Adding DIY serrations to a pocket knife

Dan4governor · Apr 25, 2020

I’m a fan of a combo edge knife, and I’ve been frustrated that a lot of popular knives that I want to own are not offered in a combo edge variant. So I tried my hand at adding some serrations to a plain blade myself. I’ve tried a few methods, but I get the best results using a dremel with some diamond burr bits, then sharpening using my favorite method for serrations, sandpaper. My latest attempt turned out pretty good, so I made a video about it if you want to see the process. Has anyone else tried doing this? If so, what worked and what didn’t? I’d love to see your pics!

heres the video if you’re interested:
How to ADD DIY SERRATIONS to your favorite pocket knife!

fishface5 · Apr 25, 2020

Looks pretty good, did you do anything to prevent the edge from overheating? It's easy for that to happen using a dremel

115Italian · Apr 25, 2020

I added serrations to my rat 1 and dpx hest. My process was basically the same as yours, dremel with different size grinding bits.

Dan4governor · Apr 25, 2020

fishface5 said:
Looks pretty good, did you do anything to prevent the edge from overheating? It's easy for that to happen using a dremel

Yes I addressed that in the video

I had a spritzer bottle of ice water that I sprayed after ever pass or so to keep the blade temp down so I don’t ruin the heat treat or temper.

Dan4governor · Apr 25, 2020

115Italian said:
I added serrations to my rat 1 and dpx hest. My process was basically the same as yours, dremel with different size grinding bits.

dang that RAT turned out great! Looks a lot like factory serrations! I have a RAT II I’m planning to do soon, I might copy that serration pattern, it looks like a winner for that blade. How do they cut? Anything you’d do differently?

115Italian · Apr 26, 2020

Dan4governor said:
dang that RAT turned out great! Looks a lot like factory serrations! I have a RAT II I’m planning to do soon, I might copy that serration pattern, it looks like a winner for that blade. How do they cut? Anything you’d do differently?

I should’ve taken the time to space them out better. I just dove right in. They do cut good.