So, it's been 9 days so far that I've been carrying the new damascus peanut from Jamie. Even though most of my day since my foot surgery has been sitting on my butt, Karen has not cut me any slack, no pun intended. The new nut has been used enough for me to get an idea about damascus.
It's weird stuff.
Not in a bad way, but I've never had a damascus blade on anything before, so at my ripe old age, I'm in undiscovered country.
Before the gift, my edc a lot of time was my chestnut bone CV 'nut. I know what CV is like, and I know what most steels are like. This Devin Thomas stuff is not exactly like anything I'm really familiar with. In a good way.
It's edge is a bit more 'bitey" for lack of a better word. I'm not sure why, but even after being used a while, it seems to grab and bite into the medium being cut, more than my CV peanut. I sharpened both the peanuts on my regular Eze-lap diamond pocket hone, and the damascus 'nut got a toothier kind of edge. A more dangerous 'nut?
Karen dumped some cutting jobs on me, and some of it was cardboard boxes. Told me that as long as I was sitting around, to make myself useful. She had went shopping at Sam's Club, hence the boxes. I used both the chestnut CV 'nut and the new raindrop damascus 'nut. After an equal amount of slicing to break down the boxes, the damascus was still toothier than the CV 'nut.
Next up was some jute twine. Karen was putting up some cherry tomato plants in the big pots on the deck, and she tossed me the roll of twine and said she needed some foot long lengths of twine. Without re-sharpening, I again used both 'nuts. The CV was starting to slide a tiny wee bit on the rough fibers of the jute, but the damascus bit right in. Like I said, kind of weird, in a good way. It's like the stuff can't wait to cut something. Kind of aggressive edge.
Being a total noob with damascus, I'm trying to figure out what is going on with the stuff, not that I'm complaining. I like it. This is turning out to be a great edc pocket knife.
Different, but great.
Carl.
It's weird stuff.
Not in a bad way, but I've never had a damascus blade on anything before, so at my ripe old age, I'm in undiscovered country.
Before the gift, my edc a lot of time was my chestnut bone CV 'nut. I know what CV is like, and I know what most steels are like. This Devin Thomas stuff is not exactly like anything I'm really familiar with. In a good way.
It's edge is a bit more 'bitey" for lack of a better word. I'm not sure why, but even after being used a while, it seems to grab and bite into the medium being cut, more than my CV peanut. I sharpened both the peanuts on my regular Eze-lap diamond pocket hone, and the damascus 'nut got a toothier kind of edge. A more dangerous 'nut?
Karen dumped some cutting jobs on me, and some of it was cardboard boxes. Told me that as long as I was sitting around, to make myself useful. She had went shopping at Sam's Club, hence the boxes. I used both the chestnut CV 'nut and the new raindrop damascus 'nut. After an equal amount of slicing to break down the boxes, the damascus was still toothier than the CV 'nut.
Next up was some jute twine. Karen was putting up some cherry tomato plants in the big pots on the deck, and she tossed me the roll of twine and said she needed some foot long lengths of twine. Without re-sharpening, I again used both 'nuts. The CV was starting to slide a tiny wee bit on the rough fibers of the jute, but the damascus bit right in. Like I said, kind of weird, in a good way. It's like the stuff can't wait to cut something. Kind of aggressive edge.
Being a total noob with damascus, I'm trying to figure out what is going on with the stuff, not that I'm complaining. I like it. This is turning out to be a great edc pocket knife.
Different, but great.
Carl.
