Hello.. Just couldn't resist
.....I have to disagree with David Rock cause milk is mostly water anyway..And if Joe tends to agree with David...wellll...Tradition is playing a big part here!! I believe that a part serrated blade of any size is very useful in a daily knife....not to say that you can't sharpen a plain edge with various degrees of texture, but it would still be a compromise to real serrations! After carrying a mini socom (part serrated)for months now I really DO NOT miss a plain edge, BUT during the times I carry my new small Sebenza I do miss the serrations of the small socom!! How can that be? I suggest you try it with an open mind! There are so many advantages to having a few serrations. Oh yes, there are a few disadvantages, like trying to whittle a piece of Rock maple (no pun intended David)
In the kitchen I find it useful to zip through carrots, rather that pushing down, it also skins carrots as well as other veggies with more control..You can also use the plain edge front of the blade to punture, then follow through to the serrations to saw and slice in one motion. An added treat is that the inner part of fruit and veggies is most often softer than the skin (or sheath) this allows the serrations to work nicely while the plain edge does the delicate carving.
Now what do most use there blades for at work? Boxes, plastic bands, tape, rope, cardboard, letters,shrink wrap, to pop bubbles in plastic corrugation?
Sure is handy to have some serrations on my blade for most of these chores!!! How bout you?
Face it most of you HATE partly serrated blades cause you just HATE to sharpen them!!Its so easy to just touch up the plain edge,five times to one over the serrated back of the blade! Thats why everyone is in search of that magical wonder steel that never dulls...when we have perfected the fantastic ats34, that is so widely used by so many! Oh how I love a well tempered ATS34 OR CMP154, let me count the ways
Well, sorry to disagree with the majority on such matters its just how I see it and use it to my advantages. Now I really do enjoy my new purchased small Sebenza with the plain edge,ATS34!!!!!(awesome steel) wonder how much Chris charges to add a few serrations? ah ha ha ha....yes I'm an odd one
time stands still doesn't it? Oh by the way this is coming to you from Wyoming..had to get a fixx of the forums...yee ha from the wild wild west!!!
Carry it and use it, otherwise lose it!!!
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ps: It may not be the best of both worlds but it is the most useful..kinda falls on that middle ground somewhere between plain and serrated!!!
Don't you just hate some peoples opinions?
Your fellow forumite folk
BART
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[This message has been edited by Bartman (edited 13 June 1999).]