I Want to try a full serrated blade.

Another vote for Spyderco's SpyderEdge.

Any Spyderco model would be good but the 'best' are those with H1 steel. The Salt I (3") and Pacific Salt (3.75") are top sellers.

Don't like combo edges - go fully serrated or not at all.
 
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Can't beat the Spydie serrations. The knife I use most at work, HVAC, is a PAC Salt.
For ~ $80 you get a hell of a lot of knife!!
If you have a Sharpmaker, you can keep that edge screaming sharp quite easily!
Very light, very tough, good flicker after break in and comfy in hand and pocket.
Love it!
Another of my favorites is the Autonomy......auto pocket chain saw!
Joe
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As others have said; Spyderco Salt series in H1. I recommend the Pacific Salt. It really is a pocket chainsaw.
 
I exclusively use fully-serrated in the small Spyderco offerings now.

Salt1, Dragonfly, Delica.
 
Seems like spyderco is the winner so far. Good to know about the cold steel. I just liked the look of them. Seem less grabby to me. Is there a blade length that functions better in serrated? Will the smaller blades feel to short to cut with? Or is how the serrations cut make it not an issue.
 
If you want to try them without spending much money you can buy from the Spyderco Byrd line.

I've owned half-serrated knives and a couple of fully serrated ones. I have never found anything I use a knife for where they are beneficial, but of course YMMV. I'm still trying to find a good test for my SE Byrd model.
 
Spyderco/Byrd or Victorinox. In general, larger and/or shallower serrations tend to work best in my experience.
 
I like the Atlantic salt here in CT. works perfect. Didn't see any other votes for it here? H1 is the way to go.
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Just to broaden your options one more tic... Victorinox uses a different serration pattern and placement. I don't have the serrated version, but was thinking of adding it to my collection (the serrated Vic rescue knife I had was stolen and I didn't use that much). For the record, my OHT has lock rock, but I think it wasn't designed with a super tight lockup in mind... more a slip joint with a safety stop added in. I think the Ranger models use a different pattern than this. This isn't my pic, but is an illustration of one of their OHT models:

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The serrations look similar to their steak and pairing knife serrations. Not very aggressive looking but I'm sure very functional:

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Just to broaden your options one more tic... Victorinox uses a different serration pattern and placement. I don't have the serrated version, but was thinking of adding it to my collection (the serrated Vic rescue knife I had was stolen and I didn't use that much). For the record, my OHT has lock rock, but I think it wasn't designed with a super tight lockup in mind... more a slip joint with a safety stop added in. I think the Ranger models use a different pattern than this. This isn't my pic, but is an illustration of one of their OHT models:

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The serrations look similar to their steak and pairing knife serrations. Not very aggressive looking but I'm sure very functional:

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Vic serrations work very well for me. Normally, I prefer PE, but I have an OH Trekker that's been used hard seasonally for several years, still tight and right. It clears any thicket of foliage, keeps cutting a long time and is easy to resharpen on a Sharpmaker. It is also the only partially serrated blade I ever liked. For what I usually cut, the serrations work better than the more aggressive Spyderco SE blade that I had on a Delica 3, my first dedicated folder (which I loved, BTW). I also have the same Vic paring knife in my kitchen; same high praise.
 
Spyderco H1 is the way to go when getting a serrated blade. Look up about how it is work hardened. Essentially when the steel is ground deeply for the serrations it gets much hard as it is ground and thus hold the edge much longer than plain edge versions. Also rust proof go anywhere essentially.
 
Spyderco or cold steel have great serrations. The spyderco civilian and matriarch are ridiculous but more aimed towards self defense. The cold steel recon 1 has solid serrations. Now I'm not a fan of CRKT, but I'll admit their bed serrations are fantastic when put to the test
 
I've been edc my Pacific Salt this week and I love it. If you look at most of serrated knives in the thread they have a straight edge tip which for me 9/10 times is enough for when I need clean slices, I really like both I also kind of like combo blades they have (depending on blade length of course) more than ample straight edge and the sweet grizzly spot for when you need to rip into stuff, for my needs they're adequate. I personally feel like I'm lacking versatility if all I'm carrying is a plain edge.
 
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