one if the officers here in town stopped by to get a couple extreme ops tanto's sharpened along with a case pocket knife. he had to go on a call which gave me time to sharpen them. both smith's would pop hairs off with little effort as did the case. if my dad is around he always double checks my sharpening job and i could tell by the way he handled them they were all scarry sharp. when the officer came back dad was talking to him about the knives i made in the past and the one that put 10 stitches in my right hand. he just finished looking at the first smith when dad started to tell him to be careful but it was too late, he cut his thumb but luckily not too bad. a little superglue and a bandaid fixed him up. i'm glad thoes auto's have a safety. i would hate to have one of thoes open up in a pocket.