Sharpness Chart

[KnifeGrinders]

I've been thinking about this for awhile so I'll quit thinking and just lay it out there. I'm not being critical even one little bit because I think I understand where Mr. Knifegrinders is coming from with his sharpness chart. He's trying to make the BESS scale more understandable to people who aren't familiar with it. BESS did this themselves by comparing with a razor blade. Once people get used to the BESS though I think this becomes unnecessary and the understanding happens very quickly. 150 is 150 and 300 is 300. You don't have to think that because it's 50 outside that that temperature = a long sleeve shirt and a light jacket. It's just 50 degrees and your experience tells you how comfortable or uncomfortable that temperature is. Same with BESS now for me. 150 is sharp and 300 not so much. That's one of the beauties of the BESS. You really don't have to think about it much. As they say these days - it is what it is.

LOL at 50 outside = a long sleeve shirt and a light jacket.
Bud, yours 50 outside for us = shorts and a singlet.

I also thought a DE Safety Razor would be good enough to relate to, but it turned out to be good only for guys who are old enough to remember using it.

Similarly to how Farenheit is meaningless to the other half of the world till converted to Celsius, BESS hits peoples' mental blindspot till related to something they know, and most people cannot even see things they don't recognize