Ugh...the trouble with ticklers

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  1. Grossenschwamm

    Grossenschwamm Well-Known Member

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    Alright, I'm going to go right out there and say I used an online thesaurus to find a synonym for "knife" that started with the letter "T."
    Sometimes I like to alliterate, and not all words cooperate.
    Ok, so I have this compulsive urge to sharpen any knife I see. I will take money for my services, but I actually enjoy it so much that I'd gladly do it for free. Anyway, I know my aunt has a reasonable amount of knives, the majority of which are chromium steel serrated steak knives. Six of her knives, however, are your standard flat edge variety, and one beauty is a rare molybdenum alloy. That was a joy to sharpen; soft enough to accept the modest efforts of a practised sharpener, and hard enough to hold a razor's edge. Two of those knives, however, are Schinken Messer stamp-ware (a term normally used to describe actual stamp paraphernalia, but that I've bastardized to mean any bladed piece of metal that, instead of being forged, was stamped out of a sheet of stainless steel and haphazardly tempered) pieces of utter shit. They're too damn hard. I spent a good 15 minutes on each one, trying to find the perfect edge, and as soon as I succeeded I washed the knives. Big mistake. The first Schinken cut straight through the coarse side of the sponge like nothing, but at a great cost to the edge. The steel is too brittle. It's one of those double edged sword scenarios, you know, where you can succeed and still get fucked. As soon as I inspected the edge, I discovered that if you cut anything with as much surface area as a sponge, the blade fails and needs to be resharpened. Screw that. I'm sticking to blades that appreciate my TLC.
     
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    Zanza Well-Known Member

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    Xz Monkey Admin Staff Member

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    The shut the fuck up troll.
     
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    Grakelin New Member

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    To be honest, I was thinking tl;dr, too. Nice to see you, though, Grossenschwamm.
     
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    Silvara New Member

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    JustaFishInaJar New Member

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    I have a pretty decent collection of knives and wish I knew someone who would sharpen them for fun. I used to know a Mormon Marine who was knife crazy and would sharpen my blades for me, but sadly he's gone.
     
  7. DarkFool

    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    I am in the same boat. I've a decent collection, but the noise drives me nuts, so I never sharpen them.
     
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    rosenshyne New Member

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    Is that the same Mormon Marine who loved anime? Cuz he was cool.
     
  9. Vorak

    Vorak Administrator Staff Member

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    Honing is relaxing, I love the sound of steel on a waterstone

    I just got a 50,000 grit Japanese natural stone it makes everything crazy sharp.
     
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    Xz Monkey Admin Staff Member

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    Isn't that finer than paper?
     
  11. DarkFool

    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    I loved the comment on the picture of it he sent me.
    "If it's good enough for Katana's, it's good enough for my razors."
     
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