awa54 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 6:02 pm
1) Precise cuts through cardboard gift packaging that allow items to be mounted/displayed in the boxes: the cuts must have clean ends/edges and leave the flocking on the surface of the cardboard inserts with no cosmetic damage. I do this almost every day at work, sometimes 5 or more times/day.
2) Carving hard and soft wood to shape, while leaving a smooth finish. Maybe twice a week averaged over a year (and more with wood carving knives, this is just EDC cutting).
3) Any cut that needs to be straight, or have clean edges, not all cutting is done on items that are being disposed of!
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[To avoid more comments like we had already in this thread: This is an exchange of different personal experiences and opinions, no objective right or wrong here]
My experiences with SE differ from yours:
- Cleanly cutting gift packages works great with SE, since just one of the very sharp chisel grind scallops (almost always a lot steeper edge angle than a v grind PE blade) can handle the job easily - but perhaps with sharp PE one can do such specific cuts more carelessly and more natural
- Even if I use most of the SE on things like paper the cut has still clean edges with properly sharpened SE (and to cleanly cut paper PE has to be somewhat sharp too)
- True, when carving wood into shape SE does not leave a smooth finish, if this is the goal PE is clearly superior!
In return SE carves wood into shape faster and easier (but leaves a rough finish!) in my experience, due to the chisel grind.