What to call this level of sharpness.

[P2P]

I have a para 2 that I have hand sharpened. I can take a hair, hold it up, and with a bit of swing the para 2 will cut the hair. What should I call this level of sharpness. I know it is as least hair popping, but is this a new degree of sharpness?

 

[richard j]

not really a new degree. check out a shave ready straight razor. you can do the same but much easier. i have really tough beard and moustache hair and i can take a shave ready razor and pass the hair over the edge and you hear a "tink" and the hair is cut. you can keep cutting as short as you dare go with the hair.

 

[P2P]

so then this is still just hair popping sharp then

 

[richard j]

its not bad. i can work up a burr on an 80 grit belt and get it to treetop hairs. give that one a try

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

You mean like this OP?

[video=youtube;_O-l_baHiXI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-l_baHiXI[/video]

 

[GrizzlyBear]

So this is the "tree topping" I've read about. I can do this with a beard hair, but haven't been able to do a head hair yet.

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

So this is the "tree topping" I've read about. I can do this with a beard hair, but haven't been able to do a head hair yet.

Yeah beard hairs are fairly easy to cut because they are so coarse. A blade still has to be very sharp to do it, no doubt about it.

But doing a head hair is a different story. That's my fiancee's VERY fine blond hair also.

 

[GrizzlyBear]

*tear in the eye as he looks off into the distance*

one day....one day.

 

[singularity35]

What to call this level of sharpness.

Sharp enough?