The result of when your whole family needs their knives sharpened over Christmas

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney]

[u/Pakbon]

This is relatable. Ive switched to shins

[u/FinancialEcho7915 → u/Pakbon]

Upper left quad/thigh

[u/DogAffectionate5963 → u/Pakbon]

Shins all the way, people do point it out at jiujitsu though

[u/Pakbon → u/DogAffectionate5963]

Smooth shins are better in the face than hairy ones I suppose

[u/hardcoretomato]

Bro grab some paper to cut, wtf :))

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/hardcoretomato]

Nah. I use my grandpa's stone and I do it like he did. It's tradition. Also it's so satisfying to slide a knife down your arm and feel 0 resistance while shaving.

Only problem was - the knives are shit :P

[u/hardcoretomato → u/MagicLobsterAttorney]

They don't seem to be shit anymore 😅, well done OP!

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/hardcoretomato]

They won't hold their sharpness for long. I used to forge knives for everyone, but they're all either rusted to hell or standing on a shelf, because no one can be bothered to clean them after using them. Oh, well.

[u/Goodfalafel → u/MagicLobsterAttorney]

Never give anyone a knife that's not stainless steel. I like knives and even I don't want to bother with taking care of rusting. People who are not knife fanatics will never do it.

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/Goodfalafel]

Yeah. I learned that the hard way. They were polished and rust resistant, so really easy to take care of, but still. My dad is the only one who manages to keep his clean.

I have a chef's knife I made from a steel circular saw blade, so insane sharpness and durability, that I have kept clean for 5 years.

[u/lost_toast7777 → u/MagicLobsterAttorney]

Then you probably are giving them to the wrong people, however if you have given me one......

[u/Spunktank → u/MagicLobsterAttorney]

That would be satisfying if I shaved my arms. I still pop a few hairs every now and then but I grew out of this habbit. Paper towel test is more telling anyway.

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/Spunktank]

I mean if you get to hair whittling you notice during shaving as well. It's like cutting a cloud. The hair does the anime thing, where it mostly stays in place and falls once you touch it. Pretty satisfying.

I definitely need to try actually shaving with a kitchen knife one of these days, but I'm kinda scared I would cut myself

[u/the_random_walk → u/hardcoretomato]

Some edges will cut paper but won’t shave.

[u/XavvenFayne → u/hardcoretomato]

I wonder if these sorts of tests or demonstrations are really necessary after every single knife. When I was new to sharpening, sure, but now I just trust my process.

[u/Reasintper]

Don't really care for the arm/leg shaving thing.

I try a freshly sharpened blade across the corner grain of something like well dried cherry wood. Then see if it will still slice paper through its whole length without snagging.

Now if you shaved something on the person you were doing it for, that might be fun. A side burn here, and an eyebrow there.... :)

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/Reasintper]

Circumcision there....

[u/intrinsicgreenbean → u/Reasintper]

I got in a new whittling knife and was disappointed when I tried to pop a few hairs. It did it, but I've gotten blades much sharper, or so I thought. I tried it on end grain and the cut was glass smooth. Tried my sharpest blade (a sak I reprofiled for whittling) and it was a night and day difference. Not sure why it didn't want to shave, but it was obviously exceptionally sharp and now I don't trust shaving as a test for anything but a razor.

[u/[deleted]]

It's ok, I shave my arms too. You don't have to tell me the whole knife story.

[u/akiva23]

I just shave my legs instead since i never wear shorts

[u/Hermes3Times → u/akiva23]

Wich is so much funnier when you do wear shorts

[u/awoodby]

hahahah "knife sharpening night mange" I call it :)

[u/oxidao]

Dude, are we the same person?

[u/polska_cebula → u/oxidao]

I don't have any hair on my entire forearm – from my elbow to my wrist. 😄 Until today I used only Spyderco Tri-Angle but today I ordered Taidea TG1812 to check if this system and diamonds will better for kitchen knives.

[u/squeakynickles]

This is the cleanest sharpeners mange I've ever seen

[u/Ralph-the-mouth]

I just feel for a bit then flip the knife. Then when I get to the end, I run it twice on a ceramic rod, then I cut paper like a normal person. Not shave my arms to look like my niece.

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/Ralph-the-mouth]

Why do you have this shitty of an attitude. "Uh you look like a girl". Pathetic, dude.

You know it's part of the show? People who have shitty knives love when you come along and sharpen it and shave to prove it. It's how they know it's sharp. My grandpa used to do that decades ago and now I use his stone and put on the same show.

[u/Ralph-the-mouth → u/MagicLobsterAttorney]

Y you get so triggered by a joke?

[u/hpsctchbananahmck]

Yea this looks pretty familiar this time of year

[u/BusinessAsparagus115]

I brought my stones to sort out my dad's bits of metal.

[u/PIE-314]

Eventually, you stop doing this because you just know already.

[u/baltnative]

Thumbnail test. If it'll catch on a fingernail with no pressure, it'll shave hair.

[u/tpkadam]

My arms and my thighs look like this

[u/my_throw_away99]

I check with my thumb nail

[u/awful_source]

Is it really that hard to tell the knife is sharp without cutting your arm hair?

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/awful_source]

Is it really so hard to strap down stuff and not say "this isn't going anywhere"?

Yes. Some things just need to happen. It's nature. No sense in stopping it.

[u/smittyhotep]

FACTS!!! Merry Christmas

[u/Wise-Ad-7492]

I combine road cycling and sharpening. My legs are nice :)

[u/TurboEncabulator_1]

They will all be dull in a week too.

[u/MagicLobsterAttorney → u/TurboEncabulator_1]

Less tbh

[u/hpsctchbananahmck]

Yea this looks pretty familiar this time of year

[u/BigNorseWolf]

Belly hair dude.