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Retief of the CDT's avatar

A flint or obsidian knife is about five times sharper than a surgical scalpel.

Most modern kitchen knives are abysmally dull, even with serrations, to the point where they're dangerously so.

I once watched my dad take apart a Thanksgiving turkey with an electric serrated knife. He was proud of that knife, but it took him close to five minutes to claw his way through it.

We had two turkeys that Thanksgiving. I took the other one apart in half the time with a freshly steeled carbon steel boning knife.

He was annoyed, but he should have known better, he taught me how to sharpen.

Most people's cutting tools haven't gotten better, they've just gotten a lot more durable and cheaper.

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Bageled Mind Virus's avatar

let's not make Cactass a thing, please. XD

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