I hate being OCD about my knife edge.

Billy The Hungry said:
Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Anyone else obsessed with keeping your knife's edge hair shaving sharp?

I am, and I drive myself crazy with it.....
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Here is how you fix that. First, put down the knife and pick up a no.2 pencil. Practice sharpening that pencil and writing with that pencil. You will soon learn which kind of edge works best and realize that those mythical hair poping edges are impractical, damaging and useless.

n2s
 
not2sharp said:
Here is how you fix that. First, put down the knife and pick up a no.2 pencil. Practice sharpening that pencil and writing with that pencil. You will soon learn which kind of edge works best and realize that those mythical hair poping edges are impractical, damaging and useless.

n2s
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Agreed. For me, a smooth paper slicing edge is good and safe enough.
 
I see no OCD here. Any knife you use should be kept as sharp as needed by its designed task. My cardboard cutting saber does not need a polished edge (but I still do it..., the habit, the habit) while I definitely want my folding steak knife to be razor sharp. As long as it cuts smoothly what it is supposed to cut, there's nothing to obsess about. Otherwise... out to the sharpening bench you go ! No mercy !
 
herisson said:
I see no OCD here. Any knife you use should be kept as sharp as needed by its designed task. My cardboard cutting saber does not need a polished edge (but I still do it..., the habit, the habit) while I definitely want my folding steak knife to be razor sharp. As long as it cuts smoothly what it is supposed to cut, there's nothing to obsess about. Otherwise... out to the sharpening bench you go ! No mercy !
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Haha, I love it. Thanks for the reply
 
You are not alone. I use a long snap on screwdriver as a steel. A couple of swipes realigns my very thin edges. There are also little dmt pocket stones, that work very fast. A steel like VG10, usually comes back to very keen with a few passes on a loaded strop. This is why my high vanadium steels get less use than my easy to sharpen ones. I'd rather have very sharp lower carbide steeled knife, than dull high carbide ones.
 
unklfranco said:
You are not alone. I use a long snap on screwdriver as a steel. A couple of swipes realigns my very thin edges. There are also little dmt pocket stones, that work very fast. A steel like VG10, usually comes back to very keen with a few passes on a loaded strop. This is why my high vanadium steels get less use than my easy to sharpen ones. I'd rather have very sharp lower carbide steeled knife, than dull high carbide ones.
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I'm with you 100%.. I'd personally rather have a knife that is easy to touch up.

I struggled with getting my S30V sharp once it finally dulled past being stropped.. but honestly, I feel like I really can't complain too much. It's edge holding ability is awesome, and for me, it strops back to hair shaving sharp, fairly easily.

I do see what they mean when they say S30V isn't for newbies. I think next time I'll have Spyderco sharpen her up for me, haha.
 
I'm with you regarding not liking an edge that is even slightly dull.

I don't mind the keeping it sharp part though. I find the activity of edge maintenance to be relaxing.

What I hate is obtuse edges from makers that aren't at a given angle. I get why it happens: sharpened on a belt grinder by hand (I don't really buy production fixed blade knives anymore as I have too many custom/semi-custom options). I hate hate hate setting bevels, especially on larger knives. This is a bigger issue of OCD for me as the bevel angle has just as much to do with cutting performance as the actual edge. I also do microbevels and a few other tricks that help with performance or edge stability that a blade maker is not going to have the time to be profitable to produce....so it's honestly something I don't expect. But please *stop with the obtuse edges.*
 
well ... "fiberglass" is strands of glass .... carbon fiber is just as hard on a blade as fiberglass, by the way.
You should carry a Staley or other brand box cutter/utility knife and a few spare blades along with the "good" knife.
Fiberglass, cardboard, bags of concrete/topsoil/fertilizer, drywall, and several other items commonly located at a job site will quickly dull any blade steel. Why use up your "good" knife on them?
 
afishhunter said:
well ... "fiberglass" is strands of glass .... carbon fiber is just as hard on a blade as fiberglass, by the way.
You should carry a Staley or other brand box cutter/utility knife and a few spare blades along with the "good" knife.
Fiberglass, cardboard, bags of concrete/topsoil/fertilizer, drywall, and several other items commonly located at a job site will quickly dull any blade steel. Why use up your "good" knife on them?
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I think I'll start doing that!
 
unwisefool said:
You should carry a little ceramic hone with you so you can touch it up quickly
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yup, if it bothers you so, or if you just want to always keep your blade razor sharp then carrying a sharpener is a good idea. I would suggest the Victorinox pen cerramic rod. ITs compact and easily shapened any lenght of blade. Just be careful not to drop it (got one broken that way)
 
If you’re concerned with maintaining a sharp edge, these Spyderco Double Stuff stones are really handy. I’ve use it to touch up everything from a Junglas to a small SAK on camping trips.

 
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