I agree. The answer will vary from person to person. If I can get my edge to stick to my fingers, it's good enough for me. I always carry, but only need my small slipjoints for tasks like opening packages for my children. You don't need a razor blade to cut a tag. Great video!👍🏻
It depends entirely on the individual knife for me, but generally speaking im all about the cutting performance and cutting feel (which I think is very underrated) so I generally speaking drop the angle down on most of my knives. I get why the manufacturer did the angles they did, but to me its just super overkill to put a 20+ dps edge on a light duty edc folder for instance. In my experience, those more aggressive angles tend to last longer as well as long as you stay within reason. If it came 20 dps and you drop it down to 17 for instance, thats usually a straight upgrade across the board. Go below 15 and now you may struggle with rolling, worse edge retention and all that. I also find that spending some time crafting a good edge to begin with, it generally will strop back foreeeever compared to a "quick and dirty" sharpening where it needs to be resharpened alot more regularly. Sharpness and cutting performance is not necessarily the same thing, but sharpness is absolutely a component of the overall cutting performance. So how sharp do I like mine? As sharp as I can possibly get away with, id rather run them too aggressive and back off a bit (or microbevel) until I find the sweet spot IF I run into issues than leave performance on the table. Most of the time, theres no issue. Alot of this is backed by data, but in the end it is just my preference, opinion and experience though.
I have a knife that uses disposable blades. I can't get my pocket knives that sharp consistently. So I use it at work and when a blade gets dull I just switch it
For me, the blade has to be sharp enough to slide through paper without scratching. You should be able to cut a tomato with it properly and if it shaves hair, it's fine. But if you hurt yourself with the slightest touch, it's too sharp for me. That was a great video. Very well explained that a knife can also be too sharp for everyday use.
@@NewAgainKnifeReviews Victorinox pocket knives are very popular here and in all the countries around us. The knives have a very large fan base. I also have a collection of the old German Army Knives from Victorinox from the 1980s to the 2000s. Until recently I also had a lot of current models from Victorinox, but I sold almost all of them on eBay to buy knives from Rosecraft and Case. At the moment I like classic US knives better. But Victorinox is excellent. I have had two Case models since this week and I have to say that the workmanship is much better than many people claim. The knives have the charm of an old Cadillac. Simply beautiful.
@@NewAgainKnifeReviews Sky Blue Bone Crandall Jig Trapper 6254 SS and Richlite Chocolate/Brown/Red Smooth Copperhead. This week comes a Case Mini Trapper 73927 Red American Workman. And in two months a Case Trapper Yellow Synthetic, 00161, 3254 CV. It has a longer delivery time.
@@NewAgainKnifeReviews Rustic Red Richlite Copperhead CA13625 and Trapper 50640 Sky Blue Bone Crandall Jig 6254 SS. This week comes a Mini Trapper 73927 Red American Workman. And in two months comes a Trapper Yellow Synthetic 00161, 3254 CV. The delivery time for the yellow Trapper is so long.
@@madtownangler that is so true and hilarious. Can you imagine if you got 10-20 knife guys together showing off how sharp their knives are! It would look like a barber shop on the flour. Hair everywhere👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
How sharp do you keep your knives?
I agree. The answer will vary from person to person. If I can get my edge to stick to my fingers, it's good enough for me. I always carry, but only need my small slipjoints for tasks like opening packages for my children. You don't need a razor blade to cut a tag. Great video!👍🏻
If you haven’t already, could you do a video on what you use and how you sharpen knives
@@ray5156 i have done some videos before on that. But I plan to do some more. Thanks man 👍🏻
I carry more than one knife of various degrees of sharpness and angle for this reason
@@jasonbeecher509 Good idea my friend 👍🏻
It depends entirely on the individual knife for me, but generally speaking im all about the cutting performance and cutting feel (which I think is very underrated) so I generally speaking drop the angle down on most of my knives. I get why the manufacturer did the angles they did, but to me its just super overkill to put a 20+ dps edge on a light duty edc folder for instance.
In my experience, those more aggressive angles tend to last longer as well as long as you stay within reason. If it came 20 dps and you drop it down to 17 for instance, thats usually a straight upgrade across the board. Go below 15 and now you may struggle with rolling, worse edge retention and all that. I also find that spending some time crafting a good edge to begin with, it generally will strop back foreeeever compared to a "quick and dirty" sharpening where it needs to be resharpened alot more regularly.
Sharpness and cutting performance is not necessarily the same thing, but sharpness is absolutely a component of the overall cutting performance. So how sharp do I like mine? As sharp as I can possibly get away with, id rather run them too aggressive and back off a bit (or microbevel) until I find the sweet spot IF I run into issues than leave performance on the table. Most of the time, theres no issue.
Alot of this is backed by data, but in the end it is just my preference, opinion and experience though.
@@kvernesdotten Thanks 👍🏻
When I exclaim, “that’s a laser,” I’m good. ;)
@@dannibalYT "So sharp it hurts to look at it" 😂
I have a knife that uses disposable blades. I can't get my pocket knives that sharp consistently. So I use it at work and when a blade gets dull I just switch it
For me, the blade has to be sharp enough to slide through paper without scratching. You should be able to cut a tomato with it properly and if it shaves hair, it's fine. But if you hurt yourself with the slightest touch, it's too sharp for me. That was a great video. Very well explained that a knife can also be too sharp for everyday use.
@@WZ13 Thanks Denis, I'm planning on doing some videos on Victorinox knives soon. Are they popular where you live?
@@NewAgainKnifeReviews Victorinox pocket knives are very popular here and in all the countries around us. The knives have a very large fan base. I also have a collection of the old German Army Knives from Victorinox from the 1980s to the 2000s. Until recently I also had a lot of current models from Victorinox, but I sold almost all of them on eBay to buy knives from Rosecraft and Case. At the moment I like classic US knives better. But Victorinox is excellent. I have had two Case models since this week and I have to say that the workmanship is much better than many people claim. The knives have the charm of an old Cadillac. Simply beautiful.
@WZ13 which Case models do you have?
@@NewAgainKnifeReviews Sky Blue Bone Crandall Jig Trapper 6254 SS and Richlite Chocolate/Brown/Red Smooth Copperhead. This week comes a Case Mini Trapper 73927 Red American Workman. And in two months a Case Trapper Yellow Synthetic, 00161, 3254 CV. It has a longer delivery time.
@@NewAgainKnifeReviews Rustic Red Richlite Copperhead CA13625 and Trapper 50640 Sky Blue Bone Crandall Jig 6254 SS. This week comes a Mini Trapper 73927 Red American Workman. And in two months comes a Trapper Yellow Synthetic 00161, 3254 CV. The delivery time for the yellow Trapper is so long.
You can tell someone is a knife guy by the hairless spots on their arms and legs
@@madtownangler that is so true and hilarious.
Can you imagine if you got 10-20 knife guys together showing off how sharp their knives are! It would look like a barber shop on the flour. Hair everywhere👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great videos. Where are you from? I’m in Missouri
@@justinlandis5629 Usa