Recommendations for full serrated (not combo) folder and fixed blade?

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What purely serrated folder and fixed blade knife do you guys have or recommend or are popular for those tasks where a serrated blade is the most suitable?
 
I can't give you any information about a fully serrated fixed blade, but for the last almost 19 years, I have carried a Spyderco Police fully serrated model. I bought it just after my 18th birthday, and carry it almost every day. Although it sees quite a bit of use, it's still as sharp as it was when I got it. I have little doubt I'll be giving it to a grandkid someday.

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Best box cutter I ever used was a Spyderco Harpy with fully serrated edge.
 
knowsnoknife said:
What purely serrated folder and fixed blade knife do you guys have or recommend or are popular for those tasks where a serrated blade is the most suitable?
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Anything Spyderco Salt.

H1 is the best steel for serrating, as it gets super hard, 68 RC at the edge. While it isn't as wear resistant as something like S30V, it doesn't matter, as serrations do more rolling than wearing away.

I like the Saver Salt the best, but the Atlantic, Pacific, and Salt 1 are all fantastic folders.

Love my Jumpmaster too, but I never find a reason to use it.
 
if you want a good low priced knife you can check out a frost cutlery green beret. (just make sure you get an older one, the new ones seem to be crap)
 
I really like my spyderco civilian but wouldnt use it as a working knife. For a fixed blade, the spyderco jump master
 
The rope thing has been debunked many times on various knife test. Most found rope much harder to cut with anything other than a sharp plain edge. Some found it impossible to cut modern rope with serrated edged knives. I've tried a few times just to see for my self and promply gave those knives away to people I knew would never use them.

Tomatos and bread...maybe. Again only if a person doesn't know how to sharpen a blade. My wife through away all of her serrated blades after spending a full year with a good set of kitchen knives I bought for her. Her friend and all of the kids now own that same set after using her knives a couple times.

I've spent about 20 years trying to find a task that requires a serrated blade, or even one that is performed easier or better with one. No luck so far. That's basically why I responded. I thought maybe someone had really found a use for a serrated blade.
 
sharpening pencils and scraping glue residue off of carbon arrows is the best use i've found so far.
 
Knives Live (Smoky Mountain Knife Works) was selling fully serrated XXL Cold Steel Voyagers for $29.95 last Tuesday night with $7.95 flat rate shipping. I don't know if the OP can still pick one up for that price or if an XXL Voyager is simply too much knife for him, but that's a ridiculously low price.

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As someone who cuts a lot of thick rope both poly and natural the appeal of serrations is not that they cut rope better or faster but that they hold an edge well enough to cut the rope longer if both blades are the same blade material. I recommend any serrated hawkbill blade like the Tasman Salt in full SE nothing like a fully serrated blade in what is essentially one big serration. :)
 
I found that for cutting milk cartons that a serrated blade does a better job, but that is just from my experience.
 
The Apyderco Atlantic Salt is a very good fully serrated knife. The H-1 steel gives you the advantage of being rust proof so if you live in a humid climate you'll have a protection on that aspect. As far as a fixed blade is concerned the SOG Pentagon S14 is a great choice because you get the serrated blade on one edge and a plain on the other. A truly functional knife.
Good luck with the decision!
 
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