Serrated Wharnecliffe knives; What's the point?

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Hello... If you are not a fan of serrations, please don't post "serrations suck".......
I didn't post this on the Spyderco forum (ie Celefonte serrated) because it would probably be taken as a flame over there.
So, I was if anyone has any idea what the purpose would be of a serrated Wharnecliff blade.
Follow my thinking >>> Wharnecliffe blades are designed to be long and thin and to cut very strait edges, as in paper or whatever. On the opposite end, serrations are known for "chewing" and NOT producing clean strait lines. Putting the two together doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
So, is there a real working or using value to a knife like this? or not? thank you

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Sort of like a rescue knife with style
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Cutting straight lines isn't the only advantage to a wharncliffe blade. The edge is also very agressive as well.

A recurved blade pattern is said to be aggressive because it works the material into the cutting edge. If you ask me, really only about 1/3 of a recurved blade is aggressively angled.

With a wharncliffe, or a sheepsfoot for that matter, the entire edge being straight all the way to the tip is very aggressive. Never is the edge angled away from what is being cut.

So to answer your question, wharncliffes would be well suited for cutting seatbelts or clothing in an emergency situation or for cutting rope.

So maybe a serrated wharncliffe is just a rescue knife with style?

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You could put nacho cheese sauce on it...
 
IMHO it would be best suited for a defense knife. Very agressive point backed up by intimidating serrations.
 
While I'm not a fan of serrated blades, I have to readily admit that my Sheepsfoot Ladybug from Spyderco easily cuts in the same league as a knife twice it's size. The little beastie cut 3/8" thick cardboard like it was 1/16" thick. Well, really, I had to make several passes, but it ate it up.
I'm not sure about the Wharncliffe, but the serrated sheepsfoot makes for a great utility knife.

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The individualist without strategy who takes opponents lightly will inevitably become the captive of others.
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I'd love to see a fixed blade wharncliffe fighter done in the style of the SOG Pentagon. Keep the primary straight edge plain, then have a serrated back edge starting from 1/4 of the way up the blade (from the hilt) and going right to the point. Look at Steve Ryan's knives in the new TK... Now imagine those false edges SERRATED! Yee-haw!

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I think of a Wharncliffe as more of a flat cutter too, but then I guess if you wanted a warncliffe as your daily carry, and wanted serrations, voila. Those CRKT neck knives come in Wharncliffe serrated, don't they?

Brandon

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Okey-Dokey.... IN MY OPINION (not a flame) You guys are only confirming my suspicions. I was not saying that a serrated Wharnecliffe blade is useless, but that for whatever purpose you might use it for, there is a better option. Fighting? A clip point or spear point would be better. Why? Because it widens much higher up on the blade, thus doing more damage as you insert the knife. General utility? Why would you want a knife with such a fine tip? The only wharnecliff I use on a regular basis is the CRTK PECK. and the BUCK Odessy (not sure if it really counts, but it has a fine point). Serrations seem to best suited to this knife only the bottom 1/2.
 
E_wok. Yeah, you could call it a modified Wharnecliff. There might be a better name for it, though.


 

I think of wharncliffes as best suited for fine point cutting (my Mirage does everything that I used to use a crappy x-acto knife for), and also slashing using the forward portion of the blade. So maybe serrations on the back half might make sense to some, but I personally dislike 50/50 edges .

The wound channel produced by thrusting with a wharncliffe will of course be smaller, a consequence of the efficient penetration capabilities of this pattern.

But back to slashing: I've always felt it too be more intuitive and accurate to slash with a straighter edged blade. (think tanto, razor, etc...) If I hang up a piece of paper and slash away at it using just the tips of my various blades, the wharncliffe seems to make longer, nicer and more consistent cuts vs. say, a mini-stryker or CQC7. A good point when considering the defensive capabilities of the blade design, especially a short folder.
 
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