chuck_roxas45 wrote:Any explanations as to why my police 3 g10 just doesn't feel sharp?
Because it's not?
Best response IMO. :)
Same steel, similar blade shape, vague question. Sounds like you need to practice sharpening.
Note: sigh, disclaimer for my response. While it sounded sarcastic it wasn't intended as such. Similar to Chuck sometimes the obvious answer is the correct one. When dealing with subjective measurements like "sharp" there is always a spectrum. A simple answer isn't always teasing...sometimes it's just correct. Sorry.
Never has there been a truly sharp knife that "just slides on my skin and sorta just rubs the hairs without taking any out"...regardless of blade/edge geometry. It's important to know that issue like edge geometry effect the efficiency and ease of cutting, but not the ability to become sharp. Even an obtuse blade grind can produce an edge that can shave hairs...it'll just be a PITA to cut through cardboard with.
BTW, when I buy a used knife, I just assume that I'm going to have to do some sharpening when I get it, possibly extensive. Even if the description suggests otherwise.
Last knife I bought used, he said it was basically NIB and "only had been used to open a few envelopes"...when I got it, the entire length of the edge was completely rolled, and completely incapable of passing the most basic cut test. It was easy enough to fix, but I just rolled by eyes and wondered how it got that way...it certainly wasn't from cutting envelopes, unless there's some kind of new tungsten carbide envelope I'm unaware of...
PS-a good way to tell if a knife is truly sharp, at least by my standards, is a regular paper or cut test (magazine paper works well). In order to be satisfactory, I need to be able to push-cut through it without snagging up or feeling resistance.
and btw..I don't know how telling someone whose knife is clearly dull the truth is hostility...it's dull, it needs sharpening.
mobi wrote:How are you liking the police3 apart from it needing the edge touched up?
Honestly, I really like the design of the handle and the extra amount you get for less than lethal impact. The blade is quite long and with a zip tie mod the knife comes out nice and quick. My only complaint is the tip has a strange shape, almost as if they tried to give you a little belly towards the end of it. I'd much rather the tip be more like the older police models, but hey, I'll trade that for the nice g10 and tip up capabilities.
tacticooledc wrote:Honestly, I really like the design of the handle and the extra amount you get for less than lethal impact. The blade is quite long and with a zip tie mod the knife comes out nice and quick. My only complaint is the tip has a strange shape, almost as if they tried to give you a little belly towards the end of it. I'd much rather the tip be more like the older police models, but hey, I'll trade that for the nice g10 and tip up capabilities.
I think the "strange shape" at the tip is from the fact that in the new re-designs (see the Endura and Delica 4 as well), they went from a more fragile, with a fine point that is even/parallel with the spine (more of a modified clip-point shape) and dropped the tip down a little bit, adding more space on the spine behind the tip, thus strengthening it, and also changing the appearance from more of a clip-point to more of a drop-point. I agree that the original clip-style blade looks better, but I think that the modification made certainly has the intended effect, in strengthening the tip my putting more material behind it. Both designs are good, I can appreciate the pros and cons of both.
