Thread: Some sharpness tests

Originally Posted by ToxIk

Glad you all like it. I'm all for sharing info to anyone who's willing to listen, though I do know quite abit that is mostly useless too .

Incredibly useful video. Using your light tests sent me to the hones for 5-10 minutes on what I had thought was a sharp (which, in fairness, it was) razor. The improvement was so impressive, many thanks.

Originally Posted by ToxIk

Glad you all like it. I'm all for sharing info to anyone who's willing to listen, though I do know quite abit that is mostly useless too




AFAIK the 'pin test' is new. I actually use my fingers to feel for a wire edge. I just thought something with a sharp point or edge would would be easier for those who can't feel a wire edge like I'm able to.

I used to test my knives that way with a finger nail.

Man, that was great stuff... I'm off to check for wire edges and blunting...

Very nicely done

Yep gr8 stuff :-)

Very well done and great information.

Thanks!!

Lynn

The pin test is something I never even heard of before. Great video, very informative.

Toxik, you have quite a knack for making great videos. If you ever get around to it, a video of you working a blade from butterknife to your HHT positive would be fantastic. Your HHT, BTW, is about the most amazing one I've seen yet. Really hard to argue with results like that. Wow.

Originally Posted by FloorPizza

Toxik, you have quite a knack for making great videos. If you ever get around to it, a video of you working a blade from butterknife to your HHT positive would be fantastic. Your HHT, BTW, is about the most amazing one I've seen yet. Really hard to argue with results like that. Wow.

I actually do have a series of honing videos that i made more than a year ago. Only the first one is on youtube though, the rest i put on dailymotion as a few of them exceeded youtubes time constraints. Links to the rest are in the one on youtube though.

Actually, if you guys want, next time I hone a razor I can probably make another short vid on some of the different techniques I use for that as well. They're all in my aforementioned honing videos, but spread out through the like hour or so of video there.

Excellent, I've been looking for more objective tests since I began this adventure!