If you missed the 2 p.m. knife cutting competition held on Saturday, you missed an amazing event. The winner was Lyle Schow of Harrisonville. Schow completed the knife competition skill course in 49.1 seconds! The competition includes cutting a 2x4 in half, a drinking straw standing vertical in half, a tennis ball, 5 wooden golf tee’s, a gross of filled water bottles in half with one swipe of the blade, a 2 inch hanging rope (without tension) a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a cylinder cardboard tube, and 2 flex drinking straws standing diagonally …. And this was done with the use of only 1 hand. Lyle Schow amazed the crowd as he completed the cutting course in an amazing 49.1 seconds.
Lyle also had the fastest time in the cutting board competition. Lyle cut a 2x4 board in half in 3.1 seconds.
Seven contestants competed in the knife cutting competition using a 10 inch long by 2 inch wide cutting knife.
-courtesy FM 92 the Bullet
