About to buy a custom griptilian.half serrations or no?

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i plan on buying a custom griptilian within the next 2 weeks and am stuck trying to decide whether or not i want to get the partial serrated edge. i will ge getting s30v steel. can anyone give me tips based on experiance or jobs when either type was better? thanks. and yes i have searched but dont seem to have a clear cut answer yet.
 
I wouldn't. I find them kind of awkward to use. Plain edge or fully serrated are the two I buy. More importantly, which color combo are you getting? :D
 
If you have sharpening goodies that can work with them and you will use it for tough jobs then serrations are good. If it's for natural, soft, easy to cut things then don't really need to bother with them.
 
Serrations are essential if you want to cut highly abrasive material without frequent resharpening (a tasks that S30V won't give you any advantage in):

http://www.cliffstamp.com/knives/reviews/alantic_salt.html

But a short length of serrations are just irritating, and most people would rather have a cleaner cut and an EDC knife that is easier to sharpen. (The ideal serration pattern would just leave a short length of un-serrated tip for tasks like pencil sharpening imo.)
 
hmm. i think im gunna go with just a straight edge drop point. oh and im going to get all black hardware and black blade. handles will either be all tan or all white. i know white may not be practical but i like the black hardware and white handle contrast. but i think im leaning towards tan
 
I have one and it is now my car console knife as I didn't like it. I guess I find that either all serrated or all plain edge is more workable for me in actual use.

ETA; I have all the goodies to sharpen serrations and still don't like it.
 
no serrations. plain edge all the way. (i went forest green handle, all silver hardware/clip for my mini-grip. sheepsfoot/spydie hole blade. love it).

for me, small sections of serration are never enough to do a good job, and they just get in the way of long clean cuts that a full straight edge would have. if i was going to have a serrated knife (currently at zero, planning on staying that way), it'd be a completely serrated edge to make it into the saw it's trying to be.

either way, good blade choice, have fun designing it!
 
gentemanndvm said:
if i was going to have a serrated knife (currently at zero, planning on staying that way), it'd be a completely serrated edge to make it into the saw it's trying to be.
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Completely wrong. Look up the word "kerf". Serrated knives and saws have different construction and very different capabilities. If you ever have to use a knife for nasty real world job - eg cutting endless of quantities of flood damaged tough, abrasive fabric, full of still more absrasive dirt - you'll find that a plain edge blunts almost instantly, and a saw will jam - but a good serrated edge will cut for hours. A true saw will also be a nightmare cutting wire or seatbelts or rope - all jobs where a serrated blade will far exceed the performance of a plain edge. There are reasons why professional tools like the Spyderco Parajumper and Rescue knives, Boker Cop Tool, CRKT MUK and Gerber ASEK have knife serrations rather than plain blades or saws.
 
all i have left to do is decide grip color i want. btw this will be my first benchmade. my first knife over 100. even first over 50. my most expensive knife i own is my 35$ smith and wesson s.w.a.t knife that has been my edc for the longest time. good knife. still no blade play at all. blade steel isnt all that great. 4034 steel which i heard is like 420hc. i have 10 or so brandless folders. a few cheap tac-forces. i know tac-forces are shi**y knives but there fun with there strangle designs and fun to collect cause there cheap.
 
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Get the plain edge if you ever want to re sell them plain edge is worth more than partially serrated and I have one with the Tanto Partially serrated black blade and its ok however I'm most likely going to send it in and get the blade replaced to a plain edge.
 
A little portion of serrations will help better than none if you have to frequently cut tough stuff. All or none never made much sense to me. Usually the first couple scallops' points will initiate your cut regardless.
 
i want to get some engravings too. somewhere on the back ill put s30v. my name on front.(first and last or just last?) maybe the date i bought/ordered it. any suggestions for engraving?
 
willywills said:
Get the plain edge if you ever want to re sell them plain edge is worth more than partially serrated and I have one with the Tanto Partially serrated black blade and its ok however I'm most likely going to send it in and get the blade replaced to a plain edge.
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You can do that? If so I'm will so do that
 
Every time I buy a plain edge knife, I wind up missing the serrated section and go back to one of my serrated blades. I just prefer how they cut the junk I always seem to have to cut.
 
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