Can A Knife Be TOO SHARP? Yes, but its not what you think..

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Can a knife be too sharp? Yes, but its counter intuitive to what most people think. Knife sharpening is more than just apex thickness. The blade geometry matters just as much as apex sharpness, steel type, and heat treatment. Stick around to find out why! This is probably the biggest knife sharpening hack of all, and how to get a knife sharp without even sharpening the edge.
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00:00 Intro / demo of what a sharp knife actually is
01:18 About the knife and why its no good
01:49 What it takes to get a REALLY sharp knife
03:01 Why blade manufacturers don’t do this
03:30 Stupid thin…and how easy it is to sharpen
04:10 OOPS, I may have screwed up, my knife is too sharp..
04:40 A knife that is too sharp
05:09 How sharp is too sharp?
05:50 Didn’t have this problem before
06:20 A super simple explanation on why a knife can be too sharp
09:26 A real life visual on a knife that’s too sharp
10:50 Final words and why geometry is MOST important
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@OUTDOORS55 Год назад

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@lionknives3 Год назад

Hey there is a scammer in the comment section! Be aware!

@flyfishbrad Год назад

@@lionknives3 I was wondering what that was all about.

@lionknives3 Год назад

@@flyfishbrad that happened many times on many channels.

@OUTDOORS55 Год назад

Yes, Unfortunately the only thing i can do is block them but then 3 more appear. Sorry I dont do giveaways. You can pretty much count on the fact that no RU-vidr is doing giveaways in the comments. Thats not how anyone would contact you for a giveaway. I would think 99.99% of people would know this by now.

@ronweber4508 Год назад

What would happen if the corners in the transition from the .008 to the edge were rounded instead of being such sharp transitions?

@tombrown4683 Год назад

I would like to see a real time - no cuts sharpening video. Your videos always get a like from me. Thanks for breaking this down into crayons for me & anyone else that watches.

@Mister_Ess Год назад

Me too

@nicholasswain5430 Год назад

👍

@BloodSprite-tan Год назад

I don't really see the point of a real time no cuts sharpening video unless you enjoy the asmr aspect. there isn't a whole lot to see generally.

@japanesecat188 Год назад

140th comment

@Zippsterman Год назад

"no cuts" "sharpening" heh

@CanadianCuttingEdge Год назад

I can see why the explaining of that felt odd but I think you hit the nail right on the head. The big takeaway is that there is a geometry for each use case. Cutting soft veggies - a thin thin edge has a load of benefits. On the other extreme is the battoning you mentioned and that definitely requires a heavy edge if you want the blade to survive. We need more of these education videos in the community, thanks.

@redrustyhill2 4 месяца назад

What we need is more people who aren't afraid to say batoning is a stupid use for a knife, for the same reason you don't fillet fish with an axe.

@HamBone86 4 месяца назад

@@redrustyhill2I get what you’re saying which is why I’ve always used a hatchet. My guess is that when people baton with a knife is because they don’t want to carry around a hatchet when out bushcrafting 🤷‍♂️

@redrustyhill2 4 месяца назад

@taylorbrandon86 any real "bushcrafter" will have the proper tools for the job. This whole "survival" nonsense stems from these stupid reality "survival" shows, thinking they will build a shelter and traps with nothing but a belt knife.

@tacticalcenter8658 Год назад

True of s110v. Heat treat and steel selection could also help limit chipping in that situation. But still holds true what you've demonstrated, just takes more force. Thats why when we buy thin knives we should know how to use them. Thats why some makers talk to customers to make sure they understand this and to not cut any hard materials with the super thin geometry. I have a playl-ist section on my page for geometry for more on the subject, I think I'll add this one to the mix. Check out the others too.

@texasplumr Год назад

I have many different knives and they all have a specific purpose. They're all sharp and do whatever they were created for very well. Not to say that I've never chopped onions with my pocket knife because I have. My dad was a butcher and he had knives for everything and they were good knives. He died when I was 18 years old in 1971 but he told my mother to be sure that I got them. I cherish them and still remember how he showed me to clean them, store them and to keep an edge on them. I think some sharpening techniques I've learned from you and others are better techniques (Sorry Pop!) and the stones we have available today are certainly better than was available to him! But he told me something one time that I've never forgotten. He said: "Son, it's just as easy to carry a sharp knife as it is a dull knife". My pocket knife back when I was a kid was normally dull, very dull. But when you're a kid you're busy playing and I used that poor knife for every kind of tool when I was working on my bike or something else. He always gave me a hard time about not keeping it sharp. I keep it sharp now and never use it for a pry bar! When I think back on my life back then I feel kind of cheated that I didn't get to spend more years with him. After all of these years I still miss the hell out of him. Anyway, enough sadness. I'm happy to see that you're back and posting on a kind of regular basis again. You're my favorite knife channel and hopefully with more room now you may even build another knife from time to time. Thanks for the video!

@amplaoumplas92 Год назад

What a beautiful comment

@mfreeman313 Год назад

This may be the first time in a couple of years of delving into this stuff that I'm hearing a person say there was a potential price to be paid in thinning a knife. Yes, it's often said you don't want to have an edge angle so acute the metal can't support it. But thinning behind the edge? No warnings ever that I can recall. So this is next-level understanding, as usual. Thanks and keep it coming.

@robertunderdunkterwilliger2290 Год назад

Hollow grinding has been the industry standard for most knives for a long time, except for the Nordic countries where we use "Scandi grind" (although I think it's a bad term since Finland is not in Scandinavia, and is a very important country in Nordic knife culture). Scandi grind leaves more material behind the apex, while keeping the blade thin.

@thiago.assumpcao Год назад

Great video. Shows well pros and cons of a thin geometry. AEB-L probably would not chip with the same thin geometry. Clean carbides, high hardness potential and high toughness. That's why I think AEB-L is such a good steel. Cheap to make and outperforms several super steels in many tasks. To cut highly abrasive materials powder metallurgy still shines.

@NSW15355 Год назад

Aebl is slept on but it's so good for so many reasons

@thiago.assumpcao Год назад

@@NSW15355 True. If you want to optimize for slicing AEB-L has higher toughness on 64 HRC than 1.4116 on 57HRC. If you want to optimize for toughness it gets four times tougher than 1095 on same hardness while also being stainless. It's a freaking beast but unfortunately it doesn't get top grade heat treatment from pretty much any of the large companies.

@NSW15355 Год назад

@@thiago.assumpcao aebl has history too. I think it was deployed in the 1950s as a razor blade steel for shaving. I was always drawn to it's ability to remain stable with a thin cross section and fine grain. And being stainless is nice

@th3b0yg 4 месяца назад

I'm a mechanical engineer. My intuition is that your explanation is correct. You also briefly mentioned stress risers, and I think that is also relevant. It would be interesting to model a few knife edges and do finite element analysis to try to backup or disprove these ideas.

@JC-dt7jv 3 месяца назад

He also isn't considering Hertz contact stresses. The max shear stress plain is larger with the thicker blade and thus the shear stresses are less.

@spvillano 3 месяца назад

I'd etch it and micrograph it at the chip site and along the now stressed edge. I'm thinking it's grain and grain support failure in this specific failure mode.

@Terry-qp7nf Год назад

In solid mechanics, a stress concentration (also called a stress raiser or a stress riser) is a location in an object where the stress is significantly greater than the surrounding region. Stress concentrations occur when there are irregularities in the geometry or material of a structural component that cause an interruption to the flow of stress. Wondering if you can round the part where the edge and the blade meet.

@alexzapf8212 Год назад

That's how I sharpen my chisels. Can't say with any scientific certainty but it does feel resiliant and stronger edit: and very seldom get chips in the blades.

@IdiotsCorpYt Год назад

This is the correct explanation as far as I'm aware as material scientist. At the same time the procedure of thinning the blade without proper heat treatments in between and at the end could have weakened the steel a lot (initiation and lengthening of cracks). Grinding the steel puts a lot of plastic deformation in the steel which needs to be removed regularly.

@-sturmfalke- Год назад

As someone who has basically no real experience or knowledge regarding knives or steels in general I suspect the blade would just chip at a more random spot along the curve.

@michbushi Год назад

My thoughts exactly

@pycanthusderossi4665 Месяц назад

In my experience, stress concentrators mostly occur if the sharp corner is to the inside of the part, like a scratch(or a bigger similar geometry). Rounding the part where the blade meeds the edge might still help with the resistance by making the whole area more elastic.

@bennytheboss9617 Год назад

Excellent job explaining and showing why the chipping occurred. Great job! Been a sub for a few years and your video style as well as all the info you give is why I still watch. Education and information 👊🏽

@kevinsorensen367 Год назад

That actually made sense! You baffled me with the same angle but then it all came together with the thickness behind the Apex. Cheers mate!

@billmanning8806 Год назад

Love this video. Kind of a surprise attack, I thought you were gonna recommend we all grind to .008" behind the blade. And then you gave us the, "But wait, there's more." The ideal behind-the-blade thickness is probably (entirely) task oriented. In kitchen knives, for example, guess I'd love to have a whole block of chef's knives with slots marked, .008 (maybe for sushi fish), .016 (boneless steaks), .024 (soft vegetables), .030 (carrots and potatoes). Chuckling...thanks for passing along your experiences and research.

@grahamjamieson7752 Год назад

Good to see you back doing what no one else seems to be able to cover

@_BLANK_BLANK Год назад

Definitely a great video. That's one thing that definitely matters a lot. Also like you said at the end, the task the knife is intended for, the hardness, the carbide volume (also carbide size to some degree), all matter a lot too. Especially when getting down to those thinness'. Something that's able to maintain good toughness, high hardness, while having just the right volume of small carbides, tends to do very well with thin grinds. Though even low toughness, higher hardness, and higher carbide steels can Excell, if the tasks theyre used for, don't involve impacts, or torquing the edge.

@Dewkeeper Год назад

The fundamental factor at play here is anisotropy. In the thicker blade more of the material immediately adjoining the break site is being supported along stronger axes. You could go more into depth in terms of crystal structure/boundaries, but it all boils down to the same thing.

@zachbeegle1488 Год назад

This is one of the most interesting videos I have seen in awhile, and I really learned a lot; thank you good sir

@turing2376 Год назад

That must be why my s110v Native that is now almost a scandi grind seems to hold up so well. The consistent great videos is astounding 👏🙏

@chuck7873 Год назад

I always learn and enjoy your videos. Thanks for your time !

@ml3141 Год назад

I had no idea about this so it was very valuable info. That you for the good quality video!! And, thank you for your good sense of hummer!!!

@jb9347 Год назад

Brilliant mate, knew about it but could never figure out exactly why. Thanks 👍

@j1166240 Год назад

I have 2 SAK knives with 2 different blade thicknesses. One is an officer model with a master blade for an 84 mm knife and the second is a 93 mm blade that is thicker. I like to get them to shave arm hair without pulling. The smaller knife achieves this much easier and quicker than the larger knife meant for heavier work. This video confirms why some knives have always been harder to achieve this level of sharpness as well. I have had several knives in the past from major manufactures, where certain knives sharpened easier and better than others of the same make or model. I always thought it was my inability but now I think it had to do with geometry too. Thank you for this great informative video! Jeff

@c3foto Год назад

This video came at the perfect moment: Just had chipping issue with one of my whittling knives which I thinned down. Thought it would cut wood like butter, but ended up chipping and making ugly scratches in the wood. Thanks for explaining. I’m working on restoring it now. Gently, because the blade of a detail whittling knife is not very high. Keep up the good work 😀👍🏻

@pietrx6893 Год назад

the explaination got to me at the end of when you were explaining it, as a foreigner i think your explaination was as clear as water

@knife_knut Год назад

Perfectly explained!

@entropymaker5726 Год назад

Actually, the explanation was very clear and easy to understand, thanks you so much 👌🏻

@wildflower1542 8 месяцев назад

Nice Video very informative especially the demo about the knife geometry /angle when you showed the wood triangle comparison very impressive your'e the only person who showed something like that ..Thank you for sharing .👏👍🏼

@saintofchelseathomascarlyl5713 Год назад

i love the beard and also welcome back and thanks for the video i learned alot i hope you talk more about carbides i read so many articles on knife steel nerds

@LancelotChan Год назад

Very educative and enlightening! You're very good!

@rasmuskrmmer715 Год назад

Realy enjoying your video's. I have learned to sharpening my knives by watching your video's 👍🏼. Thank you 👍🏼

@Emtrthree Год назад

So something you should try doing is create a micro bevel with the 8 thou blade and compare it to something similar with a 30 thou blade and no microbevel. that would be interesting to see. keep it up!

@joesavant5490 Год назад

I had a benchmade that I ground out to a long secondary bevel and a thinner primary. The steel was S30V. The edge literally flaked and crumbed from skinning some electrical wire for a splice. Prior to the sharpening, I could nearly baton the blade through a bundle of wire with no discernible damage. Great video and explanation. I’m wondering if steel type matters here as well? I’ve heard S30V is prone to flaking.

@LangstonDev Год назад

Great info, well presented. Thank you!

@alphadawg81 Год назад

Your demonstration with the cardboard cutouts was ingenious in its simplicity!!! ...who didn't understand that should stick to spoons rather than knives.

@chuckbowie5833 Год назад

Beautiful work!

@thenakinavy Год назад

Enjoyed the video, and it made me think of the benefits of convex grinds as well

@GibsonCutlery Год назад

Wow - GREAT video. Excellent explanation.

@Kaizentry Год назад

I never ever seen anyone go in depth about knives like this, w find.

@crusader5989 8 месяцев назад

I think the explanation was perfect and in fact, i’ve read and heard that is the main reasons why convex edges are so strong.

@Capmybets Год назад

I is ve learned a lot from you my friend. I’ve ruined so many moras and my favorite knife the Ontario 1 folder. This helped me out a lot on sharpening

@Capmybets Год назад

@UC8QKxrtolxCCaTrHv5VPGQg Thank you O55

@FoxDog1080 Год назад

That was a really good explanation I understood it by the end

@christopherleubner6633 Год назад

One of the best knife sharpeners ive ever come across had a surprising source. It was the arc tube out of a bad sodium vapor lamp. It would put a super sharp edge on almost anything 🤓😁❤

@flyfishbrad Год назад

That was actually a great explanation man.

@sibylle_p 3 месяца назад

once again, very well demonstrated.

@michaelschmidt3518 Год назад

I'm convinced (science, it's like magic,but it's REAL). Finally, someone who knows what makes a good blade. I'm gonna be a loyal subscriber, keep it up.

@richardthorpe8889 Год назад

Great explanation. Thanks for sharing

@billj503 Год назад

perhaps that is why so many luv a convex grind, a radius removes the weak point, and has some material behind it. that would make a great vid.

@jeffdowns2146 Год назад

Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy your videos.

@1947froggy 4 месяца назад

Makes perfect sense & your videos & editing I envy.

@evanlynam3937 Год назад

Banger as always

@scottdunbar4898 Год назад

So, when my mom said "You ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer," she was actually giving me a compliment?

@danakee721 Год назад

Great video, welcome back. Given that video can you give some suggestions for great geometry blades? I love my 940 but not the best slicer. Just a couple of your favorite folders. Any others than Manix?

@adanma17 Год назад

Make a sharpening asmr video then do cut test the same way as the blade dulls and the pitch decreases. Love your in depth videos. 😍

@Marcbgping Год назад

great vid! you may even say steel typeband heat treat are serve to allow a specific geometry. Usage dictates geometry and thus dictates steel typeand heat treat

@Hungrybird474 Год назад

That’s wild you got the blade so thin . ❤ them Spyderco knives .

@Will7981 Год назад

I’d always like another sharpening video.👍🏻

@steveyoung9951 Год назад

You explained it perfectly

@KBLIZZ333 Год назад

Thanks for this. Good information here for sure!!

@AnomadAlaska Год назад

Nice. Love the contrast of that project compared to the axe grinding video. Kind of both ends of the spectrum.

@sandorandras4148 Год назад

Would you try a convex edge on your .008“ Manix? I think it would eliminate the chipping because it’s more „natural“ ( less hard edges ) edge. Nice video! Take care!

@zennez1985 28 дней назад

Your explanations are very good. As always. Anyone with common sense must understand these! Love your humor! Greetings from Germany💚🤘

@chrisjohnson9542 Год назад

Always look forward to and enjoy your videos. Thanks for the time you put into this. There isn't a ton of RU-vid videos focusing on geometry, toughness, and heat treating so that information is much appreciated.

@gghana 3 месяца назад

Great explanation. As always.

@TimeAttack2003 22 дня назад

Keep going budro! You are making people rethink "truths" about blades and sharpening

@andrewdoyle3665 5 месяцев назад

Excellent, as usual. I doubt that many people have the power tools to reshape the primary bevel. I think that I will concentrate on my basic technique.

@Luchenbach84 2 месяца назад

Wow!! The amount of effort and knowledge that you put into your videos is impressive!!

@MichaelR58 Год назад

Good video , thanks for sharing , God bless !

@armenarakelian9876 Год назад

Well done👍🏼

@steinlaus2072 Год назад

For metal stability, it helps to draw in the force lines. This tells us, that rounding the edges between the triangle and the parallel surfaces can help to reduce the stress in the edges

@Layarion Год назад

edit your OP with a picture like that shows?...wait no i think YT deletes links now. fuck YT

@TheLochs Год назад

great explanation.

@erikitter6773 4 месяца назад

Very nice simplification in my mind. It is good enough to be useful. And I think it holds up in predictions well enough compared to going much further -- like thinking about why the "all this supporting material" is supporting in the first place.

@wazzar1000 Год назад

That's very interesting and well explained.

@nosrin1988 Год назад

cool, this was great to learn!

@paulparkinson1379 Год назад

It's a great explanation

@johnmcelroy8681 Год назад

Love your videos

@TwinShards Год назад

8:19 I could be wrong but i don't think it's really the size behind the sharp edge that make the apex strong. What i think happen is as you put your blade deeper into any item, the sides help cut by spreading out whatever items you are cutting through, therefor reducing the load on the tips. (It could also be a mix of what i just said and what you said at :19.. :) ) When you use an axe to chop in half a log, the sharp edge beging the work, and the thicker sides continue the harder work. You would not be able to split a log in half with only the thickness of the sharp axe edge using the same amount of force and head weight.

@lyronixone4567 Год назад

Excellent Video

@zram4x4 Год назад

I used to use a liquid cooled surface grinder at a machine shop I worked at. I bet that would be ideal for this process.

@v3ldr1nn Год назад

great content, thanks for another awesome video

@TylrVncnt Год назад

You should try sharpening at a more acute angle since the blade is now thinner, it sounds counterintuitive but it absolutely *could* be the reason for the chippiness Fantastic video btw!

@febirusdian1465 Год назад

Very understandable,, thank you

@Maddpadd 3 месяца назад

That was a good explaination! Would thinner geo be better suited to a chisle grind?

@lionknives3 Год назад

Your manix is almost a Warnie Manix! Well loved and used.

@ginom407 Год назад

Great Stuff!

@javiersp01 Год назад

Thank you !!!

@KBLIZZ333 Год назад

I have the exact same pair of calipers. Mine were in the case on my night stand next to me I pulled em out to make sure lol. I have another pair from Clockwise Tools that I prefer. Gives regular metric and imperial but also fractions so if somethings 3/8 I don't need to look at a chart. Also bigger screen which I friggen love. $25 on Amazon

@timrodriguez1 Год назад

I wish that I was "stupid thin"...lol. Thanks for another informative video. 🤠👍

@D00MTR33 Год назад

Geometry definitely cuts. I bought a Robert Herder paring knife and it was 2-3 thou tops(it's pretty much a zero ffg grind with a microbevel put on) and 44 thou blade stock and even it was dull from factory it cut cardboard almost as well as my razor sharp pm2 regrind to 0.005. After I actually sharpened it is the best light to medium duty cutter I've experienced. Not every knife needs to be 5-10 thou bte but for certain ones it is really nice.

@BigHarryBalzac Год назад

When you made your drawings of the thin and thick edges but I didn't hear the explanation yet, one thing occurred to me. I was thinking the thicker edge as more metal backing it up, but I don't know just how the force on the edge is directed. If the force is straight down like your explanation, there's more material supporting it. And if the force follows down the side of the edge, there's more material supporting it that way too. So if the force that chipped the blade went on an angle and not straight down into it, it would have to move a bigger piece of metal to chip it off. I don't know if that makes sense or if I explained it well enough, but from a non-scientific point of view, it made sense to me.

@billshiff2060 3 месяца назад

To reduce the stress riser you might roll the blade side into the apex angle instead of a sharp division.

@danielenvall8895 Год назад

I really think it was a great explanation 👍

@61spike61 Год назад

Is that the CBN spyderco stone? If so how do you like it?

@ianbelletti6241 Год назад

It has to do with hardness and flex. Your blade is a material that has a higher hardness value but you thinned the blade to the point where there's not enough supporting material to resist the edge from flexing beyond the fail point and the hardness alone isn't enough to prevent the edge from flexing during normal operation.

@andrewbevan3933 Год назад

I suspect it has more to do with the change in angle at the bottom of the apex causing a stress concentration at that point, making it the point most vulnerable to chipping... which is why it tends to break there and not above or below. It's just that a full thickness blade has enough material at this vulnerable spot to prevent this failure mode under reasonable/normal use.

@-aid4084 Год назад

Would this change the strength by flattening the angle of the final bevel?

@razorbackss Год назад

Nice work 👍

@buffalojones341 Год назад

It was a good explanation

@cainkopczynskie6296 Год назад

Would a thinner blade with a more shallow secondary bevel change any thing in a scenario like this?

@mitchellbarton7915 Год назад

I noticed the strokes weren't very smooth. I figured it was dull, but when you rubbed your hand on the blade, I was genuinely confused. I didn't think it was THAT dull.

@Mike-kr9ys Год назад

Well done and very informative. I now have two related questions: 1) is there an optimal blade thickness for a given secondary bevel angle? and 2) is your Manix blade now ruined? How would you fix that?

@OUTDOORS55 Год назад

No, it would depend on the end use of the knife. The manix ist ruined at all. Its thinner but I brought the bevel back and that added a couple thousands. Im working on a video showing me fix it.👍

@Mike-kr9ys Год назад

@@OUTDOORS55 Thank you, Sir! Your videos are interesting and helpful.