Blade with or w/o serrated blade?

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Which do you prefer for your EDC?
Cogent with or without serrated blade?
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Serrated blades have their uses and are really great in a kitchen for cutting soft spongy foods like bread and meat (although you'll never see a skilled butcher use a serrated edge - I never have) and rope and seat belts, but they are a big pain to sharpen compared to plain edges.

I've never heard anyone yet say they were trapped in a car by a seat belt and their serrated edge knife saved their life.

A big percentage of buyers like myself, will buy a plain edge over a serrated when given a choice. I only own two folding knives with serrated edges and I've never bothered to use them.
 
For EDC, my primary blade is always plain edge.

I don't care for combination edges.

Where I do sometimes like a serrated edge is on a secondary blade, such as on a multi-tool. I'm still hoping you get into pliers-based multi-tools. Companies like Leatherman still run horrible steel on their base line and have limited premium options. There are also neglected size categories like the Leatherman Squirt and Gerber Dime. Do something like that, with 14C28N or 9Cr18Mov as blade steel, and have one of those blades serrated.
 
I rate the serrated version over plain in those utility razor blades.

They are an absolute game changer.
 
Plain edge, variable sharpening.

Tip to mid-belly high grit, base of blade near choil low grit, entire blade stropped. This provides smooth slicing and very aggressive power cutting.
 
No serrated.
Gave up on the Cogent after 3 severe lock-stick examples. In fact, pretty much gave up on button locks altogether.
 
I strongly prefer combo edges for general cutting, although I use fully-serrated or plain edges for some tasks.

I recently tested 15 knives cutting up a box that a 50-gallon water heater came in. The box was three layers of heavy-duty corrugated cardboard. The best was the Cold Steel Finn Wolf with a Scandi grind at 10 degrees per side. The second through fourth places all went to knives with combo edges. The Bugout came in second, and the Cogent came in third. I was surprised that the Cogent did so well, considering that the bevel is 25 degrees per side. The worst was also a combo edge, but the Off-Grid is just a stupid design for serrations.

I would like to see more combo edges from WE.

Worst to Best at Cutting Cardboard

Rank Bess Steel Make Model
---- ------- --------- -------- -----
(15) 160+342 14C28N Off-Grid Rapid Fire Rescue Wharncliffe (Combo)

(14) 169 CPM-S35VN ESEE 4 (Fixed blade)

(10) Tie 132 M390 Bradford Guardian 3 (Fixed blade)
(10) Tie 180 CPM-3V Demko AD20.5 Shark Foot
(10) Tie 185 VG-10 Spyderco Endura
(10) Tie 187 CPM-S30V Benchmade Griptilian

(8) Tie 128 CPM-SPY27 Spyderco Para 3
(8) Tie 205 CPM-S90V Benchmade Nakamura

(6) Tie 97 VG-10 Spyderco Rescue 79mm Folding (Serrated)
(6) Tie 185 8Cr13MoV Spyderco Byrd Meadowlark (Serrated)

(5) 203 LC200N Spyderco Caribbean Salt Sheepfoot(Serrated)

(4) 155+79 CPM-S30V Benchmade Volli (Combo)

(3) 187+249 14C28N Civivi Cogent (Combo)

(2) 159+115 CPM-S30V Benchmade Bugout (Combo)

(1) 129 AUS-8A Cold Steel Finn Wolf
 
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