What did you do with your knife today?

[darthwayne]

Cut up packaging and box for new bed

its a 420HC so already lost retention mid cutting.

 

[darthwayne]

Camera repair (pre-edge retention test)




and accidentally tested the edge retention after 3 days of light use
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc23/reedomgidku/IMG_2631_zpshnst13oe.[/URL]
conclusion: it's sharp.[/QUOTE]


i just love the aesthetics of 940-2 but do u think it can keep up with pm2 in terms of slicing as its a less tall blade.

 

[Agith]

i just love the aesthetics of 940-2 but do u think it can keep up with pm2 in terms of slicing as its a less tall blade.

A shorter (heightwise) blade as far as I am aware, is more capable at slicing. Since there is less drag to be had. Whereas a taller blade is going to be stronger as a general rule of thumb. I could be wrong, however that is my experience

 

[jc57]

Today, I used a Case Peanut to cut open the packing tape on four boxes and then cut open the inner anti-static bags inside those boxes.

 

[Ironbut]

I used my Sebenza to cut open two boxes & cut packing tape on two more, open mail, cut the tags off a new pink Breast Cancer Awareness hat that my wife bought, and probably some other stuff.

 

[scottyj]

I cut a really awesome taylor ham & cheese sandwich in half with my ZT 0566.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

I polished it, wiped it off with a micro fiber cloth and then took photos of it to show other people. What else is there to do with a knife?

 

[Insipid Moniker]

A shorter (heightwise) blade as far as I am aware, is more capable at slicing. Since there is less drag to be had. Whereas a taller blade is going to be stronger as a general rule of thumb. I could be wrong, however that is my experience

Nah, broader, or taller, blades are more capable slicers because they allow a more acute grind angle at whatever stock thickness. The shorter your grind, the thicker it is by necessity. That leads to wedging more than slicing.

 

[halden.doerge]

Took mine apart and put it back together three times to dick with the flipping action. Lost the pivot screw on the floor of the shop for a few panic-filled minutes, then accidentally found my hand resting on it as I knelt on the floor searching.

Then I cut up a receipt. It was badass. Pretty glad I was packing M390 today.

 

[FullMetalJackass]

Used my Havalon to remove huge tree sap furballs from my cats' coat (they're used to it)
Used my Victorinox SSI to slice an apple
Oiled the Squirt and the Charge
Touched up the Rift

 

[Dadpool]

I brought my Kershaw Cryo II camping this weekend. I used it to cut the plastic off our bales of firewood, whittle marshmallow sticks, and whittle a crocodile out of a bit of driftwood.

 

[adamlau]

Opened up a Amazon Sunday delivery. That's about it.

 

[Deinos]

Opened some mail, broke down a couple boxes for recycling, pretty light day...

 

[deltaboy]

Opened mail, cut fruit , clean my finger nails.

 

[mbkryan]

Marked wood for cuts when I couldn't find my pencil, removed stubborn wrappers, and cut cheese several times. I tend to cut cheese daily, and I often use a knife.
I have managed to photograph cheese cutting, which is difficult because I can't always predict when I will cut cheese:

 

[ChazzyP]

I handed my Hati to my wife to cut the tag off the sleep shorts she bought me for Father's Day. Sure makes having a $700 knife seem worthwhile.

 

[Agith]

Nah, broader, or taller, blades are more capable slicers because they allow a more acute grind angle at whatever stock thickness. The shorter your grind, the thicker it is by necessity. That leads to wedging more than slicing.

Wouldn't a blade that is thin and full height ground (also shorter distance from edge to spine) be more move-able in paper, and bite better into wood? Even if it isn't full height, because knives like victorinox blades or opinels fit the shorter size edge to spine, but they cut like freakin lasers! Through paper cardboard and wood alike

 

[Insipid Moniker]

Wouldn't a blade that is thin and full height ground (also shorter distance from edge to spine) be more move-able in paper, and bite better into wood? Even if it isn't full height, because knives like victorinox blades or opinels fit the shorter size edge to spine, but they cut like freakin lasers! Through paper cardboard and wood alike

It will definitely be more agile in the media being cut, but the taller blade will cut with less resistance, all other factors being equal. Like many aspects of knife design, it's a compromise.

 

[mbkryan]

Cut cheese again...

 

[Agith]

It will definitely be more agile in the media being cut, but the taller blade will cut with less resistance, all other factors being equal. Like many aspects of knife design, it's a compromise.

I guess I am not sure how that would work. If the blade is taller, wouldn't it have more drag since there is more material to rub against your cutting media? In the case of things like wood or cardboard that is. However even with food I'd think you'd see an effect. Though with food particularly I could see the benefit of keeping a divide between the two new halves cut. I just don't see how a taller blade, ergo MORE material to rub against as your cutting, could possibly create less resistance. More contact as your cutting would mean more drag on that material against your blade.