In theory, shouldn’t a larger, shaper, more expensive and higher quality knife stab deeper with less pain and effort?

[Siamese Believe]

It's an idea I've had, I figure if I'm gonna go out this way. I might as well find the sharpest knife I can possibly get.

I've been looking around online. I have some knives I've been eyeing. I gotta say, the Japanese have some really beautiful, well crafted knives. Very aesthetically pleasing.

 

[iced.fscat]

i don't know if this is relevant or correlated, but I've noticed when I self harm with a dull blade it tends to be incredibly painful for such a shallow cut. When I do use a sharper blade, I seem to be able to go deeper with little to no pain

i once opened my wrists up, it was a sharp blade but I felt nothing but a puddle of warm blood all over my arm, so it would probably be right but, stabbing - that im not sure of because cutting and stabbing is quite different, i think it would make a massive difference though…where are you stabbing yourself?

 

[Siamese Believe]

i don't know if this is relevant or correlated, but I've noticed when I self harm with a dull blade it tends to be incredibly painful for such a shallow cut. When I do use a sharper blade, I seem to be able to go deeper with little to no pain

i once opened my wrists up, it was a sharp blade but I felt nothing but a puddle of warm blood all over my arm, so it would probably be right but, stabbing - that im not sure of because cutting and stabbing is quite different, i think it would make a massive difference though…where are you stabbing yourself?

Yes this info does help, also I'm stabbing myself directly into the left ventricle.

 

[Xi-Xi]

Again, I can only speak on cutting myself, but sharper blades tend to be less painful because it takes less effort to cut the skin or artery or whatever. When Samurai used to commit Seppuku, they would usually use a sharp blade to stab cleanly through the stomach.

 

[Dejected 55]

Maybe... but the other variables in the mix are how sensitive you are to pain particularly, where you are doing the stabbing, whether you are all-in on it or hesitate... cutting slow and deliberate should cause more pain than a quick dedicated stabbing. So many variables to consider... but, generally, the sharper the blade the easier and faster it should go in with similar force.