Lets talk about the serrated edge

[stabman]

Sidebar; cutting rubber hose. WD-40 on the blade. No WD-40? Sub water.

This thing had morphed into something no longer rubbery at all.
All elasticity was gone; after removing it for replacement, I tried bending it...and it snapped in half.

 

[JD Spydo]

I actually prefer the spyderedge over plain edge. In my own opinion, it seems to cut cardboard better, cut rope better, plus I'm always carrying a secondary smaller knife that has a plain edge if I need it.

That's kind of where I'm at too "Riley12">> currently my main EDC is my beloved Spyderco M390 C-36 Military model which is a plain edge and a powerful one at that. But for the past 8 to 9 years I've been carrying what I refer to as a companion blade which most of the time is a full Spyderedged/serrated blade. I have several different fully serrated Spyderco blades I use and carry but most of the time my companion blade is a hawkbill. Like the one Brother said about the Hawkbill being a great pull-cutter" and I also like Hawkbill blades for other utility purposes as well.

Now we all have different cutting chores confront us>> I know that Brother Surfingringo who I've spoke with in the past at length about the subject of serrated versus plain edged blades and I do know that he has a lot more marine uses than most of us do>> and I'm convinced that Spyderco's H-1 serrated blades are superb for marine uses. The bottom line is that knives are tools period>> not all tools are created equal so neither should any knife be either. My overall philosophy for years has been "Whatever Works"!! And I didn't use to be a fan of fully serrated blades but when I was confronted with a job several years ago working in a swamp and I was dealing with vines and cordage I quickly discovered that a fully serrated Spyderhawk that I took by mistake one day pleasantly surprised me as to how well it severed vines, cordage, cattails, reeds and other swamp weeds I was forced to deal with. I couldn't have done that particular job with a plain edge>> the Spyderedged Hawkbill really saved the day.

And since all that experience I've not yet found a commercially made knife that cuts and performs nearly as good as Spyderco's fully serrated blades do. I'm hoping to see Spyderco experiment with different serration patterns and different blade steels to determine which ones work best for serrated blades. I'm also hoping to see new serrated blades in Spyderco's product pipeline. I've learned a lot by reading several of "SURF's" input posts on these threads and all I got to say is I won't leave home without a fully serrated Spyderco H-1 Salt companion blade. I don't really prefer one edge type over another one but I do like Spyderedges for the jobs that they work best on>> and on the other hand I would never be without one of Spyderco's premium plain edged blades either> I guess it's fair to say that I fully appreciate both edge types and for the cutting jobs they are both good at.

I'm hoping that all of you will list the jobs you all use Spyderedged blades for. Great Thread SURF

 

[ThePeacent]

I also converted after trying SE H1 blades. Never carried serrations before, found them just "tacticool" and agressive, ninja looking.

Now I EDC a Pacific Salt every single day since I got my second one, and I've acquired almost every H1 Spydie out there during this last half year, all but one in SE.

It's a blade so tiny and thin that just slices like a scalpel, and for its intended use I think there's no need of serrations...

Love them! Truly easy to sharpen with the Shrapmaker, and I am a real novice at sharpening.

But these I can sharpen to shaving sharp in five mins. or less. That's why I really dig this steel, these blades and this company altogether.

They changed my knife life and understanding!