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I've got a few ways that I test for sharpness, my lack of arm hair can attest for one way, paper being another, as well as using tissue paper. I'm not talking about trying to slice through a single sheet. I'm talking about taking a piece of tissue, toilet paper, or paper towel and rolling and and folding it until it makes a tight, hard little round piece of fibrous material. Then I just see how easily I can slice through it. A duller knife with just press the material down and maybe cut through 5-7 layers, but when I get one sharp like I like, it will slice through and fillet the tissue open. Of course FFG and HHG will perform better on this test then thicker grinds, but then again I don't care much for thick pry bar type knives.
Anyone else use this method to test sharpness or am I the only one?
Anyone else use this method to test sharpness or am I the only one?
