Thread: How sharp should a knife be?

I like very sharp,however I have a wife.
If its sharp you should easily be able to shave your fingerprints off without drawing blood.
A very smooth very fine edge like above isnt very good at somethings tho...like cutting a thick synthetic rope....sharpened with an angle grinder works better for that or handing it to your mate to hock an animal and he runs it around the joint using all his strenght
I like a very very sharp knife but the reality is most of the time the knife I am using is sharp enough.
I use stones,steels and diamond steels.
Diamond steels are great for when it really needs to be stoned but you dont have one with you or dont have the time...couple swipes on the diamond and a couple on the smooth steel and shes away again untill the wife uses it.

One thing I do like a slightly less sharp knife for is skinning, a very very sharp knife just makes this job bloody tedious where it is quick and easy with a duller knife.