got a new steen...any ideas for tests?

I don't know what your new "steen" is. Did you mean a "steel", a sharpening steel? Do you mean a knife made with a new type of steel?

To use a sharpening steel you take a knife that is only slightly dull and stroke the side of the edge lightly along the steel. You try and match the contact angle to the honing angle on the blade. This should make the blade slice things better. To test whether this works for you try holding some paper in one hand while you slice it with your blade. Try this before and after you do your steeling.

If you want to test a new blade steel you could see how well it stays sharp when you cut cardboard. First test how well it cuts some paper, then make about 6 1-foot cuts through cardboard, then try it on paper again.

Anyway those are my answers to my guesses about your intended question.
 
oh ya sorry...ya the leatherman steen. i was thinking about further clarifying it but forgot about 2 seconds after. im sorry
 
I don't know about a steen, but I'm trying out that stein idea now - so far I have concluded that further testing is needed.
 
Now I know what the steens are...Thanks For tests might want to try crabbin in the bearing sea, that should give you a slight Idea how it works .Just Joking around, but that would be a good test....Mike
 
lol ya the bering see might be a little out of the way considering i live in pittsburgh haha. luckily we do have the early archery antlerless season started...too bad i havent gone out
 
One of the things to check is how that skinning notch thing works for cutting hide. You could find a ratty old suede clothing item at a Salvation Army or Goodwill store, soak it in water, and see how well you can slice it with the hook.
 
thats definitely a good idea...ill see what i can come up with. any other ideas? i could probablly take some pictures...i just hope i didnt make a mistake not buying the SOG revolution-h
 
How's the fit and finish? I handled a couple of leatherman folders but feel the assembly/tolerance etc. isn't as good as dedicated knife manufacturer like gerber/kershaw/spyderco. All the parts feel a bit wobbly, unlike their multitools which fits well.
 
ill try and find my digital camera and see if i can work any magic but the finish is nice...the fit is tighter than i imagined it would be for a revolving knife though which is a plus. and im yet to use the saw but im not so sure about it
 
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