Serrated edge Traditional ?

harronek

harronek

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I know serrated edges aren't exactly Traditional , but I was wondering if any company makes a two bladed Traditional style slipjoint knife with one of the blades serrated .
The type of tasks my knives are often required to do at work are more often than not suited to a serrated edge . I carry a Leatherman Surge everyday and it is the serrated edge that gets the bulk of the work , with the plain edge reserved for more refined cutting duties .
I would love to have a Traditional that could cope with these tasks . Is there such a thing ?
The closest I have found so far is a Spyderco two bladed knife , but you cant exactly call it a Traditional .


Ken
 
Camillus (USA) used to produce a line called 'Yello-Jaket', which featured a serrated blade on a couple or three patterns. Some may be somewhat hard to find, but here are a couple of example pics from the web, of a 4-blade congress pattern with one serrated sheepsfoot blade, and a copperhead (double locking) pattern with a serrated blade. I'm pretty sure a stockman with a serrated sheepsfoot was available also in the same 'Yello-Jaket' series:

At various times, Case has occasionally included serrations of some of their blades. All have been limited runs I believe. The most common pattern among many makers is a stockman pattern with serrated sheepsfoot (such as the Schrade Mechanic mentioned above), though Case has occasionally put serrated blades in their Folding Hunter as well (serrated secondary skinner blade). I have a Case Folding Hunter handled in orange G10, with a 'combo' main clip blade (part serrated) and standard secondary skinner blade. Here's a web vendor pic of that knife ("10265 SS" pattern):


David
 
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I think this "Stanley" was made by Camillus.
Also there are loads of SAKS and the GEC Lumberjack -
cheers.
 
I had the same idea, and I had a local knife sharpener put serrations on one of the blades.

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It may not come out pretty, but it does work.
 
There is also a Shrade Copenhagen jackknife that has a serrated secondary blade.
 
I've got this Case Trapper with a serrated main blade.
I got it through the North American Hunting Club back in the late 80s before I was really into Traditionals but really into hunting.:rolleyes:

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When I think of serrations on a Traditional, I think of the SAK Farmer's saw:D

Or those fishing knives. Didn't GEC do a short run of them?
 
The serrated blades are traditional now if you consider their appearance in the 1950's on both fixed blade hunting knives and slipjoints. I have several from that era and later.
 
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