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I have been helping my parents remove some carpeting from the main lounge. The room is about 6 by 8 Metres. The carpet was a blue, thick pile job. It was over 15 years old! Well I have just cut the carpet into a number of sections, so the carpet can come out with ease. I have estimated that I have made well over 20m of cuts into this tough carpet. The carpet had a thick and very fibreus/strong hessian backing.
The knife chosen to do this work was my ATS-55 fully serrated Endura. After a lot of cutting I have just inspected the edge on this knife. The teeth show some slight dull spots where the knife was ripped through the material (it was old and VERY VERY VERY! GRITTY
) The knife cuts right now as well as it did at the beginning of the job. It cuts through with very little effort. It was quite funny to watch my dad us a Snaley knife and struggle to cut 1cm at a time, while I cut over a foot with less effort in less time. He tried it and was amazed that any pocket knife could cut like this. I tried my Starmate and Military on a section thrown on the skip. Both are plain edge, but VERY sharp. Both cut the carpet, but struggled in comparison. A fully serrated knife is the business for this! I am very pleased with the performace of this knife overall.
Inside the curves showed no sign of wear. THe only reason the tips show wear, is mainly my fault. I literaly ripped the knife through the carpet, rather than cutting through. The knife was so sharp, it let me do this lazy shortcut! ATS-55 really has impresed me this time. Dirty carpet is a bear on any sharp knife.
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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
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The knife chosen to do this work was my ATS-55 fully serrated Endura. After a lot of cutting I have just inspected the edge on this knife. The teeth show some slight dull spots where the knife was ripped through the material (it was old and VERY VERY VERY! GRITTY
Inside the curves showed no sign of wear. THe only reason the tips show wear, is mainly my fault. I literaly ripped the knife through the carpet, rather than cutting through. The knife was so sharp, it let me do this lazy shortcut! ATS-55 really has impresed me this time. Dirty carpet is a bear on any sharp knife.
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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto
A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
Certified steel snob!
