The Sharpest knife you ever encounter

[hakaitenshi]

Is it just a myth or is the definition of sharp = the blade sitting perpendicular in running water and proceeds to slice a leaf in half as the leaf flows across it.

 

[Ankerson]

Is it just a myth or is the definition of sharp = the blade sitting perpendicular in running water and proceeds to slice a leaf in half as the leaf flows across it.

I think it's possible.

 

[FlaMtnBkr]

Sharpest production knife I've encountered: CS AK-47
Sharpest custom: David Farmer sent me this little convex edge knife that would cut you just looking at it.

Send me an email as you have yours disabled and I have no way to contact you.

 

[Little Green Men]

Sharpest knife this far would have be my San Mai III Recon Scout.

 

[snowalker]

Michael Morris Classic Hunter 8 and any SAK.

 

[5.56]

My BM42 will tree-top hair right out of the box. Why Benchmade?

I'm scared of this knife, so it has remained unflipped. I have to practice with a cheapo bali.

 

[BladeChemist]

You haven't cut yourself have you?

Just out of curiosity, what system do you use?

Would like to be a fly on the wall when you're working...

 

[tiger_blade]

Thanks.

Ankerson, you need to make a video about that as that's a WOW factor for everybody.

 

[Ankerson]

Ankerson, you need to make a video about that as that's a WOW factor for everybody.

Something to think about in the future.

 

[tiger_blade]

Mine are like this once I am done.

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Ankerson, try doing it without holding both sides of the tissue paper. Just let it hang on the other side. This will help no extra force exerted to help cutting. Process will be spontaneous depending on the blade's sharpness.

With Helle's factory edge, you can actually make a feather stick out of single one hair (one hair is 50 micron).

Trying to see if it works like Whitney Houston drops her scarf on the sword held by Kevin Costner, and it gets cut in two. Sharpest scene in Hollywood ever.

 

[JGON]

My Murray Carter neck knife is the sharpest I have ever held. Every time I sharpen it, I am amazed by it. It is truly "scary" sharp afterwards. I find Murray Carter's knife instruction to be very helpful, especially in his philosophy on what makes a knife sharp and how to truly determine sharpness.

I love to play around with edges depending on what I am doing with the knife. If I know I am going to be taking my Carter camping, I will give it a beefier edge and sharpen it an a more obtuse angle so that it can better withstand harder use. If I am going to be doing lots of slicing or even shaving with it, you can reprofile the edge in seconds and sharpen it with a lower angle so that the edge is "sharper" and more suitable for fine cutting tasks.

I love this stuff. I just got my Murray Carter hair popping sharp while my Izula is marinating in mustard forming a nice patina. Some people think it's a weird hobby, but they can go to H!

 

[Mitchell Knives]

The sharpest knife I've ever encountered was a chisel ground kiridashi that I made a while back. After grinding the cutting edge, I buffed it to a high polish. Crazy/scary sharp.

 

[John Smith V]

Ankerson, try doing it without holding both sides of the tissue paper. Just let it hang on the other side. This will help no extra force exerted to help cutting. Process will be spontaneous depending on the blade's sharpness.

With Helle's factory edge, you can actually make a feather stick out of single one hair (one hair is 50 micron).

Trying to see if it works like Whitney Houston drops her scarf on the sword held by Kevin Costner, and it gets cut in two. Sharpest scene in Hollywood ever.

Have you tried to cut tissue paper with that knife?

I find it pretty easy to get a hair-whittling sharp edge on a strop, especially with a Scandi grind. My convex Fallkniven U2 also will splice hair easily, but it won't cut tissue like in Ankerson's video.

 

[singularity35]

Ankerson, try doing it without holding both sides of the tissue paper. Just let it hang on the other side. This will help no extra force exerted to help cutting. Process will be spontaneous depending on the blade's sharpness.

With Helle's factory edge, you can actually make a feather stick out of single one hair (one hair is 50 micron).

Hair splitting is easier than TP cutting. Try it.

 

[j man]

The sharpest knife ...
SVORD ...:thumbup:

 

[Stainz]

Top honors for sharpness go to my production JYDII in Ti/SG2. Second place, and not by much, is it's $79 blemish sibling from a Kershaw selling guy here in the 'For Sale' forums. Next would be the Buck 110's - whether from a clampack, box, collector tin etc, all razor sharp.

Stainz

 

[clockman]

My RJ Martin Overkill came what I thought was scary sharp...... I just tried

Ankerson's tp test. Its not as sharp as one of his knives thou.

 

[Ankerson]

arter watching ankerson slicing toliet paper i elected to send him my b.m. m390. i thought slicing paper towels was good but the softness & toughness of toliet paper is a new zenith.
dennis

Dennis,

Just wait until you get it back. ROFL :thumbup:

It's done. :thumbup:


Jim

 

[Incahiker]

The sharpest production knives with consistant scary sharpness in my experience is Bark River and Swedish Helle knives. I have had a benchmades come really sharp and some that wouldn't cut butter. Spyderco is pretty consitant too, but not as scary sharp as the barkies or the Helles.

Other then that, and I am not being arrogant, the sharpest knives I have ever handled were sharpened by me, because I actually take the time to get the edge just the way I want it and then I polish the living tar out of the edge until it will cut air in front of me, lol. I am sure many of you out there are the same way.

 

[glockman99]

I once had a Kershaw Leek that was so sharp that it would cut me just from looking at it while it was sitting on my desk..