is this "typical"?

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this is my second recon 1
the first one i had, i tortured for 2 years, swimming in saltwater, kayaking daily and throwing it across the pier, i lost it flipping my kayak offshore, it was a plain blade tanto point, it was a amazingly tough knife, that i did trust my life to..
so this is the replacement i got, i went with a half serrated blade just to have a little more cutting power, i have used the recon 1 fairly hard, but nothing i don't do to my benchmade, basically in 8 months i broke 14 of the 25 serrated points doing nothing but "normal" everyday use..
my question is did i just get a bad blade? or have others had similar issues with the serrations on the recon1? is this covered under the warranty?
wishing i had just bought another plain blade tanto recon 1.
 
As big a fan as I am of Cold Steel, I've never liked their serration pattern. It's not all that uncommon to break off those tiny little teeth. They do very well on soft stuff (rope, etc.), but harder stuff can take its toll on them fairly quickly. I have a fully serrated X2 Voyager that's about 5-6 years old or so, and it's missing a few teeth too. I can't tell you about the warranty. You'd have to send it in and let them take a look at it.
 
Remove them and make plain edge . I have voyager been redone . I have 2 more CS with serrations. That never get used Because of this problem.
 
To be honest I only see one use for Cold Steel's serrations, and that's on their self defence knives. A slice with something like a serrated XL Vaquero will cut through cloth, leather and flesh to bone with very little effort. For anything other than SD use though, I'd go plain edge every time.
 
i really thought the little bit of serrations would help me get through big rope faster in the yak offshore, i didnt even think there was a chance they teeth would break in less than a year..i am a fan of strait blades for self defense..
[video=youtube;mxKqvIf45O8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxKqvIf45O8[/video]
video loosing the old recon 1 offshore in a kayak, kinda neat if you watch you can see the blades tumble to the bottom when i flip..
 
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Serrations are more trouble than they are worth (my opinion). If you keep your plain edge sharp, it will cut rope easily. Try something like a Voyager Vaquero, or a Rajah.They have a flat grind and a deep belly.
 
Cold Steel Consumers have been complaining about this for years but Cold Steel stubbornly sticks to its very narrow "task specific (SelfDefense)" and "proprietary" serration on their knives. For slashing naked skin there isn't a serration that works much better, for most other tasks there isn't serration that is much worse.
 
I have to agree with the fact that Cold Steel's serration pattern is very fragile and quite easy to abuse.

One wrong cut against metal or something else will easily knock them off.

I highly recommend their plain edges instead.
 
Ya. The serrations on the Cold Steel's are not very strong. Teeth are too thin and AUS 8 isn't very strong either. I half way completed taking off serrations on a Hold out today. Gotta get to a sander.

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cold steel only wants their knives to do well in the proof videos and "chop" into the rope during the free hanging test because the teeny little needles stab into the material very well so it looks good on the demos. these spyderco serrations, when sharpened and polished on a buffing wheel, can treetop hair and slice phonebook paper, AND cut fibrous materials. cold steel serrations are brittle, and they also cant slice like a plain edge.
 
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i have never been anything but happy with cold steel products, i shouldn't have bought a serrated knife so instead of getting upset when some of the serrated teeth broke i just decided to turn it into an unsarrated blade(took off the black coating too why i was at it) :)
got it pretty freakin sharp, and looking pretty good, with only traces of where the serrations where..i personally love the tactical folder, probably gonna buy another 4inch blade one with tanto point again..
thinking about a 6 inch raja too...
did it by hand on a wet stone..my wet stone isnt too happy though..
 
I took the serrations off my old El Lobo a few years back. Works great as a plain edge, though the steel is obviously thicker now behind the edge. :thumbup:


 
Yes, as others have noted the teeth on the CS models are very aggressive cutters and razor sharp out of the box, but not very durable and generally wear quickly when sharpened. They do not hold up as well to heavy usage as some other patterns. Something such as the SpyderEdge is going to be better for aggressive usage of the teeth patterns, and its design is much better for sharpening as they are not going to wear nearly as fast.
 
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