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I have healed my wounds and I am now moving on to this post. What do you like to see when you look at your edge? Do you mind that army of disturbing scratches on your blade, or do you perfer perfection on your mirror-like edge? I do believe that this is a valid question...


A final thanks to all who set me straight...on BF...I just realized how this could get a bad response...I hope not.
 
It depends. A 'micro-serrated' edge can easily out-cut a normal serrated edge, even on the materials, such as rope, where people call serrations king. However, don't try to shave with it - a polished edge will chave much better. In other words, for some uses, one is better. For other uses, the other is. Welcome to the world of knives, where everything is relative, and htere is no 'right' answer.

--JB, running a fever of 101 degrees F.

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I prefer mirror finished edges, though I recently sold my Edge Pro sharpener set, so it's hard to get that finish. Right now, with my arkansas stone and leather strop, I can get a bright polished edge, but it will still have some scratch marks on the edge.

As E-utopia pointed out, a polished edge will shave well, but it isn't aggressive enough to handle thick rope well. Generally, on anything requiring a large amount of sawing motions, a polished edge will not perform as well. Sometimes when I know my pocket knife is going to be used for cutting rope and sawing stuff, I will skip the Arkansas stone and the polishing and just leave it with a coarse edge.


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[This message has been edited by Comrade Chang (edited 04-15-2001).]
 
In just the last day or two, somebody spoke of the act of sharpening knives as a nearly spiritual experience. I envy that person such a feeling, cause for me, sharpening is an onerous task that I postpone as long as possible.

Furthermore, am not interested in "scary" sharp. I like an edge that will easily cut a magazine page with no tearing. That's usually sharp enough for me. Of course, the majority of my knives -- CRKT mostly -- are quite sharp out of the box. Hasn't entered my mind to try to improve any of them. Of course, I don't use my knives an awful lot, so sharpening is a rare experience for me. I suppose that if I were a heavy user, I'd be more careful about maintaining a good edge.

Novel idea that, to look at one's edge. Will have to try it.


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Bugs
 
i find that a knife looks better with an edge which doesnt have marks from sharpening it. i dont think it makes any difference when cutting though.

but then again, if youre gonna use your knife and cut, the edge will scratch up pretty quickly.

just aesthetically, i like a polished mirror edge.

Daniel
 
On users, I like the circular sharpening method best. Keeps a consistent angle, is easier than other methods to master and produces a nice patina on the edge. Shiny is nice, I guess, but as I use my blade and they get scratched all over the blade, the edge is the last of my worries. BUT... I cannot stand a minute dull spot, roll or ding. I will resharpen an entire edge if the cutting edge will reflect light in any way whatsoever - so, I guess I like the edge pretty smooth...

Still making no sense,
RLR
 
It depends on which knife I'm sharpening and how I'm sharpening it. I use and Edge Pro for most of my knives, so I always get a smoothly polished edge with that. I go to either a 600 or 3000 grit finish with the Edge Pro and the edges always end up looking very pretty. With rough working blades, I usually do them by hand so I don't care how they look, just how they cut.
 
Shiny, the Ultra Fine Spyderco Benchstone works rather well...
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