Cut what you are going to be cutting with it.
There is just no substitute. I mean, I will push cut paper, rub it on my arm(I used to shave hair, but then learned that I just know how the edge feels on my skin as a side effect of doing it a lot...plus there's no hair there anymore), feel it with my fingers, etc...but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
if you can cut a strip from the edge of a sheet of paper that is thinner than the paper is thick your knife is sharp!!!
if you can cut a strip from the edge of a sheet of paper that is thinner than the paper is thick your knife is sharp!!!
Now I'll have a use for that thing! lus1:Yellow pages ....Also good for stropping.
I use yellow pages paper.. there should be one around. thin enough, for cutting through sheets.. How it cuts ( eyes) Sound ( ears) adn feel of the cut for smoothness ( touch) adn if you really want to see how good it is, should be able to cut through a corner of the whole phone book.. smoothly in one push cut; with thumb on the spine for more push power. ( definitely not a pinch grip)
Yellow pages ....Also good for stropping.
You have to engage more than one of your senses to do anything well.. most applicable for sharpening too...
Eyes.. smoothness of cut adn the cut on the paper
Ears: sound of the cut.. Coarse sound of smooth and quiet sound
Touch: Feel how it glides across the paper. Rough or smooth....
Have fun
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the only thing i do now is use a paper towel to check for a wire edge.
Yellow pages good for stropping? Really? I've been thinking I need to get a strop. Does this really work? Or should I still go for leather?
Could you elaborate on how that helps you determine if you have a wire edge?
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