Serrated / Partial serrated / plane blade

I ususally carry a plain edge Voyager Tanto because it does a nice job of opening my mail.

Rommel, I read in one of the magazines that plain edges are better for slashing and serrations do a better jub of cutting.
 
Protein:

Yeah...Tom Marker calls the AFCK the 'Amazing Folding Chef Knife.' I think it had a little something to do with me proposing that Sal Glesser market a 6" military as a meat cleaver, and a lot to do with the fact that Tom is a looney.

I dislike the B2 coating simply because the danged stuff comes off too easily. I have used my blade for nothing other than the lightest of cutting, and already the coating is thinned out on the grind lines and back edge of the blade (presumably the latter is from rubbing against my pants pocket). My opinion is that knives are for working and should look that way, so I don't mind too much...but it does indicate poor design, and I _hate_ that.

Side note: anyone have any idea what can be done to recoat one of those blades?

Mike



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Funny, I thought it had *everything* to do with the fact I'm a little looney. And I wanted an 8" Cricket, not a Military
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FWIW, My daily carry is an AFCK (for public relations) and an Endura (utility), both plain edged. I used to carry an Ascent that was combo (before i bought the AFCK) but I too found it impractical on such a short blade. I do carry a fully serrated Cricket with me from time to time, usually as a money clip, and i've very rarely used the blade to cut anything
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Plus, I'm also too lazy/incompetent to sharpen a serrated knife. (see previous posts)

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Plain edge is my edge of choice.
For me it is easier to maintain and in my experience a plain edge will perform just as well in most circumstances.
That being said, a good serrated edge(say the Military for example) is a comfort to have for those extreme cuts you may need to make once in a while.
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I usually carry more than one knife at a time on me, usually one plain edge and one or two combo's.

I prefer a combo more than any blade edge mainly because you have both available in one package and at hand. Cutting through cardboard, rope, wire, etc., you can't beat the serrated edge. For all other cutting I like the plain edge.

An all serrated blade, I don't care for and don't have ANY either. You are limited with just serrations, rather have an all plain edge if a combo wasn't available.

Right now I have on my person the Mission MPF1-Ti (combo edge), the MicroTech SOCOM M/A (plain edge), and in my jacket the Cold Steel Gunsite Folder (combo edge).

I do switch off and on, especially on the weekends. Got too many favorites to not want to carry and use. Yesterday I had on me my Emerson Commander and my Spyderco Military along with Gunsite Folder.

When I get my REKAT SIFU, I will probably replace my Cold Steel Gunsite Folder with this one as an every day carry. Who knows, maybe it will replace others off an on as well, time will tell on that!

So in my view, I would rather have a combo edge followed by a plain edge, but I never want an all serrated edge on a knife.

Mark



[This message has been edited by Mark W Douglas (edited 21 April 1999).]
 
I've had mentioned before that I was considering adding a fully serrated blade to my carry. However, since I haven't done that yet, I'm still wondering: How do serrated blades perform on something other than rope or cardboard? How do they work on something like a plastic bottle, blue jeans, leather, or plastic bags (like potting soil is packaged in)? I just picked up a "Tactical Knives" magazine (yeah, I know, blade rag; but I likes to look at the purty pictures
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). It had a couple of articles, one with a BM 710 in a plain blade, and one with a serrated blade (can't remember the type on that one; maybe CS). Anyway, in both articles, they test the blades in slashes on targets. One target is damp newspaper <?> wrapped in jean denim, covered by the sleeve of an old leather jacket. According to the article, the serrated balde slashed a 4" slice in the leather, 3" slice in the denim, and about 2" slice in the newspaper (seems reasonable good). Meanwhile, the 710 plane blade slashed a few inches deep (appeared), with about a 5 inch surface slash, on something that looked like a naugahyde dummy. I WISH they would have tried the plain blade on the leather. Anyway, this got me to wondering: which type of blade would/should perform better in the leather/denim/paper test?

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