If it can't easily cut through a whole, ripe tomato without ruining it, then it's probably not sharp enough.
I remember when I used to receive kitchen knives from the sharpening service at the kitchen I used to work at. These knives would practically "melt" through the tomatoes. That's sharp. I wouldn't dare do the "thumb test" on those things.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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