Kershaw Serrations

[WOLF8020]

What do you people think about kershaw serrations? Personally, i've had some of the serrations chip on my Storm 2, and have had a hard time trying to sharpen them. Does anyone here regularly sharpen them, if so how?

 

[cgmblade]

The only Kershaw I have w/ serrations is a Barrage w/ a combo edge, and I don't know if they are the same as on the Storm 2. I think the Kershaw serrations cut very well. I haven't had any problems with the teeth chipping or breaking.

They are a little harder to sharpen than Spyderco serrations imo, but the principle is the same. I've only had to do some touch-up on mine and I use the Sharpmaker. Using the Sharpmaker makes sharpening serrations fairly easy. All you do is use the corners of the rods instead of the flats. The DVD that comes w/ it gives instructions, but basically it's 5 strokes on the serrated side and then one on the other side.

I'm sure there are other ways to do it using other systems, but I'm not familiar with those.

 

[presz]

I have two Kershaws with broken "teeth" both are the new style. S30V Random Leek and the Barrage. The Barrage broke 2 teeth off very deep. I used a round diamond to work it out, now it is one big scallop. On the Leek it just broke the tip of one tooth. I will get some pictures of them later.
The Storms came with both styles of serrations. The new style is a great cuter and a lot easier to sharpen, because the teeth are all the same size.

 

[lava_lamp]

What do you people think about kershaw serrations? Personally, i've had some of the serrations chip on my Storm 2, and have had a hard time trying to sharpen them. Does anyone here regularly sharpen them, if so how?

Kershaw might be able to help you sharpen them.

I love Kershaw, but the serrations are a little fragile. I used my Storm on a piece of fire steel and tore them up pretty good. It's not the recommended application and entirely my fault, but I still would have hoped they would hold up better.

 

[SPXTrader]

If they are the old style serrations, DMT makes a diamond coated tapered rat-tail sharpener. It does a really good job. If they are the new style, they can be touched up by sharpening the backside of the serrations on a flat stone, working it just as you would a blade without serrations. If the old style serrations aren't chewed up, this method will also work on the old style, and works best when used with the DMT mentioned above.

If you don't feel like messing with this, Kershaw will sharpen your knife for free for life. Just send it to them. You don't even need to include return postage. They pay for that.

Hope this helps!

 

[GWashington1732]

I only have a Blackout with serrations and, they're okay. But I don't really like partial serrations, I find they usually just get in the way. With serrated blades I like all or nothing.

 

[Dorito Monk]

I'm a big fan of Kershaw's 'scalloped' serrations. Those and Kabar's serrations are the only ones I'd actually recommend to someone.

These serrations on my Tanto Blur, however, are god awful