Thread: Paper testing razors

Would someone show a photo of a blade with this notch please? I think I know what is described but I'd appreciate seeing it to be sure.

Tiny one on this swiss army knife

No offense intended to anyone, but since I was a tike and got my first pocket knife I've been told that paper or cardboard will dull a knife faster than anything other than intentionally grinding the edge on a stone. That may have been adults that wanted to reign in an overly "sharp-interested" child, or more likely it was close to the truth.

Cold Steel does that and sisal rope to prove how sharp their blades are, BUT, they have 1000s of them to play around on.

I say, if you have a razor with a paper thin edge (like most do), don't cut anything with it except your beard. Having said that, you can do whatever tests you want with your razors, just don't encourage others to do the same.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Would someone show a photo of a blade with this notch please? I think I know what is described but I'd appreciate seeing it to be sure.

Here are a couple. The mint old stock Rogers bone on top is as it came from the factory. The XX green bone, used, has the little notch filed where the blade meets the tang. That way you can hone the whole length of the edge. With the one on top, if you didn't make the notch, you'd run into the tang and as the blade wore, it would be kinda funky ;

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Here are a couple. The mint old stock Rogers bone on top is as it came from the factory. The XX green bone, used, has the little notch filed where the blade meets the tang. That way you can hone the whole length of the edge. With the one on top, if you didn't make the notch, you'd run into the tang and as the blade wore, it would be kinda funky ;

Beautiful knives there and that's a GREAT idea. Good thing your father didn't listen to all the nay Sayers. I have seen many blades honed into the tang. Not pretty. Sometimes you never know until you try.

are those Texas toothpicks?

my every day carry,belonged to my grandfather,someday i may restore it.

Send her to me Pixel, I'll clean her up,,,,,,

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Send her to me Pixel, I'll clean her up,,,,,,

Not a her John,is an old he

Jimmy, your father was a genius. Now I have 4 pocket knives to re-hone...

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Steel

Beautiful knives there and that's a GREAT idea. Good thing your father didn't listen to all the nay Sayers. I have seen many blades honed into the tang. Not pretty. Sometimes you never know until you try.

are those Texas toothpicks?

Those are Case 61048 pattern, also known as the 'Dixie Switch', or the 'farmer's knife'. The 6 designating a bone scale, the 1 a single blade, and the 048 is the pattern. I was a young ironworker in my late teens when an old timer pulled one out and started peeling a peach. He just flipped the blade open with his thumb and started peeling. I went and got one and have been carrying one or another or the 048 pattern since then. Here are some I've picked up over the years, along with some 62048s (2 blades, same pattern) The one that Pixelfixed showed, that belonged to his grandfather, is a 5254 trapper pattern. The 5 designating genuine stag, the 2 for 2 blades and the 54 is the pattern #.