Cuda MAXX - Combo or Plain edge?

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Glenn Jones

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I am looking at buying a Camillus Cuda MAXX 5.5 (bowie bladed version), I am undecided whether to buy the combo blade or the plain blade. I hope to use it for general utility in the kitchen, garden, occasionally cutting of cardboard etc. and for general camping duties. I've never owned a knife with serrations and don't know whether they are useful or not on this type of blade.

Are there any Cuda MAXX owners out there who could advise me which is the more useful blade?
 
Glenn, I've used my CUDA Maxx bowies as both carving and slicing kitchen knives. The thin D2 blade is very sharp and will keep that edge. It's so long that even cutting cardboard or cord, you will go through it without running off the tip.

Serrations are a specialized edge most useful on coarse fiber, including cardboard. But you won't need them on the Maxx.

By the way, be careful with that blade in the kitchen. I usually like to use a smaller knife when the job doesn't require a long blade, but the Maxx was so much fun, I got into the habit of using it for everything. One evening, slciing and dicing vegetables, rinsing the blade, hands wet, I accidentally brushed my finger with the back of the knife tip, and cut it painlessly. Until I saw the blood, I didn't know I was sliced, too.
 
plain edge, although i own the stiletto model simply because i like the blade style.
 
get the plain edge, imho the combos look funky and ya dont need it anyway.

i too like and have the dagger model, have had a couple of bowies though.
 
Plain edge is the only way to go. Partial serrations just ruin the clean lines of a blade, and aren't of all that much help in most situations.
 
Have fun with it! When I got mine, it was one of the first available, I opened the box, took out the knife, and just stood there laughing, it was such an incredible monster of a knife. But it works so smoothly, it's easy to forget how big it is.
 
Good choice! Plain edge was the way to go. I can't even imagine having serrations on my Maxx Bowie. It sooo doesn't need'em. It's an awesome cutting tool as it is.

ENJOY! :D
 
Only use I've had for serrations has been cutting zip ties and wires where you can't get pressure on them to cut through. I have a Cuda stiletto blade, wickedly sharpened on an Edgepro, I think you have enough cutting edge there to slice through rope or anything else without needing serrations :)
Most Spydies are relatively small compared, so the serrations definitely help. My tiny Cricket cuts like a much bigger knife, for example.
 
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