Timeline for How to test the sharpness of a knife?
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| Mar 20, 2019 at 15:38 | comment | added | Don Branson | I use the shave test, but dry-shave the hairs on the back of my wrist. | |
| Mar 19, 2019 at 12:34 | comment | added | user85627 | I agree with the thumb test. If the knife is sharp, you can feel tiny resistance from the ridges of your fingerprint on as you move your thumb across the blade (definitely not along the blade, or you'll cut yourself). Do it gently of course. | |
| Mar 18, 2019 at 23:18 | history | answered | Nate W | CC BY-SA 4.0 |