Everyone has said it A paper towel tests refinement of the edge not durability. Time to hit those stones and practice.
Yes, that definitely dulls knives. Last time I cut 20,000 sheets of paper towel, the knife was quite dull afterwards and I had to re-sharpen it.
Yes, that definitely dulls knives. Last time I cut 20,000 sheets of paper towel, the knife was quite dull afterwards and I had to re-sharpen it.
There are a lot of very fragile finicky knives discussed on this board, ones that will chip just from looking at them sideways. As long as they're in fashion, stuff like that is going to matter. What you're really saying is that your Dexter-Russell is a better knife because you don't need to worry about that stuff. But until the "laser" fad goes away, people are going to run into problems, and naturally they're going to want to solve them. But if you want them to not worry about the cutting board, you have to get them a reasonable non-brittle knife first.W*f is the problem with you guys, dulling the edge by sccoping/ scrapping on the board, and now dulling the edge with tissue test...
I now realise I'm new to this forum, and that this kind of question seems to be the pinnacle of knives non users / collectionner... But then again I don't get it. If you don't use your knives who cares about them being dull as long as you had fun cutting tissue?
It's not that though. It's just that his chosen sharpness test came up with a grade of "Fail" and he wanted to know why. (And he didn't know that was the problem, he thought it must be something else.) There's nothing wrong with that.Reminds me of early ipad owners who would lock themselves into a completely dark closet and display a black screen-sized rectangle and complain the screen was not perfectly black.
I sharpen at natural Finnish daylightWhen I sharpen for customers, I make sure to do it in a completely dark room with a pure argon atmosphere, so the edge isn’t damaged by photons or oxygen.
Not quick to recognize tongue in cheek humor, are we?Since you're here, maybe you can explain why dumbasses like you are giving worthless answers like this. He didn't do anything wrong.
Winter or summer?I sharpen at natural Finnish daylight
I haven't notice any difference. The sun is hiding at SwedenWinter or summer?
I haven't notice any difference. The sun is hiding at Sweden
When I sharpen for customers, I make sure to do it in a completely dark room with a pure argon atmosphere, so the edge isn’t damaged by photons or oxygen.
But until the "laser" fad goes away, people are going to run into problems, and naturally they're going to want to solve them. But if you want them to not worry about the cutting board, you have to get them a reasonable non-brittle knife first.
We have thick abbrasive handtowels to insulate itIf sun was hiding there though your country would be stiffling hot wouldn’t it?
Is the problem really lasers?? Never once had chipping issues with my gesshin ginga w#2.
More like a combination of lasers and brittle steel, then? Nobody makes an X50CrMoV15 laser though.Is the problem really lasers?? Never once had chipping issues with my gesshin ginga w#2.
I'm certainly willing to admit my use of "laser" was wrong, just put "thin" instead where I wrote it.Yea, laser has nothing to do with it. Chipping is about knives that are stupid thin behind the edge, not necessarily at the spine, and with super hard steel. Gingas are comparatively soft. Although dulling isn't just chipping.
I'm certainly willing to admit my use of "laser" was wrong, just put "thin" instead where I wrote it.
My point is that people are justifiably nervous about damaging their fragile knives, and that I think outside of a few very special applications that most people won't encounter, they're more trouble than they're worth. At the same time, I get that pushing the boundaries of thin/hard/sharp blades is satisfying.
His particular post may have been tongue in cheek, but some others were definitely taking themselves very seriously. I apologize if I confused the two.Not quick to recognize tongue in cheek humor, are we?
Anyone who has ever had diarrhoea knows tissue is abrasive.
It’s acceptable.If sun was hiding there though your country would be stiffling hot wouldn’t it?
probably OT, still:
I'm noticing a trend lately...it may be that I seem to pick hobbies/interests where the forums are almost exclusively frequented by males worrying over details in an OCD like manner, or it could be that males tend to develop OCD traits over details nobody ever dreamt of before....or both, or I am secretly suffering from OCD and have not discovered it yet...with three hits the latter is more likely, yikes
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