08-06-2018, 06:57 PM
Mr. KG exclaimed, "Does it amaze you guys as much as me that thanks to BESS we can compare sharpness of knives in the American, UK and Australian sharpness contests!"
I completely agree. Not only that, before Mr. Mike's sharpness testers there really has not been any reasonable way to measure sharpness at all, which would make sharpness contests a highly subjective event at best. Judges would have to sit around and argue if knife A cut paper better than knife B, etc. It would be a joke.
The BESS has indeed become a world-wide standard, revolutionized sharpening and the understanding of what it means. That's quite an accomplishment. Pretty cool Mr. Mike!
I completely agree. Not only that, before Mr. Mike's sharpness testers there really has not been any reasonable way to measure sharpness at all, which would make sharpness contests a highly subjective event at best. Judges would have to sit around and argue if knife A cut paper better than knife B, etc. It would be a joke.
The BESS has indeed become a world-wide standard, revolutionized sharpening and the understanding of what it means. That's quite an accomplishment. Pretty cool Mr. Mike!