Rc-5 Hair Splitting Sharp

[jesse2205]

I just wanted to let Rat Cutlery know that I love my rat knives (especially my rc-5) and to show you guys a pic of my rc-5 splitting a hair! To me its cool to know that even though the Rc-5 is a tank and is an awesome survival SERE knife, it can get so sharp it can whittle a piece of hair. Its still at the factory angle as well!! Enjoy

 

[yos]

ha, lol thats some accomplishment. cheers ;D

 

[Tomso]

Now that is sharp! What did you use for sharpening?

 

[knoefz]

Great job!
Reminds me I need to work (alot!) more on my sharpening skills.

 

[lukacsmihaly]

Great! Now I have to get me an RC5 and throw away all my razors.

 

[Hornady]

European party over here!

 

[Horn Dog]

Oooooh, sharp! Nice job. That 1095 takes a nice edge. :thumbup:

 

[jesse2205]

Thx, ya 1095 is really easy to sharpen and gets a nice razor edge. I used the paper wheel sharpening system. It only took about 30 secs to get this edge polished.

 

[razorback1595]

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nice pic

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Now that's an edge! (nice Fallout avatar, btw! )

 

[kiddsgames]

Now that's an edge! (nice Fallout avatar, btw! )

He must be looking for post-apocalyptic memes! At least he knew he had to go with a RAT knife. Next thing we know he will be asking where you buy a F.A.T. at !

 

[stripymccatpuss]

European party over here!

^^What he said^^

 

[shotgunner11]

Did you baton that hair?

 

[KuRUpTD]

DUDE !

 

[kgd]

Nice....But as devils advocate, cutting hair (or splitting it) and push cutting paper are good tests of edge sharpness but do not necessarily tell the story of slicing ability. When cutting thicker material you will always encounter the situation where the blade has to part the material being cut and the thickness of the blade cannot be changed no matter how sharp the edge is. Consider the case of batoning wood. Once you sink the edge past the bevel, the edge doesn't even touch the wood any more. It just splits with all the friction occurring along the signs of the blade.

Still - splitting hairs means you have one heck of a sharp edge. Congrats!

 

[Halworks]

great pic, how long did it take you to split the hair?

 

[Any Cal.]

Very nice. Where did you get your wheels?

 

[Mobile-eyez]

Dear Lord that's a scary sharp edge!

 

[GRIM 62]

Sweet !

 

[jesse2205]

Lol, thanks for the comments guys. Ya I understand about the slicing ability issue. I guess I just got bored and decided to polish the edge (notice I posted this thread at 2:30 am lol). I got the paper wheels through a link in richard j's thread about paper wheel sharpening. Its a good system for me because it takes hardly any time or skill whatsoever, lol. Soon i'll take this knife out in the woods and run it through some real tests.