What's the sharpest knife you ever owned?

Thats only HHT-2 - split. I like to get mines to at least HHT-4 - pop



Either way, the sharpest out of the box for me was a coldsteel 6 inch ti-lite.

singularity35 said:
Is that sharpest out of the box? I can get this one sharp enough.

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My Mcusta Take I got for my birthday this year, dry shaving sharp-kid you not. :barbershop_quartet_
 
eccvets said:
Thats only HHT-2 - split. I like to get mines to at least HHT-4 - pop



Either way, the sharpest out of the box for me was a coldsteel 6 inch ti-lite.
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Yeh, it's sharp but it's kinda hard to split hair into several pieces while watching the focus on the video cam. ;)

The tape measure also serves to show how far away from where I'm holding the hair, it can still bite into the hair. :)

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I have one in particular that will fillet hairs and all that stuff, but BEYOND that there is a version of "sharp" that is a bit harder to convey in photos, videos, and certainly on forums. What I am talking about is back blade geometry.

The apex of the edge is basically responsible for what we see when we look at a whittled hair.
The thickness and texture of the blade/primary bevel behind the edge (transition between the primary and secondary bevel) is responsible for what we experience during a deeper cut in firmer media (along with the apex of the edge, of course).
At some point and for some cuts the thickness of the blade at its thickest point comes into play, as does the texture on the blade.

When you have a blade that is very thin with a zero grind and a very fine apex, it all comes together into what I classify as the sharpest blade I can experience. The downside is, a highly specialized blade like this has a lot of limitations....but is quite an experience to use!
 
Probably my custom hollow grind 3 inch fixed blade made from M42 steel. Other than that i have a sanrenmu 723 that is crazy sharp.
 
Dozer Bushcraft did this. Stupid mistake. I was washing the knife, not handling it carefully enough, and the edge went right through the rag and sliced off my finger tip. Clean. Scalpel like.

Dozier D2 is no joke.

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Guyon said:
Dozer Bushcraft did this. Stupid mistake. I was washing the knife, not handling it carefully enough, and the edge went right through the rag and sliced off my finger tip. Clean. Scalpel like.

Dozier D2 is no joke.

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I did that same thing with my Phil Wilson Custom in S110V, but didn't slice off my finger tip, still cut me pretty good though.
 
Sharpest out of the box would be my Spyderco Gayle Bradley
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or Bark River Bravo 1.


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Both would/will fillet copy paper with little or no effort.
 
For me, a ZDP Spyderco Dragonfly. It's seen some light use and it's still darn sharp.
 
Sharpest of late? My first W2 sujihiki when I got it back from Eamon Burke out in DFW after he put an edge on it and played with it a bit. Sharpest from another maker? Hmmm. I would say the small Moran fighter that I owned for a brief while.
 
No doubt about it, It's a Microtech Whaleshark with the Nomi Gurando (chisel) grind. The blade barely touched my little finger as I was closing it with one hand.

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That's probably the sharpest *edge*, tho not the thinnest grind and slicer.
Made that one recently, off to a new owner.

That other hair-splitting picture a few posts up blew my mind.

-Daizee
 
There are lots of sharp knives out there. And lots of ways to look at what "sharp" is.

These made an impression on me:

[video=youtube_share;cActYLNDgxk]http://youtu.be/cActYLNDgxk[/video]
[video=youtube_share;D7wdYJUU9vo]http://youtu.be/D7wdYJUU9vo[/video]
[video=youtube_share;CR0jbSQghPk]http://youtu.be/CR0jbSQghPk[/video]
 
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