The sharpest factory knife out of the box?

Sharpest knife i've ever purchased was a Cold Steel Master Hunter. Absolutely scary sharp. The only knife i've ever owned that I was truly intimidated by-I was afraid of losing body parts the first time I used it to skin a deer.
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Sharpest out of the box...a Global 6" utility knife. All the rest I have improved upon.

Para - We are in agreement. Sharpen!

Ralph - I am new here, but my definition of 'hair poppin' is cutting standing hairs on my arm...sorta like shaving, but 1/8" above my skin. Some steels will not do this, most geometries will, given work.

Sharpen it!
 
CS Master Hunter and Marble's Fieldcraft both came scary sharp. Then I made them even sharper. Haven't lost any body parts... yet.
 
Every boker I ever bought was as sharp as my microtechs. I use a lcc as my daily carry now and it seems to hold its edge good.
Joe
 
Spyderco - always
new 532 from Buck and their Custom Shoppe knives (I have two) are razors

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The top 12 sharpest production knives I've had were all MicroTech's. Even my HALO3. Scares the bejeezus out of me when someone goes to check their sharpness with their thumb.
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I'm surprised that more Fallkniven owners have spoken up. When Mike and Spark did their head to head testing awhile back, I believe they said that the Fallkniven was the sharpest out of the box compared to Busse and CS. I know my A1 was an absolute razor (and still is) right out of the box and would give any CS a run for it's money. For quite awhile, I was using the A1 to slice articles out of the newspaper. It did it with ease.

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I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
The little UDT that my wife has is THE sharpest factory knife I have EVER seen. MT has the scary sharp thing down to a science!
It will pull and cut hair without touching the skin.
Second would have to be the Spyderco Military. The edge on that is also PERFECT!! I also find the serrated edge on the Civilians to be scary sharp. I vote Spyderco for sharpest serrations
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The Kershaw Onions and the Marbles seemed to be the sharpest right out of the box.

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The sharpest edges I have (out of the box) are definately from TOPS. They are really sharp enough to shave with!
 
I have been WOWED by my two Microtechs which came super sharp out of the box. I also have a small sebenza which is on Par with my Microtechs

TornAdo
 
My microtech LCC, or my Cold Steel Military Rescue 1

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Cold steel fixed blades(way to go, Will) and Spyderco (SAL!)are sharp from the box but the sharpest knives I ever got were Kershaws.
I am referring to mods 1415, 1416, several folders and special edition knives. I have no experience with any of the Ken Onoin collaborations, so I cannot comment on those.
BTW, I really appreciate a knife that is razor sharp right out of the box. I figure that if the guys who made it can't get it sharp, how in the he** am I going to be able to do it.

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Darrel, to answer your second question I have tow ways of testing the sharpness. I first check how easily it will take the hair off my arms legs and secondly I run my finger along the edge longways and test it's bite into my finger. It works but takes a lotof faith and a lot of practice to know what you are feeling but since I have at least 3 people a day ask me to sharpen there knives at work then I get alot o practice.

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CS and spyderco for consistancy. my Kramer 5160 5" utilty kitchen was freakin sharp.

I agree with PARA about sharpening yourself but I don't mind waiting until the factory edge wears. there is something about a factory edge that I rarely see on a custom. I am surprised cause Bud nealy is someone I have seen at shows whose knives are scary sharp. but a lot of customs don't come really sharp. My sabatier kitchen knives really have an awesome edge but they came dull.

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I hope most people understand that sharpness and quality have nothing to do with each other.I have seen some knives by Frosts and the old Parker-Edwards that had some of the sharpest edges.Lately one of the sharpest knives was on a CRKT M16.
I think the companys with the most consistantly sharp edges are C.Reeves,Microtech and Spyderco
 
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