On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 5:02:28 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Gary" wrote in message ...
>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 07:43:07 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> > >That looks like one of those worthless late-night infomercial gadgets.
> > >Call within 10 minutes and receive a 2nd one for free. heheh Spend your
> > >money on a good knife instead.
> >
> > Spot on - I keep my knives sharp because we all know it's the dull
> > knife that cuts. Broke that rule, when I had my left hand/wrist in a
> > cast I tried to chop a garlic clove - I never even felt my razor sharp
> > knife cut me, just wondered what was stopping it - as in my bone lol
>
> Here's the opposite view though....from my standpoint.
>
> First, you get used to what you have and are used to working with.
>
> In my case, often somewhat dull knives. The only time I've ever
> cut myself was right after sharpening the knives and they worked
> "too good." I've learned to be extra careful after a sharpening.
>
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>
> D is expert at sharpening knives and I always know when he has been working
> on them Like you, I always cut myself!
>
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One of my little projects in the past was learning knife sharpening. I spent weeks learning how to do it and getting the supplies. It's an interesting thing to do. After all that, the first cut into an onion resulting in my slicing my nail and a shaving my fingertip. This took much of the wind in my sails. These days I like my knife sharp but not that sharp.