Hello KKnives_Switzerland. As much as I love to watch Pete do testing. And respect his testing and the man himself. I am a bit confused over some of his results. Compared to my lighter duty real life use.KKnives_Switzerland wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:41 pmPete tests several different sharpening systems. On the upper right corner, there is a key which tells which is which: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1607644856
Point in case is the Sandrin cemented Tungsten carbide knife he tested. I bought a Sandrin Torino due to watching his video a year ago. Doing over 1,500 cuts on Manilla rope with the TCK model. Remind you I never used the knife prior to this except to do a paper cut test in which it performed marvelously.
Well the kicker for me is that I cut about 9 or 10 soft wood branches and the razor sharpness and work sharpness both both left completely and snagged on a paper cutting test. And the working edge was not that impressive. I sent it to the Sandrin represenative factory to have it sharpened and that alone ran over $20.
Anyways I noticed they re sharpened the blade to a different angle from original factory. I used the Torino again to cut a few small softwood branches. Same end result. And disappointed.
I ended up putting the knife in the dresser drawer and retiring it after I noticed the knife lost it's sharpness yet again from light use. And miserably failed the paper cutting test despite seeing no damage or flat spots to the blade from inspecting it with a 5x magnifying glass.
I cannot explain how disappointed I was. When I got D2, S35V, and CPM154 that did a day of actual hard work and still could slice paper and shave some hair from my arm without touching up on a honing steel.