Thread: Who has honed a knife then shaved with it?

Just wondering, because I honed my knife to 'near' straight razor quality. Blasphemy i know.

I'm about ready to try this bad boy out!

I have done it. The edge was too fragile and I ended up having to put a more sensible edge on it after the first thing I had to cut. I sharpened said knife with a DMT 1200 card that was well worn. it shaved very rough but it cut hair.

Never did it with a knife but did with a chisel; but that was only because my father-in-law did not believe that my chisels were sharper than his so I had to demonstrate how much sharper they were.

Go ahead and try its your face ,, but make no mistake it is not razor sharp. Tc

Originally Posted by Utopian

Never did it with a knife but did with a chisel; but that was only because my father-in-law did not believe that my chisels were sharper than his so I had to demonstrate how much sharper they were.

That is awesome. Did you go with a 1" chisel? I want to try this now..

Instead of a sweeping motion he used a chisel motion........ Now that is what I call "MOWING DOWN" whiskers!

The tough part is integrating proper hammer blows...

I suppose I should clarify that I did not shave my entire face. I just lathered up and did enough of my cheek to prove that it did in fact shave.

It was a 3/4" chisel.

And no, it was not razor sharp, but it was sharp enough to shave well enough to impress my father in law and that rarely happens. Since then I have been allowed to sharpen all of their kitchen knives every year.

Originally Posted by Willisf

Instead of a sweeping motion he used a chisel motion........ Now that is what I call "MOWING DOWN" whiskers!

Naw...

It was, and always has been, a scything motion.

(Too bad Alembic is not still around to comment on that statement!)

That what I meant to say "scything" motion...... The word escaped me for that moment.

I think anyone would be impressed with what you did with that chisel. I know I would be.