The Toilet Paper Test

[dzig]

Hang a single piece (single ply in this case) of toilet paper away from the rest of the roll and then stab and cut down into it with one stroke. If the blade is really sharp it'll cut cleanly through. The Sebenza I got yesterday passed.

-Dzig

 

[RLR]

When I'm around toilet paper, I'm usually doing something that would discourage open knives and "stabbing and cutting"

Seriously, I've never pulled that one off, and I am pretty good at getting a razor edge that will slice a business card in half (thickness-wise, that is), slit free floating rice paper or actually cut stuff a pocket knife is designed to cut. But the toilet paper... can't get it to work... I'll blame overly fibrous Canadian TP, yeah, that's it... not my fault...

Keep on wipin'

RLR

 

[Mark W Douglas]

When on the throne I'm usually opening & closing my knife constantly with one hand and using the other hand to ............. use the toilet paper!
If I tried to cut the toilet paper with my knife at this point, I may do myself bodily harm!

Mark


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[PhilL]

So, let me get this straight? An innocent piece of toilet paper is hanging out, not rubbing you the wrong way or anything, and you feel compelled to stab and slash it, with a Sebenza no less? Boy, you New Yorkers really are SICK!

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[Mark W Douglas]

Okay, you got me. I just tried it with my MicroTech SOCOM and it worked, only took a few stabs at it before it punctured the paper so I could bring the blade downward. Towards the bottom of the paper though, it tore before the blade made it all the way down.

Also tried my Mission MPF-Ti (and it's razor sharp) but I couldn't get it to puncture the toilet paper without the toilet paper being pushed back away from the blade, tried alot too, gave up with this one, my BOSS walked in and said: " What the _ _ _ _ are you doing?"

Back to my work!

Mark

 

[stab1]

Heck Guys, that's no biggie, my finger is that sharp and does the same thing quite often.

 

[Mark W Douglas]

Your finger? Oohhh, nah, got to leave that one a lone!

Mark

 

[Gollnick]

Let me get this straight: you bought a Sebenza to cut your toilet paper.

Wow. Man, I've know some weak people, but this takes the cake. I would suggest a gym membership and maybe a few hours with a personal trainer. In a month or two, you'll be tearing the paper like a real man. In a year or two, maybe you can even open a pop bottle yourself (a messy task with the Sebenza).

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Chuck
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[Mark W Douglas]

YOU told him Chuck!

 

[bruce]

I wonder if it makes a difference what kind of toilet paper you use. Having lived in Germany for 4 years in the Army, I can tell you the only difference between German toilet paper and sandpaper is that sandpaper is only rough on one side!

 

[Tommi]

If you are as dedicated toilet paper man as I am, look what I and some other sicos talked a while ago. This test is a bit harder to perform

http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum32/HTML/000282.html
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum32/HTML/002566.html

[This message has been edited by Tommi (edited 03-24-2000).]

 

[dzig]

Hey, I can't help it. A knifenut will always find things to cut. Since no one left a newspaper for me to sample this time, I found the next best thing-->toilet paper.

. Bruce, what's the difference between German and Italian toilet paper? Not a darned thing!

 

[Bob Irons]

My Commander absolutely flunks the toilet paper test. If I'm ever attacked by toilet paper, I'm gonna be up sh*t creek!

 

[Rugger]

Bruce & dzig-
I tried for a couple of years to explain to my friends how bad the TP was in dear old Germany until I got some friends & family to visit. I had to go out & get the expensive stuff & still they complained. They never got a crack (pun intended) at the really cheap stuff my boss used to keep around the place where I worked. Better off w/ a handfull of pine cones. I'm willing to bet that an armor-piercing, tanto-pointed, sabot round of a knife would bounce off of that cheap paper!

I feel your pain.


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[TomW]

Some of the things i learn here, without ever having to leave my chair, are amazing.

 

[Matt Shade]

I had my delica so sharp I could hold it above my arm and slice off the tops of that hairs without it pulling, and it failed the toilet paper test

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[fisk]

Hey guys, mind if I use that during our next abs cutting competetion? I like that. Tried it already. Got to have your act together. I lined up a few things already and this will go right with it.
Last time I had them take a single piece of cig paper and then with a very narrow strip of tape that could not go 1/4 way across the paper, the paper was then taped to a single hanging thread. You had to cut all the way across the paper.

 

[PhilL]

BF RULES! Where else can you find a National Treasure on a Toilet Paper thread?

 

[blademan 13]

This is so sad. Friday night, kids to bed and I'm on the can cutting toilet paper

! Just had to try it though. Sebenza - passed, mini-AFCK - passed, mini-Stryker - failed. Guess I now have something better to do.

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[Paracelsus]

Is the toilet paper supposed to be unused? I so hate to waste an expensive commodity on testing knives.

Paracelsus

On a serious note, toilet paper cutting is a VERY tough thing to do. I am not sure what it represents, since the blade grind seems to be just as important as sharpness.