how many people like searations on their blade?

In my experience, they've come on handy on many occassions. Certainly not a deal breaker for me but I'd prefer a plain-edge instead. My grail knife has serrations and gets carried more than other knife in my collection. They have grown on me.
 
Locutus D'Borg said:
I consider serrations just a kind of jimping on the blade edge :)

Actually, I have a BM with partial serration and find it very useful in cutting those plastic packaging clamshells that everything comes in. Just cuts right through.
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Jimping is a good analogy, they just grip things so well. And to those people who say they don't like ragged cuts, just try a kershaw with a combo edge, they are easily sharpened, and come pretty dang sharp. The way I use serrations isn't to saw, but just to grip the object I am cutting. Serrations are just so useful for opening packages, boxes, and cylindrical things.
 
i definately prefer a plain edge myself. ease of sharpening. If i need something cut that requires serrations i think a folding saw would do that duty.
 
archer08 said:
i keep coming across this. why does everybody i know like searations on their knife. i dislike them but i dont hate them. could i have some feedback?
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It's a personal thing. As you've noticed some people like them and some people don't.

I remember many years ago, maybe 20 years ago, I got a knife for EDC that had a combo edge. The concept of a combo edge seemed good, sort of the best of both worlds, and if you had something that needed more cutting power than what you had with the plain edge then you had the serrations to help. I'm not sure what such a material would be but people mention rope and other fibrous materials. I noticed in 10 years or more of carry of a combo edge knife I don't recall that I ever used the serrations for anything serious, and they just reduce the remaining cutting edge of the knife. Of course this was for the way that I used the knife. Since then I have concentrated on plain edge knives only and I don't even consider buying a CE knife.

After reading debates here on these forums, and after reading about people that carry a beater knife to loan to people, I decided to experiment so I bought a Byrd Hawkbill and also a SE Ladybug. (The Ladybug was supposed to be a Dragonfly but was misrepresented.) I've carried both of them but haven't found anything to try out the serrations on. One day I was at lunch with my daughter and we were looking at her Tenacious and I showed her the Ladybug. We were at a fast food restaurant so I tightly rolled up a paper napkin, held it stretched between my hands and asked her to cut it with the Ladybug. Then I gripped it again and had her do the same cut with the plain edge Tenacious. The plain edge Tenacious actually cut faster. I think this is partly because the Tenacious had its factory edge and the Ladybug has relatively small serrations. I need to repeat the same test with the Hawkbill, and also repeat the test with a plain edge knife that has been used enough to dull it a bit. So for me I have not proven one way or the other. The Hawkbill proved a bit large for me for secondary carry so I might still look for a SE Dragonfly to try out for that use.

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I prefer CE for longer blades, the serrations are great for cutting those sturdy plastic straps on pallets, zip ties etc
On smaller blades PE only
 
I only have plain edge knives. Easier to sharpen and slice with. Had a serrated knife many, many years ago. Didn't like it.
 
"Non knife people seem to love serrated edges"

Pick up a non knife persons knife and try to cut something without using the serrated edge ;) A lot of em either can't or don't sharpen much so the percentage of materials you end up having to saw through goes up drastically and if their knife weren't serrated it would be almost useless lol.
 
I prefer PE for ease of sharpening, but I've been wanting to pick up a SE cricket or Delica 4 and a tenacious. If I don't really like them at all then I still think serrations look cool and I can put them in my display.
 
I dislike serrations on any knife. I can't count the number of trades I've turned down due to the trade offer knife having serrations.
 
I have a serrated fixed blade that i only uses when boating and fishing. I want my knife to rapidly grab and cut rope if I get tangled up in it. Other than cable/rope/line cutting I have absolutely zero interest in serrations. Besides, if you get bit by one, it leaves a bloody mess.
 
I'm a " knife person" , and I like serrations... what's with the "non knife people" dis ?
 
bugg34 said:
I'm a " knife person" , and I like serrations... what's with the "non knife people" dis ?
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I don't think it was meant as a dis...Serrations stay sharp longer because there is a greater cutting surface available. Thus, a 'non knife person' would like serrations because their knife appears to stay sharper longer.
 
I probably would like serrations, but how the heck do you sharpen them? If your knife has trouble cutting zipties and pallet straps, then you needs to sharpen that bieoch.
 
whateatsrabbits said:
I probably would like serrations, but how the heck do you sharpen them? If your knife has trouble cutting zipties and pallet straps, then you needs to sharpen that bieoch.
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I use a folding exacto for that kind of cutting. Blech, huge zip ties and pallet straps can be murder on your edge.
 
I liked them until I learned to sharpen. Now I find them not as useful as I did when I was younger and couldn't sharpen a knife properly. Most nonknife folks I know love them for the same reason I did......they don't know how to sharpen and those serrations tear stuff apart even when the scallops are dull.
 
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