{"id":7507,"date":"2019-03-22T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2023-01-31T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:22:10","slug":"sharpest-knife-competition-at-iwa-2019-the-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/?p=7507","title":{"rendered":"Sharpest Knife Competition at IWA 2019 &#8211; The RESULTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fortunately, fitting the Sharpest Knife Competition into a very tight IWA 2019 schedule ended up working out perfectly. Huge thanks must go to Tim and Anne Reeve, Matt and Marissa of Chris Reeve Knives for being such wonderful hosts, as well as everyone who took part and joined in the interesting discussions this competition and the measurements sparked off. Here are the Results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7520\" src=\"http:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/09-vlcsnap-2019-03-21-20h26m57s099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/09-vlcsnap-2019-03-21-20h26m57s099.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/09-vlcsnap-2019-03-21-20h26m57s099-600x560.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/09-vlcsnap-2019-03-21-20h26m57s099-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/09-vlcsnap-2019-03-21-20h26m57s099-768x716.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><i>Photo courtesy of Troy from Benchmade<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I must admit to being a little distracted by taking the measurement and didn&#8217;t take many photos. I have a small set of some of the entries along with their certificates. I did at least capture the winner!<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-7509 .fg-image { width: 100px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-7509 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-dark fg-border-thin fg-round-medium fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-7509\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/01-customer-impinda.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"7510\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" 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height=\"100\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/03\/07-Benchmade\/2153085429.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22100%22%20height%3D%22100%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The WINNER\" data-caption-desc=\"The WINNER\" data-attachment-id=\"7513\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The WINNER\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner\/3184461313.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22100%22%20height%3D%22100%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The WINNER<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<hr color=\"#333333\"><\/hr>\n<p>And the winner was appropriately entered by Clay of Wicked Edge sharpening systems with a great average score of 139 BESS.<\/p>\n<h3>The Winner:<\/h3>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7513\" src=\"http:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-365x365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/04-Wicked-Edge-Winner-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<h3>An honourable mention:<\/h3>\n<p>An honourable mention must go to an entry from Benchmade for being a very respectable runner up, but notably with the standard factory edge.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/07-Benchmade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/07-Benchmade.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/07-Benchmade-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/07-Benchmade-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tacticalreviews.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/07-Benchmade-600x600.jpg 600w, 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