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[QUOTE=mparker762]I think the traditional thumb test is lightly dragging your thumb at right angles to the blade (not parallel or you'll get cut). A sharp edge will kind of catch as your thumb goes...

Jordan,

Tilting your thumb down while holding the blade on it tests for some level of sharpness, I think. Dragging the blade across the back of the nail tests the evenness of the edge.

I think...

I've read a lot about the thumb test, not to be confused with the thumbNAIL test. But I can't figure out exactly how the edge is supposed to contact your thumb.

Do you brush your thumb along the...