What is your definition of SCARY SHARP?

[jack76]

What is everyone's personal opinion on "SCARY SHARP" ? Slicing paper cleanly? Able to cut hemp rope? Filet paper? What? Any and all comments would be appreciated!

 

[65535]

Filleting paper is definitely on my list of scary sharp.

 

[richard j]

what about splitting a hair up the middle?

 

[enix]

my version is about the best i can do w/ my sharpening skills: hair poping sharp, almost like they dont wanna get cut.

 

[MG_Saldivar]

Ability to push-cut a single layer of newsprint.

 

[A.L.]

Ability to spit time.

 

[texasboy]

Touch the edge and it cuts you.

 

[Bufford]

When the knife is sharp enough to shave hair off the arm without the blade really touching the skin.

 

[cmd]

"Sharp enough to shave a sleeping mouse without waking it up."

I wish I had thought of it first.

Real life examples:
Push cutting through the back of a phone book in one stroke very little force.
Tree-topping arm hairs, splitting a hair lengthwise, chopping pieces off of a single hanging hair.
Smoothly and gently pressing deeply into hard wood, cross grain.
Cut through the top of a V shape folded piece of paper without collapsing it.

A lot of this has to do with geometry, but without the blade being scary sharp the above examples become difficult.

Chris

 

[barrabas74]

Push cutting single ply toilet paper.

 

[synthesist]

Could someone explain what "push-cutting" means?

Just curious

Syn

 

[barrabas74]

you push your blade accross a substance away from you instead of pulling or slicing it toward you. At least thats what I consider it.

 

[Troop]

my version is about the best i can do w/ my sharpening skills: hair poping sharp, almost like they dont wanna get cut.

:thumbup: Ditto!

 

[maximus otter]

Spyderco Manix + Edge Pro Apex set at 21°

maximus otter

 

[Daniel Koster]

scary sharp is shaving hair "above the skin".

 

[rnr]

Touch the edge and it cuts you.

Yeah, that's what I think. Handling your knife, inadvertantly touch a knuckle and there's blood!!!

Even though many of my knives are that way, its still 'Scary to me'.

 

[sexxxyboi34]

When the knife is sharp enough to shave hair off the arm without the blade really touching the skin.

Exactly, I would consider that scary sharp.

 

[moxie]

Splitting frog's hair...4 ways!

 

[psy-ops]

Yeah, that's what I think. Handling your knife, inadvertantly touch a knuckle and there's blood!!!

Even though many of my knives are that way, its still 'Scary to me'.

Oh yeah!


And when you put the edge to your thumb and it can shave off skin without drawing blood. I think of it taking off a finger print ridge.

 

[CrowValleyForge]

Stopping the blade, but the cut keeps going.

Maximus Otter

Thanks for the hair-splitting picture, that is impressive!