Sharpening Knives

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Curious as to how you all test your knives for sharpness. I test mine as I do when I test my fish hooks. If the hook point catches on my nail, it's sharp. Same with knives. If I scrape it across my nail and it catches, it's sharp. The more acute the angle it catches at, the sharper it is.

Of course, I don't think painted and acrylic nails would work too well.
 
Thanks, guys! My printer will be printing for a while -- both of these links are incredibly informative!

Yep. Nail and tomato tester here, too!
 
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