What's with cutting water bottles for a cut test?

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It's more display than test, and certainly a test of the user more than the knife. Any sharp knife should be able to cut through a thin walled plastic bottle filled with water. It's a testament to the user if the bottle remains sitting on the table. It's mostly based on speed of swing and edge alignment. I use empty cans and bottles, though I've never done more than 2 at once of either one.
 
I cut a lot of water filled bottles. For me, it's just a readily available target for live cutting practice. It does take a little technique to get the "still cut" dialed in.

Are y'all familiar with the little tiny plastic tubes that nicotine lozenges come in? Those are awesome targets. Its a good feeling when u can halve those :-)
 
singularity35 said:
how is cleaning fish or slicing a tomato a real world test of my mall ninja skills? :D
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Best answer so far. I really like what you did there!

Cutting water bottles is like cutting free-hanging rope. It is a test of the cutting (not the edge).

Cutting is done by an blade and (in the context discussed here) a person controlling and powering the blade. Simply put, an ideal blade will not make a successful cut without the craft of the person controlling and powering it. Conversely, a master cutter will fail more cuts with a poor blade than with a better suited blade.

I am not sure I have seen this proposed as a "test" before. To me it is a demonstration of blade and cutter. It is easy to sit back and mock these (and other cutting demonstrations like those used in BladeSports events)...but try to mock them AFTER you try some of them with some adequate blades...it is like playing dodge ball as an adult (perhaps you do not want to tell all your buddies at work you try it, but secretly it is the most fun you have had with your cloths on since you were 12).
 
Try to cut a water bottle with a sharp knife, then with a baseball bat. You'll get it. Plus, Glockman has a point. (as I picture a herd of Rainier Beer bottles running through the woods. Gman, I know you get that one)
 
unit said:
Best answer so far. I really like what you did there!

Cutting water bottles is like cutting free-hanging rope. It is a test of the cutting (not the edge).

Cutting is done by an blade and (in the context discussed here) a person controlling and powering the blade. Simply put, an ideal blade will not make a successful cut without the craft of the person controlling and powering it. Conversely, a master cutter will fail more cuts with a poor blade than with a better suited blade.

I am not sure I have seen this proposed as a "test" before. To me it is a demonstration of blade and cutter. It is easy to sit back and mock these (and other cutting demonstrations like those used in BladeSports events)...but try to mock them AFTER you try some of them with some adequate blades...it is like playing dodge ball as an adult (perhaps you do not want to tell all your buddies at work you try it, but secretly it is the most fun you have had with your cloths on since you were 12).
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This. :D
 
If you haven't done it, then try it.


Getting a clean cut on multiple bottles isn't easy. Sometimes it's just fun to be a kid again and play around.
 
jimh0220 said:
Try to cut a water bottle with a sharp knife, then with a baseball bat. You'll get it. Plus, Glockman has a point. (as I picture a herd of Rainier Beer bottles running through the woods. Gman, I know you get that one)
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Yup...I remember those Rainier Beer TV commercials. The herd of Rainier Beer bottles should be followed by a gaggle of Olympia Beer cans.:D.
 
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