What is 'Scary Sharp'?

"Scary sharp" is a term that's been around forever in the woodworking community. It refers to a method sharpening that uses increasingly finer grades of sandpaper to sharpen an edge, usually by backing the sandpaper with a piece of float glass or other unyielding dead-flat support. One does not want a convex edge on a chisel or plane blade, one doesn't. ;)
 
I never understood what "hair poping" sharp was until yesterday. I took my Condor Rodan and my prize folder to the local barber supply. He said he would "hook me up"--well, I thought I was pretty good at sharpening....Oh MY GOD!! They use a leather wheel and different compounds to get a mirrored razor sharp edge. It is amazing.

I bought another bottle of super glue because I know what's next!:o
 
I get chills when I pull my spyderco mule team in 52100 steel from its sheath. It's edge makes the hairs stand up on my neck when I feel it with my thumb and is almost a breathtaking experience when it makes a cut.

For me, scary sharp is my 52100 mule team.
 
I let a friend see how sharp my knife was after .5u dia spray, he touched the edge ever so lightly and was bleeding, and amazed:D He told me not to ever sharpen his blades up that sharp:thumbup: What we consider dull is probably sharper than 95% of the populations blades.
 
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