brj wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 6:27 am
How was initial sharpness out of the box? Microtech used to be hit or miss but they seem to be getting more consistent lately.
I changed my mind. You're right. Shaving arm hair is one thing, but doing real work is altogether different.
After the honeymoon period where the knife just sits in my pocket and gets used for silly things like opening the mail, I actually needed the knife to do real things today. The first thing up was cutting celery for my breakfast. I held out the celery and whacked it with the blade, and it didn't just slide right through. My knives NEVER get that dull.
Later I was cutting up t-shirts to use as rags, and it took a lot of pressure and sawing. Clearly, the edge wasn't good enough. I've become spoiled with Spyderco's bevels and edges.
Out came my sharpening tools and I started making the edge more to my liking. After I while I got bored and went back out to the garage to finish cutting rags. The edge isn't yet perfect, but it's far better than it came from the factory. I'll use it a while as is and then make it better.
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, but the AK1 is exactly where it (ideally) should be.
