The sharpest of the sharp?

OwenM, trust me, it freaks them out to see a little Camillus EDC do that too. :D Most people have no concept of what a really sharp knife can do.
 
The sharpest out of the box has got to be Spyderco. I own about 11 of them, and they were all that way. Equally sharp was my Chris Reeve small Sebenza, and it held that edge a lot longer. I've recently become enamored of Fallkniven's folding knives. Equal to, or better, than the above. Got two of Fallkniven's in the laminated SGPS steel (or 3G in their Tre Kronor line). Takes an outstanding edge, but I haven't used them enough to say they hold them that well.
 
In response to "onehandclapping" assertion that BM makes the highest quality overall production knife, I just had to say I disagree. Chris Reeve certainly beats the tar out of them (of course, you pay through the nose, too), and so does Spyderco, particularly in the heat treatment. I've never owned a Benchmade that held an edge as well as it should, given the price and materials used. Spyderco's have always outperformed, and outlasted them, IMO. I've been collecting production knives for about 20 years, and when it comes to underachievement, and lopsided quality/price ratio, Benchmade comes in at the bottom of the list. They have great designs, and some outstanding folding knife mechanisms, but of the ones I've handled, none lived up to expectations, and if you look carefully, a lot of the folders don't even sit centered in the frame. Out of the 15 or so Spydercos I've owned, I've only had that problem out of one (the Stretch, which I later traded to a friend who didn't mind).
 
Interestingly the chisel edge on my Cold Steel ParaEdge left the sharpest impression. It's a long time now, and perhaps I was more easily impressed. But it was scary sharp, nonetheless, and later on gave me a need for a couple of stitches. Don't drink and knife, kids.
 
All the Spydercos I've ever gotten were razors. Surprisingly, I also have a small Leatherman that will cut through most things at a touch. I was pleased.
 
My Spydercos have felt very sharp out of the box and popped hair nicely and cut paper, but they didn't slice that well. The edge was too polished.
 
spyderco calypso vg-10 could cut glass when I got it
also my 6th gen. sng had a nasty factory edge on it as well

most dull? .. well it wasn't BAD but I've gotten a couple BM's that
were not as sharp as the above mentioned (maybe just a more durable edge)
 
The ZDP Calypso is pretty darned sharp, but I concur about vg-10, I had a Lum Chinese and have 2 Kiwis and they are VERY sharp.

The sharpest large knife I experienced was a Scott Cook Lochsa.
 
the one I felt I never had to sharpen or touch up out of the box is a Spyderco Navigator in VG-10. Still haven't had to touch the edge. This steel seems to hit the mark for me.

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In that order:

1. Calypso Jr. ZDP
2. Fallkniven U2
3. Calypso Jr. VG-10

Followed by several other Spydercos, various Norwegian (Helle) and Swedish knives (Mora). And of course my Wilkins Mini Thorn ... :D

Hans
 
THE sharpest was a Murray Carter... Holy f$(%nuts was that thing sharp. It was a samurai sword that thought it was a sushi knife.

After that comes a RJ Martin Devastator, Spyderco Endura, and a Busse Skeleton Key.
 
Microtech's , Benchmade's but after reciving my Buck Mayo TNT it is by far the sharpest knife out of the box.:thumbup:
 
That's an easy one: all my Spyderco knives came with a hair popping sharp edge.
OTOH, my Kershaw Chive came equally sharp too.
 
Spyderco Calypso Jr. with ZDP-189
Kershaw Random Leek

The Calypso was extremely sharp, but I made it sharper. :) It only took a couple passes on my strop and it now will catch hair above skin level and slice it off.
 
Sharpest knife out of the box was a Microtech. Both my SOCOM and mini SOCOM were scary sharp. In fact if their customer service wern't so slow I would send them back to be resharpened
 
Dullest N.I.B. knife I ever got was probably my Colt CSAR, my heck, I've seen sharper nerf material... That thing was so dull, I couldn't even move it around with the blade out, because it was too dull to slice through the air... No joke... Well, maybe a small joke... :)
 
The sharpest:
Spydie Calypso Jr ZDP-189.
After that, lots of scary sharp pieces, like Manix, PE Millie in 440V, small Sebenza, the SERE 2000... between others...

Not that it matters much to me... I really don't like the looks of the factory edge. I start to enjoy my knives, let's say, feel they're really mine, after the first sharpen.

I like to go all the way to 6000 or 8000 grit on Japanese stones, giving a mirror polished edge.

(By the way, I haven't done that yet in my ZDP Calypso even after two months of EDC ;) )

Regards,

Andre Tiba - Brazil
 
Forgot to say:

My dullest knife out of the box was, without a doubt, one BM806D2.
I love Benchmades, but with TWO exceptions (the 525 Mini-Presidio and the 770) all my BMs came, not to say dull, very far from what someone who spends that money expects. Two recents BM I bought, came not only dull but with assimetric edges: the 630 and the 670.

Other dull knives out of the box:
- Camillus Aftermath;
- Camillus CUDA-MAXX 5.5;
- Gerber Michael Walker;
- All my Berettas and
- All my Pumas

Regards,

Andre Tiba - Brazil
 
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