What does “slicey” really mean, to you?

To me, you know slicey when you attempt to slice something. If there is practically no resistance and what you are cutting just yields like there is nothing there....it's slicey! And that is beautiful!:thumbsup: It also involves some skill. I can slice a tomato wafer thin with a thick spined blade as long as it's sharp. It just takes some concentration and a very sharp edge. It's not rocket science, it's edge geometry, sharpness and cutting with purpose.
 
danbot said:
To me, you know slicey when you attempt to slice something. If there is practically no resistance and what you are cutting just yields like there is nothing there....it's slicey! And that is beautiful!:thumbsup: It also involves some skill. I can slice a tomato wafer thin with a thick spined blade as long as it's sharp. It just takes some concentration and a very sharp edge. It's not rocket science, it's edge geometry, sharpness and cutting with purpose.
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For the sake of discussion, what about this?

“I cut 100 yards of cardboard yesterday with my CRKT Hi Jinx! It glides right through! It’s so slicey!”

Is it true or false that a Hi Jinx is slicey? Is the answer factual, or subjective?

Again, just encouraging conversation. My only agenda here is clarity in the language we all use. I know that can be a tall order, but ... hey, it’s a discussion board.
 
Its hard being objective when your trying not to be subjective tho...:p
wait, did I say that right?o_O
 
danbot said:
To me, you know slicey when you attempt to slice something. If there is practically no resistance and what you are cutting just yields like there is nothing there....it's slicey! And that is beautiful!:thumbsup: It also involves some skill. I can slice a tomato wafer thin with a thick spined blade as long as it's sharp. It just takes some concentration and a very sharp edge. It's not rocket science, it's edge geometry, sharpness and cutting with purpose.
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Wait.
How do you define "sharp"?
 
RBid said:
Example: let’s say a Medford Praetorian blows through single ply corrugate in an angled draw cut, but breaks chunks off apples when pressing through. In either case, it’s sufficiently sharp to not require effort to pass through the material.

Could it be said to be slicey?
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More slicey/less effort than a brick, sure.
Without a reference, any description of the presence of a quality is pretty meaningless.

My shower water is "hot" enough to be enjoyable, but hopefully not enough to scald me.

Haven't owned a Medford, but it doesn't sound like it's *as good* for slicing apples as an average paring knife. The paring knife is a purpose-built design, so it's a logical comparison.
Likewise, if your EDC requires *more* effort to slice cardboard than a box cutter, it can't really be said to be "ideal" for that task. (This one is a tall order, and I think midst of us are kidding ourselves when we say a knife is "good at" slicing cardboard.)

If the Medford does other things for you, then it isn't a bad knife. But "slicey" is a stretch.
 
RBid said:
For the sake of discussion, what about this?

“I cut 100 yards of cardboard yesterday with my CRKT Hi Jinx! It glides right through! It’s so slicey!”

Is it true or false that a Hi Jinx is slicey? Is the answer factual, or subjective?

Again, just encouraging conversation. My only agenda here is clarity in the language we all use. I know that can be a tall order, but ... hey, it’s a discussion board.
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The answer is...most certainly subjective my friend! some knives may be crappy slicers in 99% of people's experience, and then it's a fact that it sucks for most people's usage, but many other knives will pass or fail based on what's being cut and the skill of the user. But my point was that when you have a slicer for your perticular usage, you know it! It puts an instant smile on your face when you start slicing. It's effortless and immensely enjoyable to use! And whether it's a "thick" behind the edge or a thin behind the edge blade, you may need to adjust your technique, but sharp is sharp and that's the main thing.
 
My standard of plastic bag cutting is probably flawed, but it's not like like I go around testing my knives ( test was a poor word choice ).
I've just noticed my thinner blades do it best without any tearing.


I guess to me a slicy knife has a really thin blade or is think ground, a knife I look at and think of how well it probably slices.
Its probably like a Bowie knife, most know one when they see it but when you gotta discribe or define one it's easy to disagree.
 
miso2 said:
If your thicker blades tear plastic bag, they are probably not "sharp".
Here I defined "sharp".
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My razor will shave hair like nobody's business. It is sharp! My chopper will chop wood like nobody's business at 30 degrees per side. It is sharp!
Sharp is sharp. But it is subjective depending on skill and application.
 
danbot said:
Aren't all opinions objective?
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I may think that the knife is not sharp, so I run my fingers across the blade, but the knife cuts me... that means it was the objective truth that the knife was sharp, despite my incorrect belief in the first place..
 
brandoak said:
I may think that the knife is not sharp, so I run my fingers across the blade, but the knife cuts me... that means it was the objective truth that the knife was sharp, despite my incorrect belief in the first place..
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Or, it was the subjective truth that it wouldn't slice paper, but it would slice your finger.
 
brandoak said:
I may think that the knife is not sharp, so I run my fingers across the blade, but the knife cuts me... that means it was the objective truth that the knife was sharp, despite my incorrect belief in the first place..
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You think your skin is thick enough to withstand a dull knife.
It is subjective :)
 
I relate this term (slicey) to "thin", and not only behind the edge, but the whole blade. High hollow grinds can be very thin behind the edge, but bind up where the grind gets thick.

Slicey is high on my list when I'm shopping knives.
 
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