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536 viewsRinaldi TTKK - full size crop of the damaged tip. Right side.Sep 25, 2005

492 viewsTTKK edge after 7 weeks of kitchen use. FOrther down on the edge. More damage.Sep 25, 2005

449 viewsTTKK edge after 7 weeks of kitchen use. Full size crop of damaged edge. You can clearly see rolled portions and rather large missing piece.Sep 25, 2005

642 viewsTTKK blade tip after accidentally dropping it from 8(!) inches onto the granite counter top. This clearly shows why you shuold be careful with your knives, especially dropping them. In this case knives own weight was enough to bend the tip which was thinned down earlier.1 commentsSep 25, 2005

553 viewsRinaldi TTKK - full size crop of the damaged tip. Left side.Sep 25, 2005

4842 viewsTTKK edge after 7 weeks of kitchen use. No sharpening, no steeling. The edge can be described as completely dull. However it's still shrper than those kitchen knives in 90% of households. Edge shows heavy rolling and chipping. Here you see rather large chip and roll on the blade tip.Sep 05, 2005

5194 viewsTTKK edge after 7 weeks of kitchen use. No sharpening, no steeling. Mid section of the blade. Which has suffered the most durign those 7 weeks. Overall view clearly shows extensive rolling and some chipping on the edge. The most severe damages are shwn in closeup inserts.Sep 05, 2005

4926 viewsTTKK edge after 7 weeks of kitchen use. No sharpening, no steeling. Close-up of the chip on the blade tip.Sep 05, 2005

4500 viewsTTKK edge after 3 weeks of use in kitchen. See prev. comments. This picture shows blowup of the chip mentioned in prev. pic comments.Sep 05, 2005

4377 viewsTTKK edge after 3 weeks of use in kitchen. See prev. comments. Mid section of the blade, probably the dullest part, still decent edge though. Sep 05, 2005

4657 viewsTTKK edge after 3 weeks of use in kitchen. See prev. comments. This picture shows overall view of the edge and blowup of the single chip this knife developed after 3 weeks of kitchen use. 1 commentsSep 05, 2005

4299 viewsTTKK edge after 3 weeks of use in kitchen. For this experiment all kitchen cutting(excluding potato peeling) was done using this blade. On this and next picture you can see minor rolls reflecting the light. Still shaving sharp.Sep 05, 2005

4308 viewsTTKK edge after 3 weeks of use in kitchen. For this experiment all kitchen cutting(excluding potato peeling) was done using this blade. On this and previous picture you can see minor rolls reflecting the light. Still shaving sharp.Sep 05, 2005

TTKK Edge, blade tip after sharpening. ~32x magnification5262 viewsTrace Rinaldi's Talmadge Tactical Kitchen Knife after sharpening on edge pro, 100, 180, 320, 600, and 3000 grit polishing tape, and finally 0.3 micron Al oxide abrasive film. Mirror polished visually(pic below), and look at this. Made of S30V steel @ 60HRC.Jun 29, 2005

5669 views Rinaldi TTKK edge. Mid section of the blade. Still looks toothy under 32x magnification :)Jun 29, 2005

4895 views Rinaldi TTKK edge Just to see that the blade indeed is mirror polished. Those two pictures before this are 32x magnification of the same blade.Jun 29, 2005