What materials can't a "tough" folder cut?

CZIV, did you already work on the edge of that XM-24 or is it the original one?

I did this to the edge of my user XM-18:

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Gator, I agree with you. I was not trying to make a scientific comparison, just showing how different some blade profiles can be apart from the spine thickness.
 
cziv said:
Wow - coincidence! I just sliced tomatos with my XM-24 tonight and very thin. And it's as big and bad-a$$ of a folder as you can find. :p
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Yeah. What a coincidence.:rolleyes:

Kind regards,

Jos
 
Hate to diappoint Jos. Actually the tomatos weren't soft but kind of firm and fresh. My XM-24 will shave my arms as bald as a baby's backside. What can I say? :)

LorenzoL - My ZT 0301 looks exactly like that edge (nice job btw) but I've been leaving a bit of the original grind on my blades now. It was fun, learning to use the x-fine & xx-fine dmt stones and the diamond pastes, but I think I get more "bite" when my blades aren't so glass-like. I've actually gone back over a couple of my knives and used the x-fine with no strop to put that bite back on them. To each his own I guess. :)
 
cziv said:
Hate to diappoint Jos. Actually the tomatos weren't soft but kind of firm and fresh.
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Nah, I'm not dissapointed. I would be more dissapointed if nobody came up and said "I cut tomatos with a thick blade".;) I even saw a pic somewhere of somebody cutting a tomato with a Busse FBM.

From experience (I like tomatos) I find it easier to cut 'em with a thin, flat ground kitchen knife.

Kind regards,

Jos
 
Wood carving? Not that a hard user can't cut wood, but detail work is, to say the least, harder.

I believe I saw, a long time back, a comparison review of a Spyderco Manix, Strider SMF, Victorinox SAK and Lg Sebenza. The SMF didn't make curls as well as any of the others.
 
just an observation-- try cutting 275 lb. strength double cardboard with a jyd or a c.s.lawman. i have to wear gloves to do this with an endura ffg in zdp. the friction is so great the blade is very warm after 6 cuts.in 5 minutes you break a sweat if indoors. most men ca'nt tear this cardboard with their hands--however i would'nt want to open a gallon can of green beans with the endura no fight here just an observation.
dennis
 
DennisStrickland said:
just an observation-- try cutting 275 lb. strength double cardboard with a jyd or a c.s.lawman. i have to wear gloves to do this with an endura ffg in zdp. the friction is so great the blade is very warm after 6 cuts.in 5 minutes you break a sweat if indoors. most men ca'nt tear this cardboard with their hands--however i would'nt want to open a gallon can of green beans with the endura no fight here just an observation.
dennis
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How much did that Endura flex when you were cutting that 275 LB cardboard? :D

I usually use around 200 LB cardboard in my testing like my last Video, the BM 710-1.
 
cziv said:
Hate to diappoint Jos. Actually the tomatos weren't soft but kind of firm and fresh. My XM-24 will shave my arms as bald as a baby's backside. What can I say? :)
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The only thing I can say it the blade was sharp. Other than that, related to thick vs. thin cutting ability, it provides no info.

The deba knife on this photo has 7mm spine, 180mm long blade, and it makes XM-24 and any other folder look rather flimsy ;)
Still, thanks to its single grind blade and 100K finished 30deg edge I can cut translucent slices of tomato.
However, as much as I like that knife, think knives cut better :) It has its uses think knives can't handle, but most of the cutting is with think knives.
 
Gator97 said:
The only thing I can say it the blade was sharp. Other than that, related to thick vs. thin cutting ability, it provides no info.

The deba knife on this photo has 7mm spine, 180mm long blade, and it makes XM-24 and any other folder look rather flimsy ;)
Still, thanks to its single grind blade and 100K finished 30deg edge I can cut translucent slices of tomato.
However, as much as I like that knife, think knives cut better :) It has its uses think knives can't handle, but most of the cutting is with think knives.
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That's a purdy knife you've got there! I went throuh your site last nite (if that's yours) and some of the links didn't work and some of the images were white boxes with little red arrows. I did thoroughly enjoy it though, there's lots of good information there. :thumbup:
 
Is this like a late night info commercial for the Mr. Cut Up that can slice through anything on the earth?I never leave home without mine.This knife was worth 19.95 and the second one was free.Be sure and get the Mr.Cut Up not the cheap imitation Mr.Chop Chop.It is not made in the USA.It is a third world copy of the Mr.Cut Up.
 
Not so much, to me it seems like a good discussion on knives and cutting, but that's just me.
 
DennisStrickland said:
just an observation-- try cutting 275 lb. strength double cardboard with a jyd or a c.s.lawman. i have to wear gloves to do this with an endura ffg in zdp. the friction is so great the blade is very warm after 6 cuts.in 5 minutes you break a sweat if indoors. most men ca'nt tear this cardboard with their hands--however i would'nt want to open a gallon can of green beans with the endura no fight here just an observation.
dennis
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I'd breeze through it with the R.A.O, batoning in seconds what the Endura huffs and puffs on.
Not only that but due to the ability to resist and dissipate the heat due to the mass as well as the size of the blade
I would be able to cut much more cardboard than the Endura would before it [the R.A.O.] started to overheat.
 
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jim i was cutting in moderate light inside the house. although there probably was some flex it was.nt noticed. i used a table as support for the down [vertical ] cuts. i have'nt any empirical info but i would rate the 275 as 3 times harder to cut over the 200. i've cut a lot of cardboard over the yrs. so i have lots of subjective experience. the vg10 was pretty warm after only 6 or 7 --11 to 12 in. slices. thanks dennis
 
With a convex edge, it's a cutting machine.

[EDIT] - knife was reground by richardj.
 

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