Look what the cat drug in - my new ATR SS PE

Jill, interesting contrast in the serrations between Japan and the US made ATRs . . . The swedge looks a bit different too . . . More graceful and curvy (softer?) from Japan.
 
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The triangular flat is shorter on the USA model. So there is some difference in the swedge.
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I'd say Sal made an executive decision to alter the blade shape slightly, because it felt it was more in keeping with an oriental flair.:D
 
They certainly are better looking, as well as appear more aggressive for self defence.
I think the ATR looks good serrated. Those on the Japanese model give it a bad-ass look.
 
I got a Pe SS ATR at a gun show last month for $108.00 last month NIB, can I join the club? If I loosen the pivot on mine where the blade has very little drag, I can wave it open.All I have to do is pull it straight out of my pocket briskly.:D My ATR has the slickest action of any knife I own.
 
I had thought the difference in serrations had to do with the different steels involved as well as just the different craftsmen doing the work on two sides of a large ocean.
 
zenheretic said:
I had thought the difference in serrations had to do with the different steels involved as well as just the different craftsmen doing the work on two sides of a large ocean.
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Which serrations do you prefer? Golden or Seki?
 
i have had a ti SE ATR and a SE SS ATR and i perfer the serrations on the ti one myself, i think the SS ones look cooler though.

i really like the ATR and have 3 ti's and one SS at the moment and wouldnt sell any of them, easily my fav spydie and really the only spydie i ever carry anymore(really the only production which imho speaks highly of it) though i guess i do still sometimes carry a millie or police, but only rarely, its usually either my ti ATR or my emerson custom '13.
 
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