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Must your EDC shave the hair on your arm to be worthy of being carried?
 
Yes, if it doesn't cleanly shave hair, I will sharpen it before carrying it. If I don't have the time at the moment I will grab another one that will shave before running out the door.
 
Yes. I refuse to carry a knife that is not sharp. A knife that won't shave arm hair is not sharp. That is a bare minimum requirement. A knife should be ready to effortless serve you as a tool where needed. It should cut right through things like seat belts, cardboard boxes, zip ties, etc. If it's not that sharp, then it's not ready as a tool.
 
Generally, yes. And I use the TP test as well. If it can't cut either, edge-pro comes into action :)

My other form of meditation - sharpening lol
 
Magnaminous_G said:
Yes. I refuse to carry a knife that is not sharp. A knife that won't shave arm hair is not sharp. That is a bare minimum requirement. A knife should be ready to effortless serve you as a tool where needed. It should cut right through things like seat belts, cardboard boxes, zip ties, etc. If it's not that sharp, then it's not ready as a tool.
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A knife doesn't have to shave arm hair to do the things that are required of it. A knife can be sharp without being able to do that. Out of the 2 knives I use every day, neither of them will shave arm hair at the moment. I sharpen them to shave hair but then use them until they stop doing what I need them to do. Then I repeat the process. Last time I sharpened my Izzy 2 and my SAK(not super steels either) was about a month ago. Both are used every day. The first for food and whittling, the second at work and for whittling. A month later and they still do their job though I'll probably sharpen them tomorrow as they're on the verge. They still make great fuzzies though.

I think having to have it razor sharp all the time is coming from people who don't use their knives all that much or are borderline OCD. At least as far as knives. Nothing wrong with that. I used to do the same. However, after really starting to use my knives I've found that this is just unnecessary sharpening that will decrease the life of the knife. Unless you hardly ever use it. :D
 
P_Meticulous said:
Generally, yes. And I use the TP test as well. If it can't cut either, edge-pro comes into action :)

My other form of meditation - sharpening lol
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Your not kidding about the meditation. I have spent what I thought was 15 minutes sharpening, only to look up at the clock and realize three hours have passed.

Now I re-bevel with a belt grinder, so it only takes a minute.
 
Shotgun said:
A knife doesn't have to shave arm hair to do the things that are required of it. A knife can be sharp without being able to do that. Out of the 2 knives I use every day, neither of them will shave arm hair at the moment. I sharpen them to shave hair but then use them until they stop doing what I need them to do. Then I repeat the process. Last time I sharpened my Izzy 2 and my SAK(not super steels either) was about a month ago. Both are used every day. The first for food and whittling, the second at work and for whittling. A month later and they still do their job though I'll probably sharpen them tomorrow as they're on the verge. They still make great fuzzies though.

I think having to have it razor sharp all the time is coming from people who don't use their knives all that much or are borderline OCD. At least as far as knives. Nothing wrong with that. I used to do the same. However, after really starting to use my knives I've found that this is just unnecessary sharpening that will decrease the life of the knife. Unless you hardly ever use it. :D
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I'm not OCD, use my knives at least ten times a day, and want my knives to shave cleanly. If you keep your knife sharp it only takes two passes on each side of a DMT and a loaded strop to have it tree top arm hair.
 
I like them sharp, but "shaving sharp" at all times is not strictly necessary. I do like them to be that sharp when I buy them and after I sharpen them, but I don't sharpen them just because they can't shave. But if it can't cleanly slice paper it's time to pull out the DMT.

OTOH, I will not carry or use a dull knife. That's not only counterproductive but unsafe.
 
Yup. I just finished sharpening my mini AFCK I got off of ebay! Just got it in yesterday! Didn't really need much to bring it back to razor sharpness. It's deffinitely a kick-a$$ keeper EDC knife for me.
 
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