[delfinom]

Lol, I once sharpened my knives and went to cook. During the prep I said, "wow I wonder how sharp the knife is", next thing you know, i cut about 1/4" of my finger tip off, right through the finger nail with zero resistance.

Besides the blood getting everywhere and needing superglue to stop it, it grew back completely fine.

[wafflemaker]

You shouldn't really sharpen kitchen knifes too sharp. And even if they're not super razor sharp (cutting a finger with no resistance), you should still warn people new to your kitchen or even family members/regular users right after each re-sharpening.

Additionally, too low angle will make the knife very suspectible to blunting and/or require constant drawing on the sharpening steel¹. Unless you have super high quality steel like Japaneese knifes or some craft smith knifes.

Butcher knifes, to be used along with a chainmail glove, are fine. Just don't test their sharpness on body parts. Or use them to shave a bit of hair, but very carefully.

1: https://www.dick.de/messer/en/sharpening/dickoron-family/dic...

[KellyCriterion]

> You shouldn't really sharpen kitchen knifes too sharp

There is a sentence among cooks: "only with a stub/butt knife you cut yourself" - isnt this true anymore?

[catlikesshrimp]

"During the prep I said, "wow I wonder how sharp the knife"" Is there something missing in the story? (drugs, coercion, self harm ideas, anything) I have had my fair share of avoidable cuts, but none of them included looking at the edge before happening.

[coryrc]

The way you asked that question is wholly inappropriate for a public forum and also rude.

[rpastuszak]

Irony deficiency

[delfinom]

I didn't look at the edge, I was just thinking of that idea while slicing some vegetables and coincidentally not paying attention at the same time.