what is the sharpest FACTORY edge you've seen?

[ajpalda]

My first quality knife was also my sharpest, an SOG S2 Bowie.

 

[Coonskinner]

A Marbles Northwoods Big Game Skinner in 52100 from the Mike Stewart days, and a Spydie Calypso Jr.

 

[Jmm2]

Ditto: My Kershaw "Black" Leek. Crazy, almost scary-sharp right out of the box. Considering I got it on sale at Amazon for only $35.00, well, durn, imagine that!!

 

[atony]

RJ Martin's Stuff is crazy sharp.

 

[JTR357]

Every Mcusta,Al Mar,& Spyderco I bought,came the sharpest OOTB.


Buck's too

 

[se4g4e]

All of my 30+ Spyderco's came very sharp, but the absolute sharpest of the bunch was the Khukuri. The only knives I've bought that came dull were a couple of Benchmade's. One was so bad I sent it in for re-sharpening under warranty and when it came back it still wasn't as sharp as my least-sharp Spydie.

 

[Brian1095]

Sharpest knives out of the box were the Spyderco Stretch 2 ZDP-189 and the Gerber Freeman S30V

 

[Hammurabi]

Spyderco Swick2 in S30V and an Enzo Elver blade blank in D2. It makes sense to me that the best factory edges come on steels that do well with toothy edges as factory edges are almost all relatively coarse.

 

[PayetteRucker]

RAT HEST, the initial edge test put 3 stitches in my finger

 

[thejamppa]

Mine has been Kershaw JYDII COmposite. That is hair whittling sharp.

 

[Jack142]

spyderco delica with the zdp 189 steel

 

[SilentJohn]

My crkt natural is still brand new and crazy sharp

 

[black mamba]

Spyderco Mule Team in S35VN. Hair popping sharp. I'm too old, shakey and eyesight limited to do any hair whittling, but think it probably could do some. Beautiful, even grinds, too.

 

[clockman]

My JYD Ti SG2 takes the cake! Bit me right afterI got it and I didnt even know it....

didnt bleed but took a while for the cut to finally heal.

 

[SusAntigoon]

My Sebenza and a few Spydercos have been the sharpest I ever got!
But the knife that really registered as "Wow, this thing is a lot sharper then I thought it would be...", was a very cheap chinese Rough Rider slipjoint! That knife really exceded my expectations in sharpness...

 

[clockman]

+ 1 on RJ Martins knives :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[bkzk100]

believe it or not it was my cold steel finn bear with the cheap plastic handle. the $20 one not the expensive model.

 

[nevermind35]

The sharpest out of the box factory knife I've ever recieved was probably a Kershaw SG2 blem that I got at the annual blemish sale. I bought two of them for a price so ridiculously low that if I mentioned it here you guys would probably hate me for a week! Out of my time accumulating knives I've found that the Kershaws that I have bought have been consistenly sharper than any other manufacturers knives that I own.

 

[Reeek]

It's hard to remember them all but Mcustas and the Spyderco GB were at the top.

 

[gundude73]

all of my spyderco's and kershaws have come insanely sharp out of the box. also my ESEE's have had great edges out of the box as well.