@@FelixImmler Though I totally agree with Ronald, I am a regular not so sophisticated or professional "Joe" at sharpening :-b haha, something more simple please to get a good enough sharper result with the yellow stone bundled with the kits in Swiss champ (for example, or a cheaper sharpening stone) "?". Thank you very much in advance.
Good job. I am obsessed with razor sharp knives. All my knives are raroz sharp, including my swiss army knife. I use only sand papers from 400 to 1500 degree of graduation. Only first phase of sharpening, I do on 400 paper on the hard base below the sand paper until forming ''wire''. All folowing phases of sharpening I do gradually to 1500 degree sand paper on the soft base below the sand paper.Then I use leather strap with polish paste like old barbers and finish sharpening on dry leather strap. The result is mirror polished, frightfully sharp blade. It is cheap and relatively long lasting proces, but I am very proud of it.
Ha ersch vor churzem di Kanal entdeckt Felix. I schäme mi fasch chli für die Bildigslücke. Du bisch sone ufgtellte Kerli. Macht freud dini Videos zluege u stolz weme d"Resonanz us de Kommentär liest. Alles guete zum neue u mach so witer. Gruess Bärni
wwooww, you have taken sharpening a Swiss Arm Knife to another level, don't know what the Manufacturers think but I am amazed at what you have achieved, Well done Felix, Cheers Ian from England
I think that some kudos should go out to the sharpener also. That level of precision should be helpful to most everyone to be able to sharpen almost any knife blade to extreme sharpness. Your Victorinox is probably the sharpest I've seen, good job Felix.
Impressive stuff Felix - i use my blade probably 3, 4 or 5 times a week and i sharpen it with a basic sweep and its good enough 90% of the time I'd blunt that right away, so a razor finish isn't necessary - but you're efforts to prove a point are mighty impressive
This cutting of limp hair is amazing. Your sharpening skills are fantastic. The microscope views were for me an eyeopener, it makes sense why your blade is very sharp. Thank you for sharing.
WOW, I have never seen that done before!. As always, I am always Amazed after watching your Videos....Thank you Felix....YOU, are the BEST!!!!!! Caio From the USA.......
Fantastic job Felix! Today I decided to sharpen the large blade of an old Victoria Officer. I used my KME and finished with my strop and achieved a hair shaving edge. Later I went for a walk and came back to this video on my feed. This video is over a year old and I'm sure it's no coincidence. What strange times we live in.
Thank you for sharing this technique. I was able to grind down the small blade on my Swiss Champ into a whittling blade as demonstrated in your other video and sharpen it to approximately 17 degrees on each side and get it close to the sharpness you reached. Your videos furthered my appreciation for Victorinox knives and are why I decide to carry the Swiss Champ with me everywhere over the Leatherman Wave. Cheers!
Several years ago there was a guy on RUclips that got his knife so sharp by hand that he could cut wet toilet paper and a hair like you demonstrated. Your point about the size of the granules in the steel is spot on. I tried dozens of knives, dozens and dozens of failed attempts. Then, one day I had success! Long story short, I found four different knives that worked. I showed it to my adult son so people would not think I was crazy. Of coarse I was probably crazy for trying it in the first place. :-) All my work was done by hand with various grade wet stones to a wet ceramic flat stone and strop with green compound. No machines. I was never able to cut a hair. - sad I tried the same experiment about 1 1/2 years ago with the exact knives and failed! Maybe my beat up hands have lost the dexterity? Maybe the TP was different? I have very sharp knives. They are NOT hair splitting sharp. That is a whole different level! I have never seen a SAK that sharp. Well done! Because of this video I thought for a second, I should give it a try again? Nope! I just stropped a few knives like I do everyday and got it out of my system! Again, well done. Thank you for posting!
Thank you for the video. I appreciated watching your technique with multiple passes on one side of the blade to raise the burr before flipping the blade and working the opposite edge. I am new at this and have been alternating sides with each pass which is slow and not very effective in my hands.
super video! Habe per zufall deine videos entdeckt...hatte davor keine taschenmesser, mittlerweile ist es zum hobby geworden! liebe grüsse aus der ostschweiz, mach weiter so!
Hello Felix. I am totally amazed at how sharp you were able to get the knife. I have never seen a knife so sharp. You have encouraged me to do some sharpening. Thank you so much for all you do for the community. Merry Christmas my friend.
Damn,now that's a very thorough vid with proof that those sharpeners work better than anything else I've seen to date,thanks for this vid,I know what sharpening system I need now , because it doesn't damage the knives and I have some expensive knives and I've always been hesitant about sharpening them simply because I was afraid of damaging the blade too much,I'm serious about that,,,thanks for this vid man really....
Dear Felix, thank you for this video - you went into something like deep material science instead of making copy of the basic videos about how to sharpen a knive. That´s why your content is different an worth to watch. You did a great job, again! Greetings to Switzerland, regards: René
Would be interesting to see how long will the knife retain such sharp edge. For example, would it still be able to cut hair after slicing some wood few times or would that be enough to already deteriorate the edge.
That is seriously sharp! Thank you for the awesome content you put out. The secret is the stropping. My latest Spartan showed a BESS-score of 165 out of the box. After 5min of stropping I got it down to 85 and it was hair splitting sharp. The chisel grind on some knives are even easier because of the more acute sharpening angle. Stropped a brand new Skipper for a few minutes while watching this video, tested the knife and got the score 75. I usually maintain the blades just by stropping and if sharpening is needed I use Spyderco ceramic rods, freehand. They are super hard/fine grit and the set has 4 different shaped rods so you can do the serrations, too.
Felix what's the correct angle to sharpen swiss army knife blades? Do you think the worksharp precision adjust sharpener would sharpen them successfully?
I bought both of your two books a few days ago. I hope they will show me some survival advice for the woods and be able to have some fun with projects. I use a DMT sharpener and keep my sak knives sharp. May you have much happiness, wealth and good health in the future.
I have achieved a hair splinting edge with 440c, using a lansky, finishing with there 1000grit ceremic, yes it's cleaned with a rubber as oil dies remove the metal dust but seems to smooth out the ceramic stone I found. Good job, I chose 18degrees. Enjoyed the microscope shots. 👍 I also found your axe sharpening video to be a great help. Thank you.
I need to get a sharpener like that! What a great tutorial on how to get a razor sharp edge! Thanks again for another great video! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
I'm expecting an order of diamond hones from 800 to 3000 grit next Tuesday. After they arrive, I'll be designing and building my sharpening jig. I stopped your video in the middle and dug out a new eraser. Thanks for that tip. I don't think I'll be trying to get as sharp as you just did, but you've improved my technique even before I've started.
To produce a sharpened edge such as you are showing in this video, you are approaching a level of insanity, but l understand completely. Recently l have started to put a polished edge on my sharpened EDC pocket knives and am totally amazed at the level of performance that l am getting from D2 and other stainless steels. Of course, not at all at the level that you are attaining in this video, but it is good to see that the SAK is capable of this level of sharpness, and it gives us "knife nuts" a visual instruction in what is possible if we try hard enough. Thank you for your dedication and experimentation.
Wow, it got really sharp. In my case, the use of the blades is exclusively urban (I go fishing once a year in the Brazilian Pantanal), and I only use a leather strope to keep sharpening. Thanks for the tips and the nice class Felix! Best!!!
Moin Felix, es geht doch nichts über ein richtig scharfes Messer! 😀 Stay sharp und ich wünsche dir und deinen Lieben ein frohes Fest. Peace Stephan :-)
hello felix, i love my sak and have been carrying one for almost 50 years. alas, even though i like a sharp knife, i rarely sharpen mine. these knives hold an edge so well. if mine was that sharp, i would probably cut myself just opening it!
I love the views through the microscope. That’s definitely sharp. Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this excellent video.
Hello Ronald. Thank you so much for your wonderful compliment!
@@FelixImmler Though I totally agree with Ronald, I am a regular not so sophisticated or professional "Joe" at sharpening :-b haha, something more simple please to get a good enough sharper result with the yellow stone bundled with the kits in Swiss champ (for example, or a cheaper sharpening stone) "?". Thank you very much in advance.
Good job. I am obsessed with razor sharp knives. All my knives are raroz sharp, including my swiss army knife. I use only sand papers from 400 to 1500 degree of graduation. Only first phase of sharpening, I do on 400 paper on the hard base below the sand paper until forming ''wire''. All folowing phases of sharpening I do gradually to 1500 degree sand paper on the soft base below the sand paper.Then I use leather strap with polish paste like old barbers and finish sharpening on dry leather strap. The result is mirror polished, frightfully sharp blade. It is cheap and relatively long lasting proces, but I am very proud of it.
Ha ersch vor churzem di Kanal entdeckt Felix. I schäme mi fasch chli für die Bildigslücke. Du bisch sone ufgtellte Kerli. Macht freud dini Videos zluege u stolz weme d"Resonanz us de Kommentär liest. Alles guete zum neue u mach so witer. Gruess Bärni
Dankä für das schöni Kompliment!!
A real Craftsman
Thank you very much!!
wwooww, you have taken sharpening a Swiss Arm Knife to another level, don't know what the Manufacturers think but I am amazed at what you have achieved, Well done Felix, Cheers Ian from England
I think that some kudos should go out to the sharpener also. That level of precision should be helpful to most everyone to be able to sharpen almost any knife blade to extreme sharpness. Your Victorinox is probably the sharpest I've seen, good job Felix.
Thank you so much!!
Would you prefer victorinox to use a harder steel for the main blade on the popular models, if so what steel would it be ?
I was told it was easier to cut a grey hair this way but still needs alot of skill and the right blade
Impressive stuff Felix - i use my blade probably 3, 4 or 5 times a week and i sharpen it with a basic sweep and its good enough 90% of the time
I'd blunt that right away, so a razor finish isn't necessary - but you're efforts to prove a point are mighty impressive
Thank you so much Thomas!
This cutting of limp hair is amazing. Your sharpening skills are fantastic. The microscope views were for me an eyeopener, it makes sense why your blade is very sharp. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks a lot for your kind comment!
WOW, I have never seen that done before!. As always, I am always Amazed after watching your Videos....Thank you Felix....YOU, are the BEST!!!!!! Caio From the USA.......
Wow, thank you so much!
I'm using same Swiss knife since 23 years. I'm amazed of scissors. I did cut everything and still sharp. I love to use when im on fishing.
🙆👏👏👏 excelente, un gran abrazo desde Argentina!🇦🇷
Gracias!!
Brother, I am just proud that you get paid to do this! Carry on!
?
@@FelixImmler I thought you were an engineer at Victorinox and were paid, partly, to do your hobby!
Fantastic job Felix!
Today I decided to sharpen the large blade of an old Victoria Officer. I used my KME and finished with my strop and achieved a hair shaving edge. Later I went for a walk and came back to this video on my feed. This video is over a year old and I'm sure it's no coincidence. What strange times we live in.
That was an excellent demonstration and a lot of fun to watch. That is indeed the sharpest Swiss army knife I have ever seen, good job my friend!
Hello James! Your comment makes me happy!!! Thank you!
@@FelixImmler you are most welcome my friend, and Merry Christmas!
Thank you for sharing this technique. I was able to grind down the small blade on my Swiss Champ into a whittling blade as demonstrated in your other video and sharpen it to approximately 17 degrees on each side and get it close to the sharpness you reached. Your videos furthered my appreciation for Victorinox knives and are why I decide to carry the Swiss Champ with me everywhere over the Leatherman Wave. Cheers!
Several years ago there was a guy on RUclips that got his knife so sharp by hand that he could cut wet toilet paper and a hair like you demonstrated. Your point about the size of the granules in the steel is spot on. I tried dozens of knives, dozens and dozens of failed attempts. Then, one day I had success! Long story short, I found four different knives that worked. I showed it to my adult son so people would not think I was crazy. Of coarse I was probably crazy for trying it in the first place. :-)
All my work was done by hand with various grade wet stones to a wet ceramic flat stone and strop with green compound. No machines.
I was never able to cut a hair. - sad
I tried the same experiment about 1 1/2 years ago with the exact knives and failed!
Maybe my beat up hands have lost the dexterity?
Maybe the TP was different?
I have very sharp knives. They are NOT hair splitting sharp. That is a whole different level!
I have never seen a SAK that sharp. Well done!
Because of this video I thought for a second, I should give it a try again? Nope!
I just stropped a few knives like I do everyday and got it out of my system!
Again, well done.
Thank you for posting!
Thank you so much for your wonderful story!! Greetings from Switzerland
Dear Felix, thanks for the tips, I always learn something new! Keep up your enthusiasm and stay young!
Thanks a lot Jon, i will do that!
Thank you for the video. I appreciated watching your technique with multiple passes on one side of the blade to raise the burr before flipping the blade and working the opposite edge. I am new at this and have been alternating sides with each pass which is slow and not very effective in my hands.
Excellent demonstration showing the importance of sharpening an edge precisely using exact and equal ground angles. 🎁🎄🔎
Thank you very much! Yes... but there are also a lot of peoples they can do this sharpening level by hand.
I am always amazed at how sharp the edge of the can opener stays on my SAK after five years of use.
Metallurgy is amazing!
Thanks for this hint. Ma opener is not really sharp but he works since 40 years!
Yes!
The steel must be good 👍🏻
super video! Habe per zufall deine videos entdeckt...hatte davor keine taschenmesser, mittlerweile ist es zum hobby geworden!
liebe grüsse aus der ostschweiz, mach weiter so!
Haa ha ha haaa, das ist ja cool. Die Grüsse zurück sind auch aus der Ostschweiz!
This is what it looks like to be committed to excellence. Superb, my friend. See you soon!
Always a Big Thanks to you Felix . All the best for an Excellent Holiday Season. All the best in all future endeavors 2022 .
Thank you so much my friend!! Right now i upload the last video 2021 😀
Wow! That is super sharp. Love and blessings!
Thank you so much!
That micro-view is outstanding! Wow!
Thank you 😅
The old intro theme! I love it
Haa ha haa, thank you!😂😂
Very impressive work Felix! Just amazing
Thank you very much!
incredible, amazing, i've never seen anything like that before
Thanks a lot for your comment
Fascinating viewing and a very different look at blade sharpening than I have ever before seen!
Thank you very much!
Felix, I am most impressed. Well done, sir!
Great tips as always, my friend!
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge with us.
Hugs from Brazil!
My pleasure Danilo!
wieder mal gut gemacht!!!!
Vielen Dank Jan!
interesting - experimenting and patience 👍👍
Thank you Ken!
Bravo Felix! You did it!
Excelente trabajo, felicitaciones. Saludos desde el Tucumán 🇦🇷
Muchas gracias!
Hallo Felix, ein interessantes Video und sehr schön erklärt! 👍🏻 Danke und LG Micha
Vielen Dank lieber Micha!
A very sharp instruction ! Thank you
Thanks a lot for your compliment!
Brilliant! Another fantastic video Felix.
Thanks a lot Nick!
I wouldn't have thought it possible if I hadn't seen it. Great work! 👍
Hello Ronald. Thank you so much! 👍
Hello Felix. I am totally amazed at how sharp you were able to get the knife. I have never seen a knife so sharp. You have encouraged me to do some sharpening. Thank you so much for all you do for the community. Merry Christmas my friend.
Wowww, thank you so much!!
Felix, you've found a new way for me to shave off annoying houseflies. Thank you. Brilliant as always. ;)
Haaa ha haa, thanks for your funny comment!!
I really love sharpening, thanks🙂👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
Damn,now that's a very thorough vid with proof that those sharpeners work better than anything else I've seen to date,thanks for this vid,I know what sharpening system I need now , because it doesn't damage the knives and I have some expensive knives and I've always been hesitant about sharpening them simply because I was afraid of damaging the blade too much,I'm serious about that,,,thanks for this vid man really....
Hello Jason. Thanks a lot for your kind feedback!
Hello from British Columbia 🇨🇦
Thanks for visiting my channel!
I just bought the Kadet Pro thanks to this video, Felix! Also added the 2000-3000 grit Arkansas stone.
Hey! Thank you for the purchase! Let all your knives be scary sharp.
That's amazing! Congratulations on an amazing edge.
Thank you Tim!
As usual very interesting and enjoyable, 🙏🏼
Thank you very much!
Dear Felix,
thank you for this video - you went into something like deep material science instead of making copy of the basic videos about how to sharpen a knive. That´s why your content is different an worth to watch. You did a great job, again!
Greetings to Switzerland, regards: René
Wowww, thank you so much!
Ottimo Felix! Un grande saluto dall'italia del sud!
Buona Vita!
Grazie! Forza italia!! 😂
im back in the scouts !!! love it
WoW, Amazing Felix, Have a wonderful holiday my friend!
Thanks, you too!
Hi Felix!
Amazing and proffs video!!
Thanks a lot!
Great Video Felix ! A lot of work to get a mirror finished all I want from knives is a working sharp knife meaning toothy sharp !
Yes.. that makes sense!
Great video!!! Thanks!
Thank you!!
WOW! Like.... just WOW! Very good !
Awesome. Good job, Felix.
Thanks a lot!!
That is amazing, Herr Felix. I gotta get one of those sharpeners.
Hope you will like it!
That's a sharp blade! Wowzers!
Thanks a lot!
Bravo Felix! Now I have a challenge for my SAK! 👍👌
😂😂😂
Super interessantes Video, danke!
Ich danke dir!
Would be interesting to see how long will the knife retain such sharp edge. For example, would it still be able to cut hair after slicing some wood few times or would that be enough to already deteriorate the edge.
Just what I needed :)
Super!! 😃
That is seriously sharp! Thank you for the awesome content you put out.
The secret is the stropping. My latest Spartan showed a BESS-score of 165 out of the box. After 5min of stropping I got it down to 85 and it was hair splitting sharp.
The chisel grind on some knives are even easier because of the more acute sharpening angle. Stropped a brand new Skipper for a few minutes while watching this video, tested the knife and got the score 75.
I usually maintain the blades just by stropping and if sharpening is needed I use Spyderco ceramic rods, freehand. They are super hard/fine grit and the set has 4 different shaped rods so you can do the serrations, too.
Thank you very much for this super interesting comment!
Felix what's the correct angle to sharpen swiss army knife blades? Do you think the worksharp precision adjust sharpener would sharpen them successfully?
40° and yes, i am sure that the price -performance Ration from the Worksharp Precision adjust is good...
@Felix Immler thanks so much 👍🏻 so 20degrees setting?
Thanks. May you and yours have a blessed Christmas and a grand New Year. 👍🔪🇨🇱
Thank you so much!!
I bought both of your two books a few days ago. I hope they will show me some survival advice for the woods and be able to have some fun with projects. I use a DMT sharpener and keep my sak knives sharp. May you have much happiness, wealth and good health in the future.
Now, THAT'S a sharp knife 👍
Thank you!!
Impressive. Thanks!
Thanks a lot Jerry!
Wow! Outstanding video. Really good info.
Much appreciated!
Großartig! 😍
Vielen Dank Harald!!
Speechless
donke vümou felix und frohe wiinachte :)
Dankeschön :-D !!
good result my friend, good. A greeting!
Many thanks... addio amico mio
Absolut genial danke
Danke sehr!
Excellent job Felix! That blade is Sweeney Todd sharp.
😂😂😂😂
I have achieved a hair splinting edge with 440c, using a lansky, finishing with there 1000grit ceremic, yes it's cleaned with a rubber as oil dies remove the metal dust but seems to smooth out the ceramic stone I found. Good job, I chose 18degrees. Enjoyed the microscope shots. 👍 I also found your axe sharpening video to be a great help. Thank you.
Very impressive!
Thank you very much!
No one has these tools. Just do your best. But the info on steel is very good.
Thanks a lot Howard!!
Wow! That’s sharp!
Thanks a lot!
Great video!
Thanks!
Haa ha haa let they know that! :-D
Great video, Felix! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thanks! You too!
Super technical video! Thanks a lot for all that info. 👍 cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Felix , good video , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Thanks for watching Michael!
All I can say is...WOW, great video
Wow, thanks a lot!
I need to get a sharpener like that! What a great tutorial on how to get a razor sharp edge! Thanks again for another great video! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
Hello Brian. Thanks for watching and merry christmas!
$330 on Amazon!!!! Ouch!
That was simply amazing Felix. Now that is a sharp knife brother.
Haaa ha haa, yes it is :-D
I'm expecting an order of diamond hones from 800 to 3000 grit next Tuesday. After they arrive, I'll be designing and building my sharpening jig. I stopped your video in the middle and dug out a new eraser. Thanks for that tip. I don't think I'll be trying to get as sharp as you just did, but you've improved my technique even before I've started.
Excellente expérience cher Felix et j'en profite pour vous souhaiter de belles fêtes de fin d'année ! :)
Merci bien mon amie!!
Merry Christmas, Felix!
Thank you so much!
Wonderful Video Felix, your knowledge is is greatly appreciated. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Thank you so much!
Really amazing Felix!!!
Thank you Oskar!
To produce a sharpened edge such as you are showing in this video, you are approaching a level of insanity, but l understand completely. Recently l have started to put a polished edge on my sharpened EDC pocket knives and am totally amazed at the level of performance that l am getting from D2 and other stainless steels. Of course, not at all at the level that you are attaining in this video, but it is good to see that the SAK is capable of this level of sharpness, and it gives us "knife nuts" a visual instruction in what is possible if we try hard enough.
Thank you for your dedication and experimentation.
Sorry... I laughed at the word knife nuts. Thanks for your kind comment!
Wow, it got really sharp. In my case, the use of the blades is exclusively urban (I go fishing once a year in the Brazilian Pantanal), and I only use a leather strope to keep sharpening. Thanks for the tips and the nice class Felix!
Best!!!
Wow, very sharp! Great job!
JT
Thank you so much!
Moin Felix,
es geht doch nichts über ein richtig scharfes Messer! 😀
Stay sharp und ich wünsche dir und deinen Lieben ein frohes Fest.
Peace
Stephan :-)
Vielen Dank liber Stephan. Das wünsche ich Dir auch!! .... also ich meine scharfe Messer und schöne Weihnachen 😂
Für ne richtig scharfe Frau lass ich mein richtig scharfes Messer schon mal liegen...
Thanks for the effort :)
You are very welcome!!
Great videos !!!
Thanks Lucas!
hello felix, i love my sak and have been carrying one for almost 50 years. alas, even though i like a sharp knife, i rarely sharpen mine. these knives hold an edge so well. if mine was that sharp, i would probably cut myself just opening it!
Excellent. Thank you.
You are welcome dear Jeff!