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ORIGINAL: slaverosebeauty

I look at dull knives the same way I look at a dull razor blades, I am NOT gonna have it against any of my sensative areas [or any other place] because too much of a chance of getting hurt, or worse. I have never had a kitchen knife used, always dagers, swords or other high quality knives that are well taken care of and sharp.

Knife play is not about 'cutting' its about trust as much as about sensation play.

{is it getting hot in here, or is it just me... }

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ORIGINAL: CrappyDom

John,

What?  You FAKED it?  The next thing you are going to try and make us believe is someone might show a bound victim how sharp their knife is and then, GASP switch it for a dull one?

Oh, my world is crashing in around me...

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ORIGINAL: CrappyDom

Rose,

A knife is a tool and a craftsman chooses the right one for the job and puts the appropriate edge on it for what he seeks to do.

As someone who teaches sharpening to the craftsman who use the sharpest tools, woodworkers, I have a modicum of knowledge about edges and what makes them work and when and why you put various levels of edges onto a blade.  I can wax eloquently about the differences between Arkansas Novaculite stones, Japanese and Chinese water stones, diamond stones, aluminium oxide, and ceramic stones and when to use each and why, I just might have enough knowledge to not be speaking out of my ass.
 
If "dull" is so dangerous, why do we not put an edge on handcuffs, speader bars, and everything else we use?  Dull has many meanings, when I say a blade is sharp, the edge is less than a micron across and capable of pulling a shaving of less than a thousandths of an inch off of the hardest hardwood. 
 
You are welcome to play however you want just don't spread things as gospel that are anything but.  There are many reasons one might use a "dull" blade, just because you cannot fathom it doesn't mean others cannot as well.