Really disappointed with my Kershaw Volt

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BallewBlade

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I bought a Kershaw VOLT 11, with serrations, and was very happy with the feel of the knife and performance of the spring assist. Then I started using it to cut various things like I do with all my EDC's. I was at work and cut some cardboard about 1/4 thick, and I noticed "dents" in the serrations. I only cut about 20" total of cardboard. What the heck, this knife was only 25 bucks, but I was expecting more from a Kershaw. Do any of you think I got a bad blade or is this to be expected from a cheap Kershaw?
 
Maybe a better description of the "dents" or pictures would be good. Off the top of my head, a few things come to mind. One, cardboard is, as I understand, a notorious edge destroyer. Something about the cardboard material recipe. Also, 8Cr13MoV isn't the greatest edge holder. I used an import Kershaw to take the bone out of some chicken drumsticks and it went from pretty sharp to fairly dull when I was done. That's just my experience. Admittedly, I haven't used serrations too much.
 
Wierd, my serrations on my clash still glide through phonebook paper. I'd have to see what it is, but if you want, just send it in for customer service. They have awesome customer service btw! They'll probably just give you a new one, seems like the one you had, the heat treat was ruined on the serrations or something.
 
Do you know that cardboard is some of the most abrasive material that you can cut through? It ranks just below old carpet in my opinion. It can also have a ton of junk, it's not manufactured in a "sterile" environment. Some of the things that can be in it are glass, dirt, metal, epoxy, various fibers, wood, etc. I'd like to see some pictures of the cardboard too.
 
Shouldn't have made this post, now all the serration haters have more material to argue with :)
 
Yep... I always use cheap box cutters on cardboard. If you have a Sharpmaker, you should be able to sharpen it right up.
 
Thanks for the input guys, I did not know how nasty cardboard could be lol. But I still think the blade should have held up better. I will see if I can put some pics up later.
 
I have to say that you never really know what is in or on cardboard since so much of it is post-consumer material. You can only compare if the same sample of material is cut with different knives.
 
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