Today, I hit an estate sale.
I got $11.00 worth of knives.....five total knives.
First. I got a batch of four knives for $4.00
Three are very old Solignen butcher knives of various profiles. All old German steel, and arm-hair shaving sharp even when I got them.
After a few minutes with my Spyderco sharpmaker, they are even more sharp. I've got a nick on my forearm where one shaved a bit closer than I anticipated, even.
Another was a cheesy "Made in Japan" bread knife.......It came with the Solingen butcher knives.
The other one? The one I got for $7.00??
The other one is another butcher knife, only it's got a 14 inch blade and is 19 inches long overall.
When I picked it up in its sheath improvised out of brown paper bag and duct tape, I thought it was a machete.
It was the right size, only it's not a machete.
I touched it up a bit on the Spyderco Sharpmaker, and then took it out to play.
In short order, I sliced a soda can full of water in half with one swipe. Then, I tried a 20 oz water bottle.....slice.
And finally, I tried a two-liter full of water.......Slice.
It's not quite as effective a cutter as my bowie knife. The blade on the old butcher kinfe just doesn't have the cross-sectional thickness as the blade on my bowie.
When I hit a two-liter perfectly with my bowie, the sucker splits in half without me even feeling the impact.
I definitely feel the impact with the old butcher knife, but it cuts the bottle in half, just the same.
I figure any day I can pick up what's basically a short sword for $7.00 is a good day.
Yeehaw, indeed.
hillbilly
I got $11.00 worth of knives.....five total knives.
First. I got a batch of four knives for $4.00
Three are very old Solignen butcher knives of various profiles. All old German steel, and arm-hair shaving sharp even when I got them.
After a few minutes with my Spyderco sharpmaker, they are even more sharp. I've got a nick on my forearm where one shaved a bit closer than I anticipated, even.
Another was a cheesy "Made in Japan" bread knife.......It came with the Solingen butcher knives.
The other one? The one I got for $7.00??
The other one is another butcher knife, only it's got a 14 inch blade and is 19 inches long overall.
When I picked it up in its sheath improvised out of brown paper bag and duct tape, I thought it was a machete.
It was the right size, only it's not a machete.
I touched it up a bit on the Spyderco Sharpmaker, and then took it out to play.
In short order, I sliced a soda can full of water in half with one swipe. Then, I tried a 20 oz water bottle.....slice.
And finally, I tried a two-liter full of water.......Slice.
It's not quite as effective a cutter as my bowie knife. The blade on the old butcher kinfe just doesn't have the cross-sectional thickness as the blade on my bowie.
When I hit a two-liter perfectly with my bowie, the sucker splits in half without me even feeling the impact.
I definitely feel the impact with the old butcher knife, but it cuts the bottle in half, just the same.
I figure any day I can pick up what's basically a short sword for $7.00 is a good day.
Yeehaw, indeed.
hillbilly
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