story time. when was your first time you saw sharp?

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when i was younger i collected whatever was cool and cheap mostly from budk and such similar places. i never knew about quality knives untill i was brainwashed by cold steel at 15. anyways, my first sharp experience was with a ka bar army fighter that could slice paper easily, and i remember what an impression that made. then i shaved with a file knife i made for the first time. but the one sharpest eye opening moment i had was buffing the edge of my serrated endura with green chrome and treetoping with it easily. just touching it to hairs hovering and watching them fall over. was wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences?
 
Kershaw OSOsweet for me. I had "accidentally" won the oso sweet on eBay. I had never tried to cut paper before since I didn't think that was possible with pocket knives. That's what got me addicted to Kershaw, then I moved on to Benchmade and Spyderco.
 
A bit different, but similar. I was working at my first job and a guy came through a bought a pack of lighters. He laid the package on the counter and drew his knife across it to open it. Imagine my surprise when the knife actually cut the package open!!! I think it was some cheap China Frost or Master Cutlery. Still, it was a huge shock to see a sharp knife and that day I decided to get a decent knife. Little did I know what was in store for me!
 
I remember receiving my tenacious in the mail and as soon as I felt the edge it was a whole new level of sharp that I had never experienced before. It opened my eyes an edge quality I didn't know was possible. I used it to cut some tape on a box and I could barley feel the knife slicing through the tape. That is something I will never forget and I haven't experienced a moment of realization like it with any other knife.

To this day I still think Spyderco puts one of the best edges in the production knife world
 
My first shock was a beker bk2. I was in a knife store, they had all this expensive models, I couldn't afford them back then...then I saw the bk2 and with a sight, waiting for a high price I asked how much it costed...when the seller answered me I screamed HOW MUCH? REALLY? THAT'S NOT SO BAD! LET ME SEE IT!
Man, when I saw the thickness of the blade and hold it in my hand I had a dry orgasm, or maybe a stroke, I kid you not.
And seller was saying "meh, that's only 1095, it's not a premium steel" and I was ARE YOU KIDDING ME MF? I WANT THIS RIGHT NOW!

I ended up buying things like a zt 0100 with 3v and so, far more pricey. But never got again the kick I got buying that bk2, my first fixed of quality.
 
For the most part I've always considered my knives to be sharp. Especially when the knife is NIB. But it wasn't until I received my very first custom fixed blade knife that I realized was true sharpness is. Recently I got a Gene Ingram fixed sodbuster in D2. It's 1/8" stock. I believe it's hardened to 60-61. I used it to cut up some meat for kabobs and used it for other household chores. The thing that impressed me was the ease and accuracy of the cutting. It made quick work of the food never hung up on anything. This knife excelled at what it was designed for.
 
I thought my Al Mar VG-10 fixed blades were sharp (and they are) until I got my Spyderco Phil Wilson South Fork. Now that's sharp!
 
The first time I used the secondary blade on the Gerber Skookum I bought around 1974. Thin ground and literally razor sharp. There have been other moments, like the time I realized that I couldn't hear my C54 Calypso slicing through weed barrier fabric. I realized I'd really gotten used to sharp knives when I saw the look on a friends face after I used my Al Mar Falcon to cut off a piece of 8 oz. leather for him. The blade went through the leather like it was denim, and he looked stunned.
 
My first Spyderco, a Native, opened my eyes to what sharp really means. I'll never forget the first time I cut paper with it out of the box. It was a feeling like I was missing out on something until that point and I'm glad it happened.
 
Undertow82 said:
My first Spyderco, a Native, opened my eyes to what sharp really means. I'll never forget the first time I cut paper with it out of the box. It was a feeling like I was missing out on something until that point and I'm glad it happened.
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amen brother. my native was one of like 4 knives out of the hundred or so ive purchases that i didnt have to sharpen out of the box. even 200 dollar ones have come to me not shaving. its sad sometimes. lol yet my cold steel true flight thrower of course was nearly perfect :rolleyes:
 
My 1st Spyderco......
Still have it BTW........



Then again...
 
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October 2010.
My first knives I ordered online:
Coldsteel Pocket Bushman,
Opinel Carbone #10,
Mora Neverlost stainless.

I still have the receipts from back then. It was a total upgrade for me :) from crappy mysterious steel, chinese folder.
I am amazed by the opinel btw. It really have high wear resistance and helluva slicer.
Those 3 still on my drawer, though now I am a Spyderco fanboy, I still keep my first 3 as a memento of my first experience with quality blades.
 
My first seriously sharp blade was a swiss army knife my father gave to me about 25 years ago.
I used a leather belt with some polishing compound as a strop and it was the first blade of many that I could shave with.
 
My firstsharp exsperiance was with a swiss army knife my mother bought me. I was carving a stick and some how i closed the blade on my fingers. It bit right in to the bone and oh did the blood flow! I ran to the house with my arm above my head (thanks Boy scouts) and screamed for my mom to help.
 
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