sharpness.
peace.
 
Glad some of us in here feel the same. It always remembers me of that old saying " your are never sharper then your knife", don't know where i read it but it shure sounds thru. I think u should adapt your sharpness to the purpose of the materials you want to cut, but i want my knife as sharp as my edge geometry will allow. :D
 
I used to sharpen knives just for soemthing to do. Didn't matter if it was hair poppin sharp, I'd find some reason to touch it up. Alot of times I'd go clear back to square one figuring it wouldn't get any sharper without going to a coarse stone and re-setting the edge bevels.
I'm still obsessive about sharpness. If it doesn't shave easily I won't carry it. But now if I get bored I just make more knives instead of wasting time resharpening :D
 
Not really, though, out of curiosity, I did try stropping clear down to 1/4 micron diamond paste once just to see how obscenely sharp that would get something.
 
I had to cut way back,, the hair on my arms is slowly coming back,, I've learned to test them by 'shaving' a layer from a sheet of paper... No hairs to pop!



B.G.
 
bgf said:
I had to cut way back,, the hair on my arms is slowly coming back,, I've learned to test them by 'shaving' a layer from a sheet of paper... No hairs to pop!



B.G.
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My girlfriend used to make fun of me because I had "cuffs" - that is hairy areas around my wrists, but the rest of my arms being bald. So I started pulling up my shirt and testing on my belly hair (I'm a pretty hairy person.) instead, so at least the VISIBLE parts look right. Someday she'll complain about my belly stubble being prickly on her soft skin. :o

Shaving sharp is the minimum I'll accept from my knives - even ones intended for hard use like large choppers. I'm particular about the sharpening angle on my knives as well.
 
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