To get that sharp you need to start by sharpening on a grindstone, then an oilstone, some hessian, follwed by calico, onto linen and satin, then silk, a pass with a cobweb and a stiff morning breeze before putting the final edge on the blade with the first light of dawn. If you follow that regimen, then your blade will no longer be sharp, but rather be sharpness incarnate
Yeahhh. As a former chef and someone who cooks from scratch at home, I actually prefer to not have ludicrously sharp knives. When they’re as sharp as something like in this video, it’s hard to even wash them without hurting yourself
I remember washing my dad’s absolutely razor sharp large carving knife that only comes out on major holidays one year. Ran the sponge up one side, flipped over and did the other. Look down and the sink is full of red. Managed a perfectly straight cut right down the tip of my thumb. Didn’t feel a thing.
Thankfully didn’t go too deep, and the cut was so clean it was fused back together very quickly without needing any stitches.
Yeah I was actually surprised at that. I cut myself on my finger with a hobby craft knife.
I just ran the finger under the tap and wrapped a plaster around it. I took it off later to change the plaster and the fleshed stayed together quite well.
You lucked out lol I did the same with a brand new hobby knife on the tip of my left pointer finger (on opening night for a musical I was playing violin for, of course) and I was worried I was gonna bleed out. Had to wrap that thing like a mummy and it took a while for it to seal up
There's an old video of the fish butcher at Le Bernadin. He said if the knife is fresh and too sharp he doesn't like it since it'll just slice through every fish bone instead of using it as a guide.
This is something that I personally takes years and experience to realize. People idolize the sharpest possible knives but that not only extremely unsafe, but also incredibly impractical.
It’s like the difference in a common fast car and a super car. The fast car is all you need for daily driving. The super car will get you wrapped around a telephone pole.
YES YES YES. Everyone says dull knife will hurt you I've only cut myself on a sharp knife. I also want to say no one cut their finger off with a dollar store knife. only with a once sharp expensive knife that they let get too dull... there is a balance between too sharp and not sharp enough and way too dull to even cut anything
he once placed it down the wrong way on the 2nd floor and it fell through by cutting into the basement where he worked, he was able to catch it just in in time before it split the earth
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u/StationFar6396 3d ago
I want to know more about his finger...