ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1901arrow-down111
arrow-up1890arrow-down1imageGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoCan you shave with it?
minus-squareContrarianTrail@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 months agoNot even close. That level of sharpness would only matter on axe if you intend to use it as a weapon. Chopping wood with edge like that would just bend it and make it dull prematurely.
minus-squarenexussapphire@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI don’t think it’s hardened. Softer steel doesn’t tend to chip and harder steel is more difficult to sharpen.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoAbsolutely, that level of sharpness would be detrimental, but was just wondering how much you overdid it.
Can you shave with it?
Not even close. That level of sharpness would only matter on axe if you intend to use it as a weapon. Chopping wood with edge like that would just bend it and make it dull prematurely.
Or chip the blade.
I don’t think it’s hardened. Softer steel doesn’t tend to chip and harder steel is more difficult to sharpen.
Absolutely, that level of sharpness would be detrimental, but was just wondering how much you overdid it.