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After its debut at Knives UK 2018 (where eyes were opened, hopes dashed, legends toppled, and shock results revealed), the quality of entries for the Sharpest Knife Competition 2019 noticeably improved.

Drama and enlightenment added to a day of excitement at Knives UK 2019, with the vast array of beautifully hand crafted knives and tools, what more could you ask for?

The Competition Table:

In case you were not able to come along, the competition table was setup in the ‘social/display’ area of the show.

The main Sharpest Knife Competition table.

An Edge On Up Tester with multiple test fixtures.

This year I added a display for modifications.

The Competition In Progress:

A few photos of the competition measuring in progress.

Reloading the test media (I did this a LOT).

The Results:

And the Results – an impressive quality to the entries with the overall second place score thanks to a superb BESS score of 51!! A typical double-edged razor blade fresh out of the packet scores 60, so this is very impressive.

The final top places on the leader board.

See Announcement: The ‘Sharpest Knife’ Competition at Knives UK 2019 for more details.

It Happened! The first ‘Sharpest Knife’ competition of its kind in a public access show in the Northern Hemisphere. Eyes were opened, hopes dashed, legends toppled, shock results revealed, and a winner who could not believe it! Drama and enlightenment added to a day of excitement at Knives UK 2018, with the vast array of beautifully hand crafted knives and tools, what more could you ask for?

Let the contest begin:

The testing equipment, a CATRA Hobbigoni, Edge On Up PT50A, and SET.

The deserved Winner. Hand sharpened on stones, then stropped on demin and Autosol.

The Winner.

I was so busy I didn’t have time to get round all the Knives UK exhibitors, so this is a whistle-stop tour that does not do the show justice, merely giving a brief glimpse of it.