Serrated knives, why do you need them?

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

Serrated knives are used for crusty bread, where you need to be able to cut through the crust without breaking the crust or crushing the loaf. Even with a sharp plain edge, the pressure required to cut through the crust is generally more than it takes to just smash the loaf. With serrations, you are actually sawing through the bread using a back-and-forth motion and less downward pressure. This is also why bakeries slice bread with bandsaws instead of knives.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Faster , easier and surer cutting , especially of tough , fibrous materials .

Properly designed and sharpened serrations will cut smoothly and have little tendency to snag . Smaller , finer teeth have less snagging but harder to sharpen .

I usually reserve my serrated use to emergency , SD , and jobs that demand speed and efficiency .

Not because they don't work great for most things I need done ...I just don't like the sharpening .

I don't think I even have the right tools to sharpen those tiny tiny serrations, I can sharpen the large and medium ones with a small tapering rod. How do you even sharpen those micro serrations? you'd need some kind of ceramic rod smaller than a match stick.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Serrated knives are used for crusty bread, where you need to be able to cut through the crust without breaking the crust or crushing the loaf. Even with a sharp plain edge, the pressure required to cut through the crust is generally more than it takes to just smash the loaf. With serrations, you are actually sawing through the bread using a back-and-forth motion and less downward pressure. This is also why bakeries slice bread with bandsaws instead of knives.

Crusty bread is no match for my sharpening skills, I can draw cut through it in one slice without the bread even depressing slightly.

 

[DocJD]

I don't think I even have the right tools to sharpen those tiny tiny serrations, I can sharpen the large and medium ones with a small tapering rod. How do you even sharpen those micro serrations? you'd need some kind of ceramic rod smaller than a match stick.

For Cold Steel type : https://www.knifecenter.com/item/LSLTRCS/Lansky-Crock-Stick-Cold-Steel-Serrated-Knife-Sharpener

Tedious but possible . Spyderco type serrations are much easier , so I prefer them on work / user knives .

 

[BitingSarcasm]

I don't think I even have the right tools to sharpen those tiny tiny serrations, I can sharpen the large and medium ones with a small tapering rod. How do you even sharpen those micro serrations? you'd need some kind of ceramic rod smaller than a match stick.

Do most of the sharpening passes on the flat side of the blade. It may not be the perfect way to do it, but it tunes up the edge in a small fraction of the time and i don’t accidentally round off any of the teeth.

 

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

Crusty bread is no match for my sharpening skills, I can draw cut through it in one slice without the bread even depressing slightly.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Ok lets make a deal then, I'll cut through some crusty bread on video with a plain edge knife, and you show me you can get a knife sharp enough to push cut through paper towel tissue paper.
Because now I don't believe you can get a knife as sharp as I can lol.

 

[powernoodle]

It doesn't make a bit of difference to me. Whether a straight edge or serrated, they both cut stuff.

 

[Drop bear]

I find serrated razor blades really good for my utility knife. Which mostly does boxes tape and plastic tie downs.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Your move, now show me you can push cut through paper towel tissue paper with your knives.

 

[afishhunter]

I don't need them, like them, or even own one.
Not even my "bread knife" has a serrated blade.
Serrations are like saw teeth. If/When I need a saw, I'll grab one and use it, not a knife.

 

[Mitchell Knives]

I thought of a perfect situation to why a bread knife has serrations, it's the ultimate multi purpose prep knife, because when you brutishly saw through a loaf of bread, you can then scoop up all of the crumbs you just created and make some breadcrumb coating for your fried chicken wings.

"The Crumb-A-Matic! Only $399.99 for a limited time! Call now!"

 

[David Mary]

Lodinium Armoury = this:

 

[David Mary]

"The Crumb-A-Matic! Only $399.99 for a limited time! Call now!"

Why settle for something so cheap, when you can have a beautifully mirror polished 440C Crumb-a-Matic with a gemstone handle for thousands of dollars?

THIS, is completely and clearly the best Crumb-a-Matic in the world.

 

[Lee D]

Lodinium Armoury = this:

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Lol ...I was hoping to see it done with some fresh bread.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

"The Crumb-A-Matic! Only $399.99 for a limited time! Call now!"

Don't let GSM read this I hear they are looking for new models and suggestions. new for 2021, the Cold Steel Super serration.

 

[David Mary]

Lol ...I was hoping to see it done with some fresh bread.

Yeah, fresh bread would probably depress some. But he did say crusty in his original post. And I realize also that it did depress the tiniest bit, so slight allowance for hyperbole. Nevertheless, the knife was good and sharp.

 

[craytab]

Your move, now show me you can push cut through paper towel tissue paper with your knives.

First, not the right type of bread.

Next, are you really here to ask us a question or to just reaffirm and convince us of your own position and brag about your skill?

 

[spoonrobot]

Please disregard, I do not wish to converse with the topic starter.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Lol ...I was hoping to see it done with some fresh bread.

It was baked yesterday, it is fresh it's just crusty split tin loaf. OrangeBlueOrangeBlue said cut crusty bread, that's the only loaf of crusty bread I have.