What do you find is the sharpest knife from the factory?

I'm not a Spyderco fan, but they do come sharp. And they sure do their steels right.

Ordered several White River knives that came very sharp, needed no attention.

Only ordered one Southern Grind knife in my life, but it came with an impressive shaving sharp edge on it.
 
All my Spyderco's came sharp, and with evenly ground edges. Same with my Buck 110s & 112s. The modern Buck folders came sharp, but the edge geometry on a few left a lot to be desired.
 
I would say the only knife I bought new that I thought was particularly sharp right out of the box is my Buck 476 Diamondback (Taiwan, 420HC steel, Kraton rubber handle, Cordura nylon sheath), which I bought around 2010-ish.
 
Zylok said:
I quit trying to “feel” the Spyderco edges as I without doubt cut myself now...
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Maybe you are joking but if not here is my edge test .
I can tell by the way the edge bites my nail between : it is "good and sharp enough" . . . and "hair whittling" . Easily just by the feel of the bite.
Also by trying both sides of the edge I can tell rolled edges without my glasses on ; bites one side but slips over nail on other side . By drawing the edge on my nail perpendicular I can tell flat spots and dings .
 
Franciscomv said:
Case has been the worst for me so far. I was lucky that all the slippies I bought had good fit and finish, but the edge grinds were atrocious. I like them, but I know that they need a good amount of work on the stones before being usable.
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Oh without a doubt .
Laughable .
In the same breath I love Case Knives and have piles of them .
Word in the grape vine is they are finally installing some automation .
In any event I will keep buying (and resharpening) Case Knives . Trappers and Canoes especially . Case has my favorite Damascus too ! ! !
 
el gigantor said:
I guess I'm not a knife dude. In my defense, it's too small for my hand.
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you don't have to carry and use one .
One of the original solid brass ones makes a stellar desk paper weight :)

For you ; think of it as a "three finger knife" ; index finger , middle finger and thumb . . . you know . . . for light work 🤣
 
Blues said:
Can you not sharpen it or is there something wrong with the knife beyond a minor touch-up?
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I’m pretty new to knives, and I do not know how to sharpen them. And I really don’t wanna try on a $600 knife for my first one either. I think it just is what it is. At least that’s the way it looks like reading in the comments that hindrers are just not very sharp.
 
CrakkedCranium said:
I’m pretty new to knives, and I do not know how to sharpen them. And I really don’t wanna try on a $600 knife for my first one either. I think it just is what it is. At least that’s the way it looks like reading in the comments that hindrers are just not very sharp.
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The last Hinderer I bought new, a 3.25 XM18 wasn't sharp at all, it had an edge but that was about it. Hinderers are also THICK behind the edge so I know going in that they are going to need to be sharpened.

And if you want to be able to sharpen them with little to no skill pick up one of the work sharp precision sharpening set ups. I have two, the cheap one and the more expensive one, of them and they work great when I don't want to deal with freehand sharpening.
 
Bucks have been nice lately. Some Spydercos too. Nothing else really stands out as exceptional to me.
 
MachineWise. Hands down the sharpest factory folders from the box that I've gotten my grubby mitts on. Honorable mentions to the OZ Rosie XL I tried out last summer.
 
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