What's the Sharpest and Dullest knives you've received out of the box

Sharpest was probably a Cold Steel Japanese voyager from 2010.

Dullest, definitely a Queen Cutlery Country Cousin
 
ShaiHulud said:
What is "dull?"
I find flexing, flattening, and stretching material
Before cutting it , whenever possible, works
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You’ll know it when you get it. Seems to be a new thing (to me at least, but I used to buy mostly just ZT.) my Shiro came OK, sharp enough to shave, a bit, but my latest 2 Microtechs…Eh, let’s just say it’s not helping to win me over on Chinese products just yet lmao nowhere close to as sharp as my Elite 🇺🇸
Never got a ZT that couldn’t easily shave hair. Or a cold steel. Or a Colorado Spyderco.
 
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I have to agree with the OP on the Cold Steel San Mai III Trail Master - second would be a Recon1 in S35VN.

Dullest would be a recent SAK which was easily rectified.
 
I received an Ultratech T/E RSK from the service personnel program, and it was nowhere close to the edges I’ve gotten from them in every other MT I’ve purchased. After some diamonds and stropping, it is now at my acceptable level of sharpness
 
Sharpest factory knife: MCusta.

Sharpest custom: a maker I won’t name. I found out the hard way that the tip stuck out a hair when closed. @%&*# sharp is an understatement. I returned it with blood on it.

Dullest tool? Don’t get me started, there is waaay to much competition for that award.

Oh, wait - you mean knives?
 
Alberta Ed said:
Sharpest: Bradford Guardian 3 in Magnacut. Dullest: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau😵‍💫.
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Still him huh, even after all this time. In China his nickname is 土豆 (Tu Dou) which literally translates to Potato...

Sharpest for me is still the Spyderco Cat I got...
Dullest is a Case slimline trapper I got...I couldn't even cut a donut (yes, I cut my donuts deal with it) without mashing it in...
 
I think the sharpest was probably a ZT 0452CF for folders and a MORA ALLROUND stainless 8" blade for fixed that was a laser and the dullest was most likely a ZT 0909 what must have missed some QC at the sharpening step. I had dozens of ZT's and that was the only one.
 
Sharpest? I don't know. They (Buck, Spyderco, Swiss Army, Zwilling/Henckels, etc.) were all sharp enough to get the job done. No complaints here.

Dullest was the Ontario 499 Pilot's Survival Knife. A bit disappointing, considering it was issued to me in the Navy. But it's sharp now. 😃 👍
 
It seems all the knives I have bought in the last few years have arrived pretty sharp so I can't pick the "dullest"one, but the sharpest of the sharp for me out of the box has been my Ultratech SE.
 
The benchmark for sharpest was a C Cohutta Russell Reece Strebig. A new Winkler Operator matches it.

Does used count? A vintage Hackman Tapio Wirkkala Puukko was the dullest.
 
Sharpest: Every kershaw I buy. Always sharp.
Dullest: A bag of economy razors from BJ's. Every one dull.
 
rhino said:
Sharpest: two standard Buck 110s I acquired in 2021.
Dullest: a tie between any of the knockoff swiss army knives I've encountered and the pathetic thing sak-alike that Dollar General sells.
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Still no changes on the leader board for me.

I just had a thought. Having witnessed owners of brick and mortar stores pull a new knife from its box, use it, put it back, and then sell it as new, I wonder if some of the duller samples some of us received were not as new as we believed. For example, most Spydercos are really, really sharp (albeit overpolished at the apex), but sometimes you get one that looks like the box has been opened a time or two and the edge just isn't fresh and sharp like it should be.
 
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