When I was growing up in Suburbia, Mom and the neighbor ladies would buy (what felt like) a truckload of Sweet Corn. Us kids were paid a PENNY for every ear we shucked. And it had to be PRISTINE! No silk left behind on those ears!
When it was all done, ‘The Moms’ would do the canning and us kids would ride our bikes to the Dairy Queen to spend our vast fortunes.
Good memories. :)
Oh my, they had you shucking corn the hard way. lol
By far the best way I've found to deal with sweet corn is to boil it in the shuck. Pull it out, dump it in an ice batch until it's cool enough to handle, cut the butt of the ear off with a sharp knife and peel towards the top. There will be very few silks left behind and those will usually come off with a quick rinse under running water.