Throwing down the EDC gauntlet

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akaMatt

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So in my quest to find the perfect white collar EDC, I decided to put my 2018 GEC #15 up against my 2015 Case Pen in a series of real world tests today. I called this grueling challenge "lunch", and I cleverly devised two separate tests, so as to cover approximately 99.875% of my normal daily use activities.

Test 1: The materials used were 2 slices of rye bread, roast beef, and a slice of pepper jack cheese. To really test the steels and build quality of each knife, I decided to stack the materials together in a sort of roast beef sandwich. First, the 15... sliced through all of them with very little resistance, even stacked together! Next, the Pen... same result!

Test 2: The material used for this test was an apple. And not just any apple, a granny Smith apple. Again, both knives were able to slice right through with no problem.

Summary: I was pleased to find both knives performed admirably, if not exceptionally. Both blades were still razor sharp even after performing the series of cuts, and there is still no blade play in either knife. I feel confident either of these two magnificent knives will be able handle whatever kind of bread or fruit I might throw at them in the future.
 
akaMatt said:
So in my quest to find the perfect white collar EDC, I decided to put my 2018 GEC #15 up against my 2015 Case Pen in a series of real world tests today. I called this grueling challenge "lunch", and I cleverly devised two separate tests, so as to cover approximately 99.875% of my normal daily use activities.

Test 1: The materials used were 2 slices of rye bread, roast beef, and a slice of pepper jack cheese. To really test the steels and build quality of each knife, I decided to stack the materials together in a sort of roast beef sandwich. First, the 15... sliced through all of them with very little resistance, even stacked together! Next, the Pen... same result!

Test 2: The material used for this test was an apple. And not just any apple, a granny Smith apple. Again, both knives were able to slice right through with no problem.

Summary: I was pleased to find both knives performed admirably, if not exceptionally. Both blades were still razor sharp even after performing the series of cuts, and there is still no blade play in either knife. I feel confident either of these two magnificent knives will be able handle whatever kind of bread or fruit I might throw at them in the future.
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You missed my real world torture test. How many swipes of a paper towel does it take to clean my blade after handling a PB&J sandwich?
 
This really put a smile on my face. It's true that many of us aren't using our knives as hard as we think. We dream of a knife that will handle all the hard core tasks we throw at it, but the truth is we mostly cut food and paper products. I'm glad your knives stood up to the test of real world usage. Lol
 
A small Stockman into an near empty jar of peanut butter required licking, paper towels, q-tips and high pressure hot water to get the little guy clean again :confused:. Of course it would have helped to have used something longer than a 2" blade in a 5" jar. :rolleyes:

STILL - it did the job and was sharp and ready for some whittlin' after its bath.

This "a sort of roast beef sandwich" made me laugh :) I think you'll find those 2 knives have more gumption in em yet. :D

Ray
 
Just yesterday I had to open a box of ice cream cones, but I was worried I wouldn't be able to open it, Because its common knowledge that any blade steel less than S100000000V will instantly dull if you look at it funny :(:(

Well my Tru-Sharp case 6208 sliced right through it like it wasn't there and was still razor sharp when I was done, who woulda thought that a very thin razor sharp blade could cut stuff :rolleyes:
 
kamagong said:
Let me know how it goes when you break down a watermelon or even a cantaloupe.

;)
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Last time I cut up a watermelon I felt like I needed to take a shower after, so I'll not be doing one of those again anytime soon. That was really more of my ineptitude than any fault of the knife, though. :eek:
 
akaMatt said:
Last time I cut up a watermelon I felt like I needed to take a shower after, so I'll not be doing one of those again anytime soon. That was really more of my ineptitude than any fault of the knife, though. :eek:
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I always carve my watermelons Gallagher style, with a 30lb sledge hammer!
 
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