Sharpest production knife?

The best example of an 'out-of-the-box sharp' knife was the ZT 0350 M390 variant. It's not a knife I liked much otherwise -- assisted opening, ready-to-fail-liner-lock, G-10 on steel liners, the whole short, squat profile -- but the stonewashed blade of M390 was ridiculously sharp. ZT and Spyderco are no slouches when it comes to a cutting edge, but that one was a thing of horrible beauty. I love M390, and when you exploit it's proclivity for taking a keen edge and keeping it, you get one hell of a knife. It was sharper than I've ever managed to get M390 myself, anyway. The Strider/Onion-style ugliness almost became irrelevant ;). Also... the 0801BW in Elmax was very close to being at that level of sharpitude (of course it's a f***ing word! :p).

For fixed-blades, I was really impressed with the Ka-Bar/Becker Bk-9 and BK-4, which were both screaming sharp OOTB. They were of course made from coated 1095CV, and were from one of the newer batches with an etched logo instead of a stamp.
 
While I've had a bunch that were pretty sharp, zt's and spyderco's are probably my best examples. But the all time consistent sharpest out of the box without even stropping would be the six Kershaw Blurs that I've picked up over time. Without fail with multiple samples, every one was amazing. Would not have guessed or even believed if I hadn't experienced it.
 
Enzo 95 trapper scandi N690Co has been the sharpest production knife right out of the box for me.
 
collim1 said:
Until recently it was my Benchmade Contego. It came with a very sharp, even, and polished grind.

The Cold Steel Finn Wolff I received last week came with an absolutely outstanding edge grind. Mirror finish scandi grind and it's just stupid sharp.
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Did you happen to get the folding version? I am very tempted... I've wanted a folding scandi grind blade for ages... if Mora made a folder...
 
Buck 110, 301, 371, and 389, Schrade Uncle Henry LB7, Rough Rider, Colt, and Marbles slip joints.
Some of the TacForce and M-Tec I've seen came with a good edge, too. Seems these days you don't have to spend a lot of money for a well built, sharp, folder.
 
afishhunter said:
Buck 110, 301, 371, and 389, Schrade Uncle Henry LB7, Rough Rider, Colt, and Marbles slip joints.
Some of the TacForce and M-Tec I've seen came with a good edge, too. Seems these days you don't have to spend a lot of money for a well built, sharp, folder.
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My father picked up a couple of M-Techs "just cuz" at some auction or other a few months back. NIB, sometimes merchants sell wares at auctions as well. I know most of us here would not choose these but for M-Techs they were surprisingly sharp and reasonably well-made (again, taking brand into consideration).
 
Scandi grinds by Cold Steel: Peace Maker II, III, and Finn Wolf folder. All three arrived spooky sharp.
 
It's going to depend on who does the sharpening and how they're feeling that day. I've got a Spyderco Military in Cruwear that was just silly sharp out of the box. Look at it wrong and it would cut you. I've also got an S30V Millie that came from the same factory that was nothing special.

I've got two Benchmade mini grips. One was just plain dull the other was pretty damn good.
 
Don't think "out of the box" knives are sharp enough for my liking. That's usually the first thing I do after inspecting them. Though I will say I've had a couple spydercos and a benchmade or two that have been pretty sharp it would have to be my Sebenza 25
 
All of my William Henry knives have been screaming sharp out of the box. Never had the need to touch them up. And they hold an edge forever.
 
The BDZ-1 blur that I got off the forum here NIB was the sharpest I can remember, followed by the Bradford Guardian3 in M390.
 
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