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I just prefer to have my folders be plain edge. And since I carry a Leatherman Charge Ti all the time as well, one of it's blades is fully serrated. It also has a saw blade within, and when it comes to trimming tree limbs, the saw outdoes the serrated knife handily. The serrated knife on my Leathermans have never been used. And I've had them for some six years now and they get carried daily.
 
Here's what everyone has said in their own way. Do you need serrations? Think about what serrations are primarily used for and weigh the need of them against the fact that they take up prime cutting space, as the area they occupy is the area where you get the most torgue behind the edge. As I said before, in a FIXED blade like the Mark I, plain edge is much much better for controlled cuts.

What do you want the Kabar for? Outdoors use, possible self defense, every day carry? What do you need it to be able to do?
 
Big Mike said:
I feel that a properly sharpened Plain Edge will handle all the tasks a Serrated Edge excels at, but not Vice versa.
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Funny, in all my years of working out in the field using my knives (some plain edged, some combo edged) cutting a huge variety of different things on an almost daily basis, I have found the opposite to be true. It's not mine, but you will find the video below very interesting.

Big Mike said:
For those who are sharpening challenged, or just don't sharpen their knives, a Serrated Edge has the advantage.
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Again, I feel the opposite is true. I have the feeling that some naysayers (I said some, not all) of serrated knives are either: 1). Deathly afraid of having to sharpen serrations and therefore stick to plain edges, or 2). Don't even know how to properly use serrations and then complain about "sloppy" cuts (Hint: you don't use them like a saw).

[video=youtube;buGeulH2Llc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buGeulH2Llc[/video]
 
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