Edge On Up PT50C Home Chef Sharpness Tester

The Edge-On-Up PT50C is everything you need to make a distinction between a sharp and a blunt knife. Want to know if your kitchen knives need to be sharpened? Want to learn more about the state of your extensive knife collection? Or do you want to know if sharpening actually made your knife sharper? This sharpness tester shows, with an increase of 25 grams, the pressured needed to cut through a test medium. A must-have for sharpening enthusiasts, knife collectors and sharpness freaks. The Edge-On-Up PT50C sharpness tester contains: Edge-On-Up PT50C Edge-On-Up Fulcrum support Base for test clips (~25 test clips included) How does the Edge-On-Up sharpness tester work? The Edge-On-Up sharpness tester scientifically measures the sharpness of your knives. The holder contains a certified synthetic wire. You gently push your knife against this wire. The scale underneath the holder measures the applied pressure until the wire is cut. That is your test result. The pressure in grams is the value on the BESS (Brubacher Edge Sharpness Scale) C-scale. This BESS value is the final test result. The sharper the knife, the less weight you need, the lower the BESS value. A lower score is therefore sharper than a higher score. As such you have a scientific value for the sharpness of your knife. You never have to guess again or stick to terms as 'razor-sharp'. You namely have a concrete numerical value that allows to you even compare the sharpness.