whittling a hair

[redtide]

I came across this cool video, talk about sharp didn't think it was possible, but picture or video speak a thousand words.

 

[eKretz]

Plenty of guys have posted videos like that right here in this forum - it's not that tough to get a knife sharp enough to do that if you know what you're doing. The hair type and thickness, as well as direction while "whittling" (root in or root out) also play a role.

 

[redtide]

Plenty of guys have posted videos like that right here in this forum - it's not that tough to get a knife sharp enough to do that if you know what you're doing. The hair type and thickness, as well as direction while "whittling" (root in or root out) also play a role.

Didn't know it was a common posted video here, will do a double search next time.

 

[HwangJino]

I can whittle my Caucasian friends hair but not mine...

 

[FTR-14c]

That is some thick and wiry hair. It almost looks like some kind of filament.

I received a Spyderco military that could split hair right out of the box.
It lost that ability after the first use.

 

[buckman110]

Splitting hair is easy. Try splitting a fingerprint. Now that's sharp.

 

[Jastab]

Splitting hair is easy. Try splitting a fingerprint. Now that's sharp.

How about an atom?

 

[HwangJino]

I'd like to see ego splitting sharpness.

 

[buckman110]

An atom? Really lol

 

[redtide]

You could split atoms, but you would need a Large Hadron Collider knife.

 

[Bladenoobie1]

Plenty of guys have posted videos like that right here in this forum - it's not that tough to get a knife sharp enough to do that if you know what you're doing. The hair type and thickness, as well as direction while "whittling" (root in or root out) also play a role.

This. Hair whittling varies a lot person to person. Also root in is easier to whittle and away from root is harder. My hair is relatively fine so I can't always whittle hair depending on the hair I have on hand. Typically as long as the edge as a strong bite and is "sticky" that's good enough for me.

 

[awestib]

I can not reliably sharpen a knife, certainly not a bigger one, to whittling, not even every time on my Spyderco Sharpmaker although I do not go beyond the brown stones. I think on a bigger knife, when you have to work in sections, it will be a long process with lots of grit progression to archive this. I would certainly be cool to be able to do that freehand but quite time consuming I guess.