Tack sharp?

[Espike]

WTF is tack sharp? Why not just... sharp, or really sharp? If we have to use an object, how about razor sharp, or needle sharp? Tacks, in my experience aren't that sharp. The tip is usually bent anyway! I mean, look at that thing! DISGRACE!

IMG_9543 by eric.diaz, on Flickr

Who came up with the term "tack sharp" and why did it stick? These are the things that keep me up at night!

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[Ernicus]

lol

[Netskimmer]

Who came up with the term "tack sharp" and why did it stick?

Cause it's a tack, that kinda what they do.

[Dillard]

Who came up with the term "tack sharp" and why did it stick?

Cause it's a tack, that kinda what they do.

not going to lie. I saw that one coming!

[Espike]

Well, I was BLINDSIDED by that one! Well played sir, well played.

[KmH]

Quit buying the El Cheapo tacks?

I could not have made this tack sharp shot with out sharp tacks. (try saying that fast 10 times!)

[Ernicus]

That's really cool.

[KmH]

Thank you..

It's just blank sheets of sketching paper tacked to some foamboard.

[480sparky]

Well, duh! You're not buying the GOOD tacks that are made for concrete walls. You're getting the cheesy cheapo ones make for cork.

[sm4him]

Well, duh! You're not buying the GOOD tacks that are made for concrete walls. You're getting the cheesy cheapo ones make for cork.

sparky, I think you need to get that bellows out and show the OP what a high-quality sharp tack looks like!


Personally, most of MY "tack sharp" photos are very much like the OP's photo--I only THINK they're tack sharp, then I post them up here and everyone starts pointing out just how "bent" they are!

[480sparky]

Well, duh! You're not buying the GOOD tacks that are made for concrete walls. You're getting the cheesy cheapo ones make for cork.

sparky, I think you need to get that bellows out and show the OP what a high-quality sharp tack looks like!...

All my tacks are stuck in concrete walls.

[Forkie]

WTF is tack sharp? Why not just... sharp, or really sharp? If we have to use an object, how about razor sharp, or needle sharp? Tacks, in my experience aren't that sharp. The tip is usually bent anyway! I mean, look at that thing! DISGRACE!

IMG_9543 by eric.diaz, on Flickr

Who came up with the term "tack sharp" and why did it stick? These are the things that keep me up at night!

/rant

See, where I come from from what you have there is a "Drawing Pin" used to put posters on the wall and notes on cork boards etc. A "Tack" is one of those short, black, sharp as F**K nails with jagged points used in upholstery and shoemaking.

They hurt like HELL if you put your hand down on one!

[cgipson1]

Tack Sharp? Sharp as a brass tack!

[cgipson1]

See, where I come from from what you have there is a "Drawing Pin" used to put posters on the wall and notes on cork boards etc. A "Tack" is one of those short, black, sharp as F**K nails with jagged points used in upholstery and shoemaking.

They hurt like HELL if you put your hand down on one!

I agree.. upholstery tacks are evil.... and you just gave me an idea for a cool shot! lol!

[bobandcar]

Surveying tacks are sharp as anything also!