LCC Suggestions

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HosaJim

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Well, after reading how everyone loves their MT LCCs I have decided to place an order. This knife is probably going to be a daily carry, and will be used. My question is what blade combo is the most durable? Stone-washed or bead-blasted? Plain or serrated? Thanks for the input.

HosaJim
 
Stonewash is better than beadblast, generally speaking. It hides scratches nicely, and has less of a tendency to corrode.

A good sharp blade doesn't need serrations. On the other hand, serrations can get in the way of some knife uses, like slicing or peeling fruit and vegetables. But mostly, it's a matter of what looks good to you. Unfortunately, the 'rest of the world' tends to look askance at serrations ...
 
Get the stonewashed, it is more rust resistant and scratches doesn't show as much as the beadblast finish. Also, get the plain edge, MT's serrations are not much to be desired, so i heard.

Hope that helps.
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Took delivery of my LCC with plain, stonewashed blade a couple of days ago (my first MicroTech). You won't be disappointed! The "out of the box" quality of this production knife is amazing.

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I have an LCC (#266) in beadblast and half serrated. I love the knife! Tough as nails, and sharp to no end. But, the knife is showing minor scratches, most likely due to the coating, and I wish I had one WITHOUT serrations. I carried this knife exclusively for over two months, and other than its having proven itself a great worker, most co-workers did not take well to the serrations.

Get Stonewashed, and plain edge. You will not be dissappointed.

Steve in NYC

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About those Microtech serrations...
I have a stonewash (which is the finish i would recommend) with the serrations.
Out of the box, the back side (clip side) of the serrations had sort of a rolled over polished edge. I figured that the reason they didn't cut well was because of that, so I decided to reprofile it.
My edge had gotten some use, and the edge grind wasn't exactly uniform to begin with, so I reprofiled it with a daimond rod.
On the clip side, I took material off the serrations at the same angle (17º) as the plain part of the blade. I guess you could say i sharpend that side as if the whole blade were plain.
I then reprofiled the non-clip side at the same andgle, then touched it up with a fine ceramic rod.
After doing this, the serrations performed pretty well.
They're not as aggressive as Spyderco's Spyderedge serrations, but they still bite into material and tear it with ease. Now i don't regret getting the serrations. In fact, I like them a lot on this knife because there is enough of the plain part of the blade to be very useful in everything I've had to cut so far.
Has anyone else noticed the edge grind on their LCC to be uneven? I'm a little surprised at this. All pictures of LCC's I have seen had very nice cutting edges compared to mine. Perhaps i just got a bad one...it doesn't matter a whole lot anyway, I fixed it and I love this knife.
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If anybody has any pics of, or links to pics of, those new Al bolstered LCC's post it up in a new topic.

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The fit and finish are first rate!

IMHO you are better with the stonewash plain edge knife.

Most knife knuts will tell you they prefer the plain edge.

I went from fully serrated, to part serrated to plain over four years.

Simply put a plain edge does almost everything, better.

Cut rope? Get the serrations. Simple really!

Stonewash hides all the daily scratches on the blade, and does not attract rust like a bead blast finish will. The black teflon coatings are somewhat variable, they do stand up well to daily use, but cut some cardboard and they show a lot of battle damage very fast...

Hope it helps!

W.A.

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