Leu, on You-Tube

Lycosa

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Master Leu is on You-tube with one of his razor sharp chisel-grind blades, flowing through a piece of paper. Do watch it. ;)
 
Thanks, hardheart!

Now that I've been moving towards single-bevelled or almost single-bevelled blades for kitchen knives, the appeal of a single-bevelled EDC has grown.
 
If it's razor sharp why's he using a slice instead of push cutting? :p
 
So this is the great master????

I've seen better demonstrations on how sharp a blade is by knife sharpeners at the State Fair using Old Hickory knives that wouldn't cut before sharpening.

Who wouldn't expect a brand new chisel ground blade to cut paper?

He didn't even split the paper or shave off paper leaving the page intact.

Besides using slice cuts instead push, he used normal white bond...as paper goes, it certainly is not my test of sharpness.

Looks like the kind of demo for those who don't know about "cut".



Lycosa, why do you call him "master" is he a master smith?
 
brownshoe said:
So this is the great master????

I've seen better demonstrations on how sharp a blade is by knife sharpeners at the State Fair using Old Hickory knives that wouldn't cut before sharpening.

Who wouldn't expect a brand new chisel ground blade to cut paper?

He didn't even split the paper or shave off paper leaving the page intact.

Besides using slice cuts instead push, he used normal white bond...as paper goes, it certainly is not my test of sharpness.

Looks like the kind of demo for those who don't know about "cut".



Lycosa, why do you call him "master" is he a master smith?
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How does one "push cut" a piece of paper? Pardon me for I am a retard :) Rope I get how to push cut...unless you are refering to the knife being pushed from the top down? Sorry....not really so good with the terms used here.

I used white bond as it was in my reach :D What would you like instead? Magazine? Corrugated cardboard? what ? What kind of magical paper is your demonstration of "sharp" ?

I am FAR from being a master.

There's always the critic in the room :D lol
 
You're feeling the same wuv that Chris Reeve and Sal Glesser get, so you must be doing it right. :thumbup:
 
They, like yourself, are soooo good at what they do. The WUV is the constant praise with somebody in the back ground saying "I don't like it". It is a good thing! :D

Oh and Pohan, I finally found my sketchbook, I will send you some drawings today...... :thumbup:
 
mmmotorcycle said:
They, like yourself, are soooo good at what they do. The WUV is the constant praise with somebody in the back ground saying "I don't like it". It is a good thing! :D

Oh and Pohan, I finally found my sketchbook, I will send you some drawings today...... :thumbup:
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Look forward to it mmmmmmmmmmm :D
 
Leu Custom said:
How does one "push cut" a piece of paper? Pardon me for I am a retard :) Rope I get how to push cut...unless you are refering to the knife being pushed from the top down? Sorry....not really so good with the terms used here.
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Cutting the paper by pushing the blade straight into it, not using a draw cut or slice to get through it. I make the distinction because slicing paper can be done very, very easily. Push cutting paper takes a bit more of an edge, though it's still easy.

This isn't the best example but in the end of this video I'm using more of a push cut, though there is some slice to it since I was going fast. The knife catches a few times too because the blade was chipped from being batoned through co-ax cable, but as you can see the rest of the edge cut just fine after hacking at a wooden board and being batoned through some scrap wood.

[youtube]yDdk0IJYXyQ[/youtube]
 
It's a slipjoint. I'm not sure how I didn't get cut in retrospect. Normally not an issue when you're holding the knife in the choil. Regardless I just made that to show my heavily reprofiled UKPK wouldn't fail at the edge if you looked at it wrong.
 
Vivi said:
Cutting the paper by pushing the blade straight into it, not using a draw cut or slice to get through it. I make the distinction because slicing paper can be done very, very easily. Push cutting paper takes a bit more of an edge, though it's still easy.

This isn't the best example but in the end of this video I'm using more of a push cut, though there is some slice to it since I was going fast. The knife catches a few times too because the blade was chipped from being batoned through co-ax cable, but as you can see the rest of the edge cut just fine after hacking at a wooden board and being batoned through some scrap wood.

[youtube]yDdk0IJYXyQ[/youtube]
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Uh, no. You do not know sharp until you try one of Pohan's blades.
 
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