preferred serations. design?

[coping]

Whats your preffered style/design of serations or preferred knife part serrated or fully serrated?
And why do you prefer them over other serrations youve used?


P.s, are different designs of serations named as a type or more trademarked by maker

- coping

[OrdnanceBubbaUSMC]

I like Spyderco serrations and Victorinox scalloped edge. Do better working with wood and fine slicing than most people would think.

[markksr]

I prefer no serrations.

[FortyTwoBlades]

I like Spyderco serrations and Victorinox scalloped edge. Do better working with wood and fine slicing than most people would think.

I like the small even serrations of the Victorinox style as well. Small enough not to get caught up on stuff, but not so small that they become impossible to properly resharpen.

[JWRobinson]

I'm not a fan of serrations but if you must have them then Veff's design would be my recommendation. I haven't cut enough rope when them to know if they really perform better but they are easy to sharpen.

[mkjellgren]

Definitely spyderco. Also, I find partially serrated blades to be nearly useless. They don't have enough of either edge type to be beneficial.

[marcinek]

Micro-serrations. I like my edges a little toothy.

[FortyTwoBlades]

Definitely spyderco. Also, I find partially serrated blades to be nearly useless. They don't have enough of either edge type to be beneficial.

Agreed. All or nothing is the way to go with serrations in my opinion. If a knife must have a combo edge I like it "reversed" like on the Victorinox line. Plain edge base for whittling and controlled cuts and a serrated tip for cutting against surfaces.

[coping]

I assume

if your cutting material for an injury, a straight edge might not glide through some of the tougher parts and you gotta pull the knife hard at risk of people in a crowded area or to yourself etc , the serrations make short work of it in a simple forward and backwards stroke.

It makes shorter more controlled work of a situation like that.

Saves sawing or tugging haard or swapping blades I guess.

Good for fibrous work.

Fibre Snags only really damage a straight edge

Its just a timesaver lifesaver combo.

Makes easy work on hides without tearing snags you saw the fibres

[marcinek]

I assume

if your cutting material for an injury, a straight edge might not glide through some of the tougher parts and you gotta pull the knife hard at risk of people in a crowded area or to yourself etc ,

Not if your knife is sharp.

[FortyTwoBlades]

The main advantages of serrated blades are that:

~they accordion-fold a long edge into a shorter blade length, which can enable completion of a cut with less arm motion
~they concentrate your applied force onto a smaller surface area to help initiate a cut
~they prevent cut-resistant fibers from slipping off the cutting edge
~the points of the serrations protect the interior edge region when making cuts against surfaces like ceramic, glass, metal, or stone that would normally completely dull your edge. Only the points will wear instead.

[coping]

Not if your knife is sharp.

The straight edge will wear down faster.

[mkjellgren]

The main advantages of serrated blades are that:

~they accordion-fold a long edge into a shorter blade length, which can enable completion of a cut with less arm motion
~they concentrate your applied force onto a smaller surface area to help initiate a cut
~they prevent cut-resistant fibers from slipping off the cutting edge
~the points of the serrations protect the interior edge region when making cuts against surfaces like ceramic, glass, metal, or stone that would normally completely dull your edge. Only the points will wear instead.

Bingo.

Most people that assume serrations are for sawing usually have minimal experience with a truly sharp serrated edge. A sharp serrated edge should be able to slice phone book paper just as cleanly as a plain edge.

[sigsoup]

I prefer no serrations, but if I had to choose I really enjoy Emerson's "dragon teeth" serrations. Man those are cool watched my friend cut in to his finger effortlessly (accidentally of coarse).

[coping]

Bingo.

Most people that assume serrations are for sawing usually have minimal experience with a truly sharp serrated edge. A sharp serrated edge should be able to slice phone book paper just as cleanly as a plain edge.

Well that contradicts point 2 and 3 of the quote?

[FortyTwoBlades]

Well that contradicts point 2 and 3 of the quote?

I don't see how it does?

[Ares1307]

To be honest, Im a plain edge kind of guy. But I do love a partially serrated blade with Veff serrations. There was a thread or two a while back about a couple of ZTs with Veff serrations, one was a ZT 300 with Veff serrations and it was GORGEOUS! And they not only look awesome, but they work extremely well!

[Raylas]

I prefer fully serrated blades if I'm using serrations. I think Spyderco has just about the best in the business from what I've seen. I own a couple serrated salt models and a police, those things can slice like lasers. I'm also a big fan of serrated hawkbills, the shape of the blade and the serrations work in concert very well from my experience.

[jimh0220]

Veff Serrations, and Spyderco's serrations.

[viper89]

For serrations, I prefer Spyderco all the way. They have been great in my experience thus far.