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523 viewsRinaldi TTKK - full size crop of the damaged tip. Right side.Sep 25, 2005
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478 viewsTTKK edge after 7 weeks of kitchen use. FOrther down on the edge. More damage.Sep 25, 2005
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437 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
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629 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
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539 viewsRinaldi TTKK - full size crop of the damaged tip. Left side.Sep 25, 2005
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4680 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
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5024 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
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4753 viewsTTKK edge after 7 weeks of kitchen use. No sharpening, no steeling. Close-up of the chip on the blade tip.Sep 05, 2005
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4336 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
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4218 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
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4492 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
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4141 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
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8313 viewsBM 710 HSSR edge deformation after 3 weeks of light/medium use. No steeling or sharpening. Original edge shown in Edges album. At this point the edge still can shave, although with difficulties, and slice through free hanging paper, also not very cleanly.Sep 05, 2005
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4142 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
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8038 viewsBM 710 HSSR edge deformation after 3 weeks of light/medium use. No steeling or sharpening. Original edge shown in Edges album. Notice light reflection on rolled portion of the edge. See prev. comments.Sep 05, 2005
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4427 viewsBM 710 HSSR edge deformation after 7 weeks of light/medium use. No steeling or sharpening. Original edge shown in Edges album. See prev. comments.Sep 05, 2005
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4327 viewsBM 710 HSSR edge deformation after 7 weeks of light/medium use. No steeling or sharpening. Original edge shown in Edges album. Notice light reflections on rolled portions of the edge. Can't shave or slice through free hanging paper. Utility wise still usable edge, but if you're used to sharp knives it's rather dull.Sep 05, 2005
     
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