164 clean cuts of high-tech rigging line in 8 minutes
- All lines were cut with a Boye serrated sheepsfoot knife.
- Lines were cut in the order listed below.
- Each line was cut for one minute.
- No resharpening was done throughout the entire test.
- No perceptible change in cutting performance
throughout the test!
| Spect-Set II Spectra Braid, 12 mm |
21 cuts |
| Kev-Kord -- 5/32" (9 strands together) |
20 cuts |
| Z-Tech PBO Zylon Double Braid, 14mm |
20 cuts |
| Sta-Set Polyester Yacht Braid, 3/4" |
20 cuts |
| Sta-Set X Lite Spectra Braid, 3/8" |
28 cuts |
| T-900 Technora/ Spectra Braid, 16mm |
16 cuts |
| Regatta Lite Poly Braid, 9 mm |
34 cuts |
| Nylon Megabraid, 1-1/2" |
5 cuts |
TOTAL |
164 cuts |
And the blade was still sharp after
the test!
1,500 Cuts of Deck and Rigging Line
"At a boat show, after cutting about 1,500 cuts of 3/4" nylon deck and rigging line as a demo, we were told by an observer-participant that he felt that it was time to sharpen the knife, a Boye serrated sheepsfoot. Please note this blade was still cutting cleanly - but not as quickly. So I sharpened the blade on the corner of a 4" x 1" soft Arkansas stone about 10 firm strokes and two or so deburring (flat) passes on the back. This took a total of about four seconds.
Then I handed the knife to our observer-participant. He couldn't believe that the knife could have been resharpened so fast. When he started cutting he began to realize that I was serious. He readily admitted that the knife was performing like a sharp knife. We proceeded to cut another 250 or so cuts with that blade, then came to the end of the show. It was cutting fine. This is what I mean by 1) holds an edge, 2) not much sharpening, and 3) fast sharpening."
- David Boye
The World's
Cutting Record?
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Knifemaker David Boye cuts 3,000 pieces of 1" hemp rope
without resharpening.
Boye's breakthrough discovery of dendritic metallurgy in the early
1980's has revolutionized blade performance. |
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