I was able to whittle a hair! BUT....

[CrimsonTideShooter]

So I've been striving for a hair whittling edge with the edge pro for quite some time. I haven't been able to achieve it until now. I've been able to slice TP for a while (charmin red label).


I got a hair whittling edge on my new Gayle Bradley, but I noticed something. This M4 didn't take as smooth of an edge as my other steels. When I run my fingernail down the edge it feels "toothy", while still being extremely sharp.


So, when it comes to hair whittling, does a toothy edge do better than a polished one?

 

[singularity35]

So I've been striving for a hair whittling edge with the edge pro for quite some time. I haven't been able to achieve it until now. I've been able to slice TP for a while (charmin red label).


I got a hair whittling edge on my new Gayle Bradley, but I noticed something. This M4 didn't take as smooth of an edge as my other steels. When I run my fingernail down the edge it feels "toothy", while still being extremely sharp.


So, when it comes to hair whittling, does a toothy edge do better than a polished one?

Hair whittling also depends on the hair you are trying to whittle....

 

[Jason B.]

So I've been striving for a hair whittling edge with the edge pro for quite some time. I haven't been able to achieve it until now. I've been able to slice TP for a while (charmin red label).


I got a hair whittling edge on my new Gayle Bradley, but I noticed something. This M4 didn't take as smooth of an edge as my other steels. When I run my fingernail down the edge it feels "toothy", while still being extremely sharp.


So, when it comes to hair whittling, does a toothy edge do better than a polished one?

This will probably light some fires but the TP test is not all that impressive, its all about the TP and not so much the edge.

Still toothy on M4 means you didn't polish correctly if the bevel is at a mirror level, you should have smooth "bite" but not toothy.

 

[HeavyHanded]

Hair whittling also depends on the hair you are trying to whittle....

Ain't that the truth! :thumbup: Not all hairs are created equal.

 

[Pipeman]

A member over on the hawk forum did it last week with a Coal creek forge tomahawk.

 

[Ankerson]

So I've been striving for a hair whittling edge with the edge pro for quite some time. I haven't been able to achieve it until now. I've been able to slice TP for a while (charmin red label).


I got a hair whittling edge on my new Gayle Bradley, but I noticed something. This M4 didn't take as smooth of an edge as my other steels. When I run my fingernail down the edge it feels "toothy", while still being extremely sharp.


So, when it comes to hair whittling, does a toothy edge do better than a polished one?

If you can slice TP clean you should be whittling coarse hair.

 

[grizzled gizzard]

If you can slice TP clean you should be whittling coarse hair.

I agree. Just so everybody's on the same page, I think the standard is red label Charmine...just because something should be the standard. if you can split the double layer of Charmine and slice it cleanly, you can do any sort of hair whittling you want... even fine blond hair like mine- so I oughta know.

By the way, what are you using to sharpen that Gayle Bradley with? I liked mine so much I got another one just because there is no way you're getting more knife for the money. Mine are extremely sharp and smooth.

 

[Jason B.]

A edge doesn't need to be hair splitting sharp to slice charmine TP.

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

I agree. Just so everybody's on the same page, I think the standard is red label Charmine...just because something should be the standard. if you can split the double layer of Charmine and slice it cleanly, you can do any sort of hair whittling you want... even fine blond hair like mine- so I oughta know.

By the way, what are you using to sharpen that Gayle Bradley with? I liked mine so much I got another one just because there is no way you're getting more knife for the money. Mine are extremely sharp and smooth.

I use the edge pro apex.

I just tried slicing one ply of the red label charmin and was successful. Awesome!

 

[grizzled gizzard]

I use the edge pro apex.

I just tried slicing one ply of the red label charmin and was successful. Awesome!

So you're saying that your edge cut a single ply of charmine and whittled hair? Sounds good to me!