How sharp "Out of the box"?
632896
I'm no sword master but it was sharp enough to slide across paper with not much force and cut it.
632897
As sharp as a butter knife in your kitchen. You'll have a lot of money to invest in sharpening stones and hours of your time. It took me about 5 months to sharpen it.
632898
Not enough for me. Not differentially tempered. Not a "real nihonto type sword ". Way too expensive for a very basically constructed sword !!
632899
Not very. It was closer to tearing rather than cutting through paper. I also bought a couple grades of Japanese water stones and managed to sharpen it up nice. Slices easy through paper now.
632900
Mine was very sharp. Not razor sharp, but certainly so sharp it had to be handled with caution right out of the box.
1023068
Out of box. There are instructions for calibration, but you need to buy a sound level calibrator.
778800
I never took it out of the box. I returned it because it was an impulse purchase at the time.
244941
This knife came super sharp right out of the box, and i have not had to sharpen it yet. When i do, i will do the same thing Robert Walker recommended.
1740140
There's plenty of options. It depends on your budget. A sharp maker will do the job
120193
Thanks for the info. When you say "outperformed", what do you mean, specifically? Did the motion look smoother?
2015260
Yes, I was able to chop small limbs and branches with the "out of the box" edge. It's not razor sharp, but its certainly good enough to get started.
1889393
Thanks for the response. I received the unit yesterday and am anxious to try it.
147209
I used it straight out of the box. There is upgraded chips but mine came with the most recent upgraded option. I would recommend, definitely made the job of programming easier!
991021
It is not sufficiently sharp out of the box. You could use it, but it would work rather poorly.
1783048
Gee, I don't know. It didn't say anything about it on the box. I can't imagine that you shouldn't be able to use it straight out of the box.
199635
To be honest it is kind of sharp. And probably will work just fine, but it depends what you consider as sharp though. As for myself it could be sharpen a little more upon arrival. As it is it could still cut pretty good with right amount of force.
216752
Ready to go right out of the box - no beating the brush- cuts right thru it=Great!!!
1175462
yes its pretty sharp out of the box and item looks like the picture (lol) its well worth the price in my opinion ..in fact i have been wearing it to work at my warehouse job for months now and it seems to be holding up well just a quick sharpen or two in that time and a blade adjustment ...can't go wrong hope this answer helps!
61098
Unknown. I purchased my Sharp over 10 years ago and it's still going strong. Recently I purchased the same model from Amazon in case mine finally gives up the ghost. I've been very satisfied with older model. Sorry I couldn't help with info on later models.
472539
Not sharp. There is a very small bevel along all edges, approx 1/16th of an inch wide. Just enough to not have a knife edge to the board.
2149173
It was of average sharpness out of the box, but I immediately used a super hard/fine Arkansas stone on it for a few minutes and it got REALLY sharp. On one side of the blade it says "MT-317, 440 Stainless Steel, USA Design, Handcrafed in China. I'm really impressed with this knife for the price. I'm sure you'll be happy with the quality and build of this thing. Solid as a rock and razor sharp with a little TLC on the factory edge.