From: goodsoldierschweik@invalid.addr   
      
   On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:38:11 -0600, "Sheldon"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Greg Wormald"  wrote in message   
   >news:greg-18EFBB.10030521042013@news.internode.on.net...   
   >> In article ,   
   >> "Sheldon"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Awhile back I bought a sharpness tester. I can't find it and wanted to   
   >>> find   
   >>> another. It was a black rod about the size of a pencil. You held it at   
   >>> about   
   >>> a 45 degree angle and placed the edge of the knife on the rod, using the   
   >>> weight of the knife only, and see if the edge would bite or slide off.   
   >>>   
   >>>  I think I got this thing from a company that made knife sharpening angle   
   >>> guides, but that's a guess. Anyway, I know lots of ways to test for   
   >>> sharpness, but I'd just like to replace this cheap gadget.   
   >>   
   >> A cheap plastic pen, or a fingernail work well.   
   >>   
   >> Greg   
   >   
   >Thanks. I realize there are about 100 ways to do this for free, but I did   
   >find the gadget at Razor-Edge. I would bet a round Bic pen will probably do   
   >the same thing. Thanks for the idea.   
   >   
      
   I'm confused. What does this slim plastic device tell you? does it   
   somehow measure a degree of sharpness?   
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