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F. George McDuffee

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:28:50 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

In rec.knives DougVL wrote:
There's so many posts in this thread that I haven't read them all
yet, but I feel compelled to point out that the original poster
wanted to measure sharpness, NOT effectiveness.

Although he didn't say why, it seems quite possible that he might
just want to compare or measure sharpness for its own sake. Or
for use with only one shape of blade and one type of material
being cut. Maybe for just one specific knife, even, say his
daily-carry pocket knife.
DougVL

Yeah, it prob'ly got lost in there somewhere... a "sharpness test"
-is-testing for cutting effectiveness, right?

snipped Brent's post
And yeah Brent took the ball and ran with it alright.
But scored.

Alvin in AZ
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And here is where the problem starts in that "sharpness" was not
explicitly defined. Without a static and explicit definition of
what your are trying to measure, any "test" is a waste of time.

What is your definition of "sharpness?"

Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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Merchants have no country.
The mere spot they stand on
does not constitute so strong an attachment
as that from which they draw their gains.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826),
U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814.