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Sometimes I shave my left arm, but, if hair is getting sparce, I do the thumb test.
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my left arm is pretty much bald year round
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"It's 5:00 somewhere!" |
I keep a coffee can full of old bootlaces and paracord scraps by my workbench. When a blade cuts a piece of 550 paracord like the proverbial hot knife through butter, it's sharp enough for me.
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I test shapness by cutting strips of type paper. About 8-1/2" x 3". I keep a stack of them near my desk. Once you get used to testing sharpness by cutting through type paper, you get so you can feel rough spots and places where the edge will "catch" a little when it shouldn't. Once you work all that out so that the blade will glide through, it will also shave.
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shave my left arm as well and if it "pops" hairs off its good
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"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Matthew 5:9" |
when i can shave paper thin enough that it twists upon cutting it. this is beyond simply feeling no resistance in the paper. if it doesn't twist, it's touch up time.
And shepherds we shall be, For Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. |
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When it won't slide of my fingernail at approx. 45 degree angle while being drawn or pushed with no downward pressure on the blade other than its own weight.
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when i cut myself! i was working on a blade one night and just kept feeling that it wasn't quite "there". this was in my lansky days. so anyway, i proceeded to drop the blade and it cut right through my jeans and well into my leg. i stopped sharpening then
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""The Un-Sheeple" "Swiss Watches, Exotic Cowboy Boots, Custom & Production Knives, Sunglasses and Cigars Enthusiast"  |
I am with Steve...I mean Po.
If the blade sticks to the skin. It is sharp. If blood gushes out...it is very sharp. __________________________ * Allen Elishewitz Preservation Society Founding Member #3 * Brotherhood of the 420 & Viceroy of the Knights of the Gravitator Member * Lum Lunatics Charter Member #15 * President of the Gentleman Society for the Preservation of the 960 Innova * Boomerangs 'n Butterflies: An Osborne Alliance Member #2 * Blackwood Society member #610 Red, Blue and Black Class, Pre-Productions, Limited Editions |
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From years of use, I keep it simple. There is no test other than if it cuts well for my known day to day uses and holds it's edge, then I know I'm doing it right, or enough.
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