Whittling Hair vs. Cutting Hair

Don't believe me then. I use this app on my cell phone, and I had to pull out my backup phone b/c my s3 was destroyed and my back up phone is a 2 mega pixel. So yea, appreciate the comment.
 
buckman110 said:
Don't believe me then. I use this app on my cell phone, and I had to pull out my backup phone b/c my s3 was destroyed and my back up phone is a 2 mega pixel. So yea, appreciate the comment.
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I'm a "let's see your credentials before your claims" person. So yes....I don't. ;)
 
kelbro said:
Need 'calibrated' hairs before this comparison is meaningful.
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Nope, because its not a contest or even a gauge of sharpness.

Its just a test of whether an edge has been properly formed and deburred and of the sharpeners proficiency to achieve that goal.

Whittling any human head hair will show the achievement of knife nut sharpener level one. Whittling finer hairs will just show how much more proficient the sharpener is.
 
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There it is a split fingerprint. That's a buck 309 btw. Oldie camillus.
 
Did u bother to remember what you posted earlier today? I posted a pic as proof. Won't u go be a dick head somewhere else. Everyone else I've talked to on here is very informative and polite unlike you.
 
buckman110 said:
Did u bother to remember what you posted earlier today? I posted a pic as proof. Won't u go be a dick head somewhere else. Everyone else I've talked to on here is very informative and polite unlike you.
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That's not proof that you can whittle a hair, which is what we're talking about in this thread, which is also what your first comment was about. Yah, I'm whatever you call me, especially when I come across people who make claims and can't back them up. :p

Quoting someone in that other thread where you also posted something where your lack of knowledge shows, read more and get up to speed to what's here.
 
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My lack of knowledge? Your pretty funny, I sharpen for several slaughter houses and businesses people etc. As did my father, grandfather and his dad before, not to mention the 2 machine shops and the blacksmith shop still standing after 100 years that they started. So, I'm very much up to par on my knowledge of cutlery, steel, and very in tune with sharpening anything that is supposed to have a edge. I have nothing to prove on this thread that is now dead due to your nonsense.
 
Butchers in general have some of the worst knife / knife habits / sharpening routines out of all my knife customers. Cut Cut Cut , Steel Steel Steel , Cut Cut Cut , Steel Steel Steel. Its how they are trained to think , I don't do butchers knives as a general rule anymore , they have poor cutlery generally , and an overall lack understanding of how to care for it typically.
 
Buckman110,that pic shows shaving a layer of dead skin off a fingertip,easily done with any thin fairly sharp blade.That is if you don't have office worker hands.Congrats on having hands with calluses,that is not as common as it used to be.I reckon mine have served me well at everything from working tobacco and pulling a calf out of a cow that was having a rough time of it to working 12470 hot while forty feet up a utility pole and yet still be supple enough to tie tiny flies that fool trout,squeeze a trigger gently enough to send a bullet from a Lake City M118 special ball round into a Krylon spray paint can at a thousand yards,and most importantly hold and pet a dying orange tomcat with chewed up ears and nads the size of pecans gently enough to hear it do something that that broke my heart,purr as it died.Heres to the guys with rough hands and sharp knives

 
buckman110 said:
My lack of knowledge? Your pretty funny, I sharpen for several slaughter houses and businesses people etc. As did my father, grandfather and his dad before, not to mention the 2 machine shops and the blacksmith shop still standing after 100 years that they started. So, I'm very much up to par on my knowledge of cutlery, steel, and very in tune with sharpening anything that is supposed to have a edge. I have nothing to prove on this thread that is now dead due to your nonsense.
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Yeh well, having grown up between my father's sugarcane farm and my mother's coconut farm, and my own mango farm by the time I was 25, I came here thinking I knew how to sharpen. Then I saw the guys here who probably have a combined experience of several hundred years. I decided to swallow my ego, get some humility, and start learning from world level skilled sharpeners.

But I guess you're not that kind of guy. :p
 
Willis, sorry but that's not dead skin. There's a cut healing next to it if that's what your talking about. Also I do pay attention to the wise folks here, I'm southern everywhere u go someone has a knife. Some of these old men round here can whip up some good edges. Tennessee teaches u lots :)
 
Also, I have no "ego" per say. But I'm definitely in the category you speak of. My pix and thread comments speak/will speak for themselves. As for this thread, were beating a dead horse.
 
buckman110 said:
Also, I have no "ego" per say. But I'm definitely in the category you speak of. My pix and thread comments speak/will speak for themselves. As for this thread, were beating a dead horse.
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Just say, "I can't sharpen to hair whittling sharpmess", that's all it will take. Your pic, doesn't prove a you're a world class sharpener, besides, those categories rarely toot their own horns. Anyone can talk the talk, some can't walk the walk. I've been here a few years and I've seen a few newcomers here who thought they would make a big splash...I'm looking at one again.

It's really not too hard to post a pic or a vid wittling hair. I'm really tired of calling you out because you'll always be able to find a justification not to post proof.

I also know you'll continue to post like you are an expert. You are that kind of guy.
 
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Dude your hilarious. Why would I say that when I can. Your talking to me like I'm a child. Who the hell do u think you are? I may be new here, but not new to this. Grow up. Another behind the screen tough guy.
 
Hair whittling is nice. But I work with my knife, I don't have pretty boy knives just to sho off. So if your really here to learn, here's a post from a "world class" sharpener as you so call it.

It looks like Mr. Harsey finishes on a Norton India fine stone (about 320 grit) and doesn't care for stropping or otherwise producing the super-sharp polished edges, as they don't hold up well.

Interesting. Some folks make a big deal of scary sharp blades that will whittle hair. Good to know that isn't necessary and may be counterproductive.
 
buckman110 said:
Hair whittling is nice. But I work with my knife, I don't have pretty boy knives just to sho off. So if your really here to learn, here's a post from a "world class" sharpener as you so call it.

It looks like Mr. Harsey finishes on a Norton India fine stone (about 320 grit) and doesn't care for stropping or otherwise producing the super-sharp polished edges, as they don't hold up well.

Interesting. Some folks make a big deal of scary sharp blades that will whittle hair. Good to know that isn't necessary and may be counterproductive.
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Here you go.

singularity35 said:
I think that HHT's are useful as a test of sharpening skill.

If you can get that sharp, then you can get an edge good enough for whatever edc purpose you'll need.

Its just a matter of forming the apex well and knocking off the burr.

If you can't do it, you're probably not as good as you think you are.
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But I'm going out, it's Friday evening here. Have fun bragging here. ;)
 
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