When is a knife too sharp?

[Ballenxj]

I'm in the camp of cannot ever be too sharp. Not for my uses anyway.

I always tell my customers that if they are not in utter fear of their knife, it needs to be sharpened.

I'm going to have to remember that line.

 

[wadec]

LOL I sharpened one of my wife's kitchen knives without telling her and the first thing she cut was her thumb.

I was dating a girl that carried a little pocket knife. I asked to use it once while we were out and it barely cut anything. So I used mine then told her I was gonna sharpen hers. I returned it to her shaving sharp with a warning. Two days later she called me telling me cut her finger. LOL

 

[grumpy_grinder]

A knife that's too sharp? I'd love to have that probleme. Sounds like having too much money or too much women!

 

[bodog]

A knife that's too sharp? I'd love to have that probleme. Sounds like having too much money or too much women!

Oh, there's definitely such a thing as too much woman:

 

[grumpy_grinder]

Oh, there's definitely such a thing as too much woman:

lol women , not woman I'd hate to ask her for a bite , she would shun me away like oliver twist!

 

[MT Borg]

A knife that is made too sharp by a knifemaker is similar to a gun that is built too accurate by a gunsmith. Whaaaa ???

 

[Ballenxj]

A knife that is made too sharp by a knifemaker is similar to a gun that is built too accurate by a gunsmith. Whaaaa ???

Doesn't it just TICK you off when you actually hit what you were aiming at?

 

[William Schrade]

Oh, there's definitely such a thing as too much woman:

Now how do I get this image out of my head?

 

[Horsewright]

I've got cows tha may not weigh that!

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

^ that's not good.

I've thought of something new to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

 

[whimpy1]

I didn't think I would be contributing to this thread but the irony of today is just too much not to share.

So, last night I am reading this thread and as I was laughing my way through it the thought came to me to actually apply some of the wisdom shared. Yesterday after dinner I took the time out to sharpen our kitchen knives as they were getting pretty dull. I informed my wife of what I had done so she would know to be careful, didn't work, first think this morning she nipped off a flap of skin from the very tip of her thumb. She never even knew she did it until the blood started to flow. So much for giving a warning

 

[Rick Marchand]

Knives CAN be too sharp for ignorant people.... and some local fisherman around here. I stopped counting the times that folks have picked up one of my knives and immediately ran their thumb down the edge. I keep a box of tissues next to my "finished" drawer. Bandaids got too expensive. I also sharpen knives for a few local chefs. It amazes me what folks think "sharp" is. I ran a local chef's knife across my throat once for dramatics. It was so dull I could see my reflection in the apex. The same chef used his blades on stainless steel counter tops..... guhh.

I'm doing my best to educate but, dang...

 

[Hengelo_77]

Somebody once "borrowed" an knife of mine without asking me
When I got it back he showed me the cut in his indexfinger. "But that was realy sharp!"