Randall Saw Teeth.

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What are your opinions on the saw teeth on Randall Made Knives.

I am looking at placing an order for a dive knife and I am wondering if the teeth are worth having or that useful? I am not a big fan of serrated or saw teeth on knives, I keep my knives sharp enough and don't have any knives with those features. And while camping and hunting, I've never needed the use for them.

Just want your experience and feedback before I place my order. Thanks in advance.
 
I had a Randall model 18 with sawteeth since the 1970's. The teeth on a Randall were designed to cut into the metal fuselage of helicopters back during Vietnam. IIRC at the request of a certain serviceman. I may well remember wrong. These teeth are not for cutting wood! That I can assure you. You can decide if you want them though. I loved mine for years, then got tired of it and traded it off. Likes and style interests change like the wind with me. :rolleyes: They are well made, but I prefer the model 14 in carbon steel for a solid using Randall. That is me though. ;)
 
Serrations on at least one side of a dive knife are common. I would go for serration rather than saw teeth. Among the things that you want to cut underwater are, rope, tough monofiliment fishing line or leaders, fishing nets, and a variety of kelps. Since you are bouyant in the water you can't really put your weight behind your cutting and the water drag keeps you from slashing. You need to slice tough, slippery, fibrous material even with a clumsy grip and objects that won't stand straight or even still. These materials would just snag on saw teeth. Serrations are good, but you want to be carefull that they don't snag. I would go for a knife with sharp, but rather small serrations.
 
No, they don't offer serrated and I am just wondering how useful their teeth are. I am thinking that they are not, unless of course you like how they look.
 
IMHO, those are purely for decoration. They really don't cut anything well.
 
I've had a Model 18 for over 25 years, the teeth work fine for cutting small branches and even thin sheet metal. One thing, in 25 years of service I've only used the saw function once! It's functional, but not really needed or necessary.
 
They are great for putting shallow notches in wood, or getting a cut started, but as stated above they were designed for extracting after a crash. I had a model 18 for a long time, it was a really great knife, as are all the Randalls I've been lucky enough to handle.
 
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