06-04-2019, 12:11 AM
A short story for no reason.
I was feeling odd and depleted because I had not sharpened anything for a while. So I ferreted around in the kitchen drawer knife block and found two knives that didn't hang very well on my thumbnail. For all intents and purposes they were still plenty sharp, but I declared them dull enough to be in desperate need of sharpening because it made me happy.
The first knife was a Victorinox 5" chef's. Nice little knife. This one: https://www.swissknifeshop.com/shop/swis...ef-s-knife
After sharpening and deburring I took 3 sharpness readings from handle to tip: 100, 230, 105. Now normally, seeing the wacky 230 number I would have at least taken another reading as most likely the wild reading was caused because I happened to measure right on a tiny bit of burr and another reading would not have been so aberrant, but I felt along the edge with my educated thumb and the whole thing felt very sharp. Also, I only used a 150 grit Cubitron belt so of course it was nice and toothy and I knew it would do a fine job slicing onions or whatever so I declared it good enough and returned it to use.
Then I did a Calphalon 4.5" parer. A dandy, fairly thick, heavy blade parer: https://www.amazon.com/Calphalon-Contemp...B00007IT31
After sharpening I took three readings from handle to tip: 95, 90, 65. While I was not bothered by the strange 230 number from the last knife, I found the 65 reading most troubling. I took another reading there at the tip and got 95. Much better! I declared it good enough and returned it to use.
While writing this I got the Calphalon from the drawer knife block to see exactly what it was and placed it next to the computer. I picked it up to read the writing on the blade and clumsily bumped it into the back of the first knuckle of my index finger. Crap! Epidermal leakage. I'm finishing this with a piece of Kleenex wrapped around my finger secured with Scotch tape so as not to leak all over the keyboard. Seems to be working.
Like I said, a short story for no reason.
I was feeling odd and depleted because I had not sharpened anything for a while. So I ferreted around in the kitchen drawer knife block and found two knives that didn't hang very well on my thumbnail. For all intents and purposes they were still plenty sharp, but I declared them dull enough to be in desperate need of sharpening because it made me happy.
The first knife was a Victorinox 5" chef's. Nice little knife. This one: https://www.swissknifeshop.com/shop/swis...ef-s-knife
After sharpening and deburring I took 3 sharpness readings from handle to tip: 100, 230, 105. Now normally, seeing the wacky 230 number I would have at least taken another reading as most likely the wild reading was caused because I happened to measure right on a tiny bit of burr and another reading would not have been so aberrant, but I felt along the edge with my educated thumb and the whole thing felt very sharp. Also, I only used a 150 grit Cubitron belt so of course it was nice and toothy and I knew it would do a fine job slicing onions or whatever so I declared it good enough and returned it to use.
Then I did a Calphalon 4.5" parer. A dandy, fairly thick, heavy blade parer: https://www.amazon.com/Calphalon-Contemp...B00007IT31
After sharpening I took three readings from handle to tip: 95, 90, 65. While I was not bothered by the strange 230 number from the last knife, I found the 65 reading most troubling. I took another reading there at the tip and got 95. Much better! I declared it good enough and returned it to use.
While writing this I got the Calphalon from the drawer knife block to see exactly what it was and placed it next to the computer. I picked it up to read the writing on the blade and clumsily bumped it into the back of the first knuckle of my index finger. Crap! Epidermal leakage. I'm finishing this with a piece of Kleenex wrapped around my finger secured with Scotch tape so as not to leak all over the keyboard. Seems to be working.
Like I said, a short story for no reason.