Should your knife be as sharp as a razor, or just sharp enough to cut
the bait.etc? Borrrowed a knife of a stranger, and this thing could of
cut your hand off with the greatest of ease.
I asked, why so sharp? and he said, mind your owe business.
and he did look a bit mad.
so I lefted it at that
Nice bloke I thought
, must of been a outsider, coz Queenslanders
dont act like this.
So when is a knife too sharp.
signed tunaman
i personally try & keep all mine razor sharp, a blunt knife is a dangerous knife. [smiley=shout.gif]if you have to put any pressure into the cuts it is too blunt..putting pressure can cause you so slip & cause yourself an injury. [smiley=bigcry.gif]
my wife used to be scared of sharp knives, until i left my victorinox on the sink one day & she used it... it hasn't been back to the boat, that was 2 years ago.. [smiley=wut.gif]
Sharper the better mate. I sliced two fingers severly with a blunt knife, severd tendons and nerves completely while cleaning fish. I had to have micro surgery on both fingers, recovery time was 15mths, bloody nightmare. I have minimal feeling in both fingers, little movement in both. This was due to the bluntness of the knife. Surgeon said that if the knife was razor sharp, the cuts would be alot sharper therefor easier to sew the wriggly bits back together, and better success rate.
Jewie
a razor sharp knife will make cleaner cuts when filleting.
if your worried about cutting yourself get yourself a filleting glove.
i still have some from when i worked in meatworks.
DR- know how ya feel mate , i have to make sure i hide my knives unless i want the wife to use the stainless sink as a cutting board
Jason.
... i only work to support my fishing addiction.....
I asked, why so sharp? and he said, mind your owe business.
and he did look a bit mad.
so I lefted it at that
Mate you weren't fishing near certain areas of south western Sydney were you ? Sharp knives, angry looking blokes, look out !!
If men are from Mars, and women are from Venus, politicians must be from uranus ?
Knives can never be too sharp! You can actually have a lot of fun with it too if you have a teenage daughter... (We used to do this at my mates place)
The teenage boy would come to the house to collect the girl... Me and my mate (The father) would be sitting on the verandah drinking beer, and sharpening his whole knife collection... Just smiling ever so slightly... Without saying a word... The wife would say "Be home by.... Umm.. What time do you think dear?"... The mate would stop sharpening, shrug, then start sharpening again... The daughter was home EVERY time on time!
And the ex wonders why I said I'd be a terrible father!
I don't know. Ian is always complaining that my knives aren't as sharp as they should by. So he sharpens them. The only problem is that I am banned from cutting onions with them once he has sharpened them. I seem to attract them to my fingers for some reason
Mind you sharp knives don't seem to hurt as much when you cut yourself compared to serrated or blunt knives.A serrated or blunt knife tears at the skin/flesh where as a sharp knife slices.
Bring on the sharp knives - just don't let me and onions come into contact with them.
Nomes
The sharp knife doesn't hurt Naomie, but the onion juice sure as hell would!
Tell me about.
Nomes
G'day
As said above, sharper the better. Mush safer knife that way. all I have to do is learn how to keep mine sharp!!
Dave
I once cut another blokes hand skinning a rabbit cos my knife was too blunt. Follow through caught him on the finger. Sharp as is the way to go.
But this knife you could shaved with it. I,ll think twice before borrowing
someones knife again. I just cut the first pice of bait, along with a thin slice of my finger skin. And I didnt even know I cut it.
I have a bait knife for general stuff which is mid range,and a sharp knife for filleting.
I guess I will bring my own next time.
and because I asked him, the look he gave me, I thought I was going
to find out how sharp it was.
What else struck me was, if a fisherman goes mad, maybe asking for a knife
might not be such a good idear.
signed tunaman
Originally Posted by tunaman
That's the way to test if your edge is sharp enough
Jason.
... i only work to support my fishing addiction.....
yeah longtail, your right. But with the kids around while fishing,
something that sharp, could be disasterous.
Thats why I keep two knifes.
Just in case.
P/S he might be from sydney
I remember fishing in sydney at a place called bondi murks, and I pulled in this blokes line while spinning, and he chased me across the rocks with a steak knife, Ill tell ya, those asian,s can run bloody fast.
signed tunaman
i rekon the sharper the better.
the sharper ur knife is the quicker u can cut ur bait and get back into fishing
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