Flexcut carving knife surprise !

[Mike-in-WV]

In all my 58 years I can't remember being without a pocket knife on me at all times and always had several hunting knives and even made a few. We lived in the country and every kid had his knife with him.
My Dad taught me to sharpen a knife when I was just a little shaver (pun intended,Lol) and I have always felt that I could do a great job of sharpening just about any knife......untel now!
I orderd a "Flexcut carving kife" just to try one out and I recieved it the other day. At first I hated it but now I can't put it down. It didn't take long to find out what sharp for a carving knife really is. This is one great knife and I'm going to order there detail knife next. Just strop it every now and then and it's sharper than any knife I own or ever have owned! Mike

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

thats why they come with a box of bandaids! LOL

[Mike-in-WV]

Hi_Ho, Lol. I'm hoping I don't have to use them. Mike

[squbrigg]

Well done Mike....I've been using a Flexcut today for the first time too, a curved blade. Damm but she's a sharp little honey! I have the detail knife too, but haven't gotten to it yet.

Bob

[Mike-in-WV]

Bob, I'm liking this knife so well that I'm going to order the detail next. If it's as good as this one I will get the whole set but not all at once. I have a lot of wood but not a lot of money,Lol. Mike

[BobD]

I was messing around with the RPC, trying to carve in pine wiht it. Unfortunately, the chisels were so sharp that they didn't engage the reciprocating action! Then I was taking a chisel out of the tool roll and cut myself!


Bob

[JIM QUILICI]

Mike
I bought two cape forge knives not too long ago I've always had used flexcut knives but these new knives are like switching from a model "A"car to a 2005 cad. your flexcut knives are about 58-60 rockwell hardness which is good but these new capeforge are 62 rockwell hardness and hold a edge forever best knives I have ever owned. they slice through the wood like a hot knive thru butter. and they also send a bandage with there knives , with writing on theM saying " Boy that knive was sharp"

jim quilici
keep breathing and everything will be ok

[Colin-Partridge]

Although I do use my flexcuts I dont like them as much as some of my other knifes. Now I always thought my knifes were sharp until I sent my tools to Rick at Little Shavers to sharpen. Now I know what sharp is, he is the sharpening guru. I am so pleased with my tools now that I send them from Canada to Seattle to get sharpened. The extra price of shipping is well worth my while.

Colin

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Hey Colin, I would have thought you used machetes! LOL Cowboy

[AlArchie]

I have a couple Flexcuts, and they are sharp, and stay that way with just a little stropping. However, it seems to me that their apparent extreme sharpness is a product of two factors. First, the overall thinness of the whole blade, and second the extremely fine polish on the cutting edge. Those thin blades offer very little resistance to the wood as they slice through and the fine polish reduces any frictional drag as the blade cuts.

Heavier (thicker) blades offer some other advantages and can be helped along some by extra stropping and polishing the blade back farther from the cutting edge. Heavier blades allow you to hog out more wood without getting bogged down in the wood. Kinda like the difference between a felling axe and a splitting maul.......both can be razor sharp, but serve two distinct purposes.

I've found that the flexcuts work great in softer woods such as pine and basswood, but my heavier blades do a much better job taking somewhat larger slices out of harder wood such as maple and birch. Note I said SOMEWHAT larger....small slices are still better and easier to control. As long as the slices are thin, the Flexcuts excell, but for some purposes I still prefer a little stiffer, thicker blade.

Al