what is the sharpest FACTORY edge you've seen?

All my spydies have come with great edges from the factory, but the mini persian i just picked up takes the cake...wicked sharp. Also of note was my Kershaw damascus skyline, a fantastic knife for the money.
 
My Spyderco Centofante 3 had the sharpest factory edge I've seen recently. Followed closely by my Buck Vantage Pro.
 
Some Spydercos have been amazingly sharp.

My Benchmade H2O came with a crazy sharp edge.
 
I find it interesting that there is so much variation in our experiences with this. For example, my Zing was not very sharp at all out of the box, and my NIB Barkies were nowhere near what they are now.

What goes into a "factory edge" anyway? Some kid on 2nd shift buzzing it for a few seconds on a 320 grit belt at 1.6 zillion RPM? I'd always scoffed at this term, well, at least until I actually got a NIB knife that was sharper than I can do.
 
hands down a SOG tac, not overly impressed with the knife, but it was so frickin sharp it was amazing....

Winston
 
If they actualy get the burr off the edge when they sharpen them then they are very sharp out of the box. The maker and or knife doesn't matter.
 
I have been impressed with Spyderco, as well as Al Mar for sharpness out of the box.
 
Sharpest factory knife was a M4 spyderco mule team and a S90V military, sorry no factory shots of the millie.

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It had kind of a coarse edge though.
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Though sharp theirs always room for improvement :D
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Bark River knives.
Of the four I have owned, I have been the second owner on three, but all three came to me with their factory edge. Most recently I came into owning their Chef/Utility model and... well, put it this way... the factory edge was so sharp, I couldn't use it on a plastic cutting board until it had blunted a little bit. Every time it touched the plastic, it would dig in so effortlessly that it created too much resistance to safely use.

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Hi folks -

For me, it was my Kershaw Centofante, and my Buck 110 from the web-specials web site.

Either one would shave hair easily as delivered to me.

I would add that I had a Buck Sirus that I gave to a friend as a gift that also would shave as delivered.

I don't have the varied experience with knives that most of you do, but that is my experience.

I think Case also delivers a very nice edge on their products.

best regards -

mqqn
 
Spyderco para-military in s30v. Scary outta the box although a little coarse. Daily carry for about 10-11 months and all I've ever had to do was strop it. And i USE it.
Carbon Mora for a fixed.
 
So far the sharpest factory edge I've ever seen is on a Kershaw Leek. These folders are wicked sharp. And hold the edge very nicely.

T
 
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