tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86119652108970615222011-12-02T10:54:36.492-08:00A place to go to get back your edge ... heh, heh, heh ...Just call me doc ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/06989615891148647704noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611965210897061522.post-57247909951321350552011-12-02T10:51:00.000-08:002011-12-02T10:54:36.511-08:00

The rumors of my death have been greatly exagerated ...I've been way too busy with un-fun stuff, now I have a bitmore time to devote to Sharpenology & other avocations.Look for a new installment around January 15th, 2012 ... I willdo my best to ensure that it will be worth the wait.Thanks,-doc

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This is from: http://www.kniferights.org -The U.S. Government is after your Pocket Knives! In a sneak attack, U.S. Customs has proposed revoking earlier rulings that assisted opening knives are not switchblades. The proposal would not only outlaw assisted opening knives, its overly broad new definition of a switchblade would also include all one-handed opening knives and most other pocket knives!

Just call me doc ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/06989615891148647704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611965210897061522.post-91118638159401716622009-02-25T12:49:00.001-08:002009-02-25T12:49:36.490-08:00

W. Evan Sheehan is a very patient man … he sent a list of 7 questions to me in September, and to date I’ve answered only 2 of them … and probably not entirely to his satisfaction. To reward his patience, I will now answer all of his remaining questions to the best of my ability.  I hope … ***** 2. How does one learn to tell the difference between the different types of sharpness? (Some of this

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Since I’m in an edgy mood, it’s time to take another whack at Evan’s questions. This time we’ll go back to the top: 1. You've talked about different kinds of sharpness -- cutting turkeys vs cutting tomatoes vs wood carving. What do you do for knives you use in the kitchen for multiple purposes? Chopping onions, mincing garlic, slicing tomatoes, slicing cucumbers, etc. I keep a separate knife

Just call me doc ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/06989615891148647704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611965210897061522.post-29968063200461772752008-09-29T13:43:00.000-07:002008-09-29T13:45:42.177-07:00

It's been waaaaaaaaaaay too long since our last installmentof Sharpenology, and I was recently reminded of this by aloyal reader and good friend ... who shall remain nameless,but whose initials are W. Evan Sheehan.Thanks Evan!Evan had some questions and I'm pretty sure that he's notthe only one with these questions ... or some that are verysimilar ... so I decided to get back in to the writing

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Ok folks, it's been a while since my last edgy monologue on things sharp.More precisely, on things which should be sharp ... and I hope it's worth the wait. It's got more words than my earlier posts cuz it's on a topic that's got a lot more dimensions to it ... [pun cheerfully intended].As promised some time ago [yes, Ted ... a looooooooong time ago], I'll begin looking at some of the qualities

Just call me doc ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/06989615891148647704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611965210897061522.post-5845982694695269272008-01-03T17:53:00.001-08:002008-01-03T17:53:32.532-08:00

In the first installment of Sharpenology, I bored all y'all with my observations about what constitutes sharpness and a brief overview of tools that can be used to get things sharp. This time, I'll be blathering on about grinding & edge geometry, so be prepared for some more of my silly ranting and observations on what makes sharp things useful ... and perhaps even a little bit on how to

Just call me doc ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/06989615891148647704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611965210897061522.post-71301601442565462642008-01-02T15:18:00.001-08:002008-01-02T21:33:37.460-08:00

There's been lots of talk recently about sharpening knives and other toys with edges ... what to use, how to do the deed, etc. ... but we haven't really touched on what sharpness *is*, and how an edge can [for some purposes] be *too sharp* ... If yer eyes are already rolling back in their sockets, just move along to another blog or continue on and kwitcherbitchin. Ahem ... What is

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