Wowbagger
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To test not that it is sharp but that the blade is properly heat treated and ground.
That the knife is going to be worth a damb as a user or just a collector's item.
I was going to put this in my thread in the Spyderco Forum on my UK PK but decided to start a new thread here in addition. So . . .
It’s a small task but I cut this stuff most every work day. Very hard rubber with anti wear and I assume components in it to allow it to stand up to frictional heat without breaking down too much.
Due to wear and misalignment these slivers need to be trimmed off before proper alignment and function can be restored.
Thas where my high alloy blades come in to play.
I can tell in a day or two if a blade has been properly heat treated, if the geometry is too obtuse and just generally how well a particular specimen of steel is going to perform else where in the world.
I have had the first example of S110V go from cutting OK to cutting very poorly and then becoming nearly useless in one day. To this UKPK in S110V going for a week or more now and still performing well.
Besides the UKPK other knives that have stood out are the Benchmade Ritter Grip. in M390 and the Gayle Bradley one in M4. They go for a week or more and are precise and predictable the whole time before needing sharpening (and this is with lots of other tasks not just this one).
As a comparison a SAK goes a day or two but that’s it. I used to use a chisel ground exacto knife and that was about the same; maybe a touch better. I would resharpen it to a sloppy mirror finish.
Using all the various alloys on this one chore is, for me, kind of like wine tasting. It is fun and interesting to detect the subtle differences. I am just glad I don’t have to spit at the end . . . or send the knife back or throw it away afterward.
Only you knife nurds can appreciate what I am saying. Most people would look at me as if I had been dropped on my head.
That the knife is going to be worth a damb as a user or just a collector's item.
I was going to put this in my thread in the Spyderco Forum on my UK PK but decided to start a new thread here in addition. So . . .
It’s a small task but I cut this stuff most every work day. Very hard rubber with anti wear and I assume components in it to allow it to stand up to frictional heat without breaking down too much.
Due to wear and misalignment these slivers need to be trimmed off before proper alignment and function can be restored.
Thas where my high alloy blades come in to play.
I can tell in a day or two if a blade has been properly heat treated, if the geometry is too obtuse and just generally how well a particular specimen of steel is going to perform else where in the world.
I have had the first example of S110V go from cutting OK to cutting very poorly and then becoming nearly useless in one day. To this UKPK in S110V going for a week or more now and still performing well.
Besides the UKPK other knives that have stood out are the Benchmade Ritter Grip. in M390 and the Gayle Bradley one in M4. They go for a week or more and are precise and predictable the whole time before needing sharpening (and this is with lots of other tasks not just this one).
As a comparison a SAK goes a day or two but that’s it. I used to use a chisel ground exacto knife and that was about the same; maybe a touch better. I would resharpen it to a sloppy mirror finish.
Using all the various alloys on this one chore is, for me, kind of like wine tasting. It is fun and interesting to detect the subtle differences. I am just glad I don’t have to spit at the end . . . or send the knife back or throw it away afterward.
Only you knife nurds can appreciate what I am saying. Most people would look at me as if I had been dropped on my head.
Back in the day , I'd have lapped it of the ground like a starving mongrel ! 
