My order was waiting for me upon arriving home from work on Wednesday; just five days from the placing of my order! Kudos again to Ragnar on his prompt service.
I had a chance to examine them in detail this morning, and test the edge of each knife out of the box on news print. I noticed quite a discrepancy in the group, with only two of the six able to slice cleanly through the news print without dragging or hanging up while attempting my cuts. Those were the Mora 2000, and the 731. The 2000 was extremely sharp; actually very, very sharp!
Less that a hour with a fine DMT stone had them all cutting to my satisfaction. The two 510s needed the most attention; one in particular was a bit troublesome. Although nothing more than a little work with the fine DMT was required on either of the two, they were easily the dullest of the group, unable to slice news print before a little work with the stone.
The two 946s required very little attention to have them both cutting like crazy.
I'm very impressed with them all, but will readily admit, I'm a bit surprised at this extreme variation in comparing the six that I received. I can now see why there are conflicting reports from others that have tried them, it's really hit or miss whether you will receive your new knife "scary sharp" out of the box. To me at least, half the fun of owning a knife is keeping it sharp, and I would never present one as a gift unless I was satisfied with its edge.
I wonder how many perceive the quality of a knife by the edge it has "out of the box", this is really a shame, because with just a little tender loving care I had them ALL shaving sharp!
I had a chance to examine them in detail this morning, and test the edge of each knife out of the box on news print. I noticed quite a discrepancy in the group, with only two of the six able to slice cleanly through the news print without dragging or hanging up while attempting my cuts. Those were the Mora 2000, and the 731. The 2000 was extremely sharp; actually very, very sharp!
Less that a hour with a fine DMT stone had them all cutting to my satisfaction. The two 510s needed the most attention; one in particular was a bit troublesome. Although nothing more than a little work with the fine DMT was required on either of the two, they were easily the dullest of the group, unable to slice news print before a little work with the stone.
The two 946s required very little attention to have them both cutting like crazy.
I'm very impressed with them all, but will readily admit, I'm a bit surprised at this extreme variation in comparing the six that I received. I can now see why there are conflicting reports from others that have tried them, it's really hit or miss whether you will receive your new knife "scary sharp" out of the box. To me at least, half the fun of owning a knife is keeping it sharp, and I would never present one as a gift unless I was satisfied with its edge.
I wonder how many perceive the quality of a knife by the edge it has "out of the box", this is really a shame, because with just a little tender loving care I had them ALL shaving sharp!
