Serrations and what they do

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bart1

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The question has been asked , why serrations, so here's my take. I work in a music store, and everyday is like Christmas... (Halloween too) . I get (have) to open a lot of cardboard boxes as well as the mail, and a 100 other things knives can be used for. I am also called on to construct shipping boxes out of other boxes, altering them to fit different sized items . Nothing I have found cuts cardboard , usually double rowed, like the agressive serrations on a CRK Sebenza. For that reason alone I love it. For emergencies like seat belts in car wrecks, or even heavy clothing , I think it would go through like butter. Hope I never have to find out.,but feel confident it's there. I've never found the serrations to get in the way for "normal " cutting tasks, or fine work so there ya go....They also sharpen easily the way they are cut. A quick swipe or 2 on the crock sticks seems to restore them to shaving sharp...Bart
 
I will say that I usually hate serrated blades. CRK does it right though. Nothing obnoxious that is super aggressive or hard to sharpen. You can even tell that each serration has an actual micro-belly to it that would slice well. Also, like you said, they have them far enough back to not interfere with typical cutting tasks.

I may have to pick one up. :)
 
I don't have a CRK with serrations. I carry a small Spydie with teeth everyday. Either a Caly jr or a Dfly. These 2 little knives will cut thru

anything I've ever used them for. A plain edge won't cut the way a knife with serrations will.

I also carry 1 of my CRK large knives.
 
Good points on serrations bart1. I am open to having a serrated CRK blade but don't prioritize it. I have actually cut a seatbelt in a wreck once and to my surprise, a very sharp plain edge did the trick very well. Car landed on it's roof, seatbelt locked in place. I was more scared of falling down holding a sharp knife than I was with actually cutting the belt though, hah...Too bad it wasn't it a CRK that did the job.

Beautiful serrated Sebenzas btw!
 
Thanks, I feel really lucky to have those great knives... I have plain blades too, and they all seem to work! ;-)
 
Bart, you have some nice knives there. I'm curious to know more about the engraving you have on the regular, I like it.

Serrations...yeah, they certainly have their place, but preferences and trends have put their numbers way down in recent years. I am guessing we will see a resurgence in a few more years (just a hunch).
 
CR makes some nice looking serrations, I tend not to like them (serrations) but I know they have a use and function very well for others.

Great looking blades, btw.
 
I don't like partial serrations, unless they are on a longer blade.
 
The engraving ( my name) was done by the guy who hand engraves Ludwig and a few other brands of drums, John Aldridge. He also tours with REO Speedwagon. Talented guy who's a walking drum history encyclopedia.
 
bart1 said:
The engraving ( my name) was done by the guy who hand engraves Ludwig and a few other brands of drums, John Aldridge. He also tours with REO Speedwagon. Talented guy who's a walking drum history encyclopedia.
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Thanks. Is he a friend? Cool job and nice work.
 
I do love my small reg with CR serrations. It does all that I ask and as Bart1 said great for cutting card board. My large reg. has serrations done my someone else. They are nicely done but a little to agressive. But when called upon they will rip thru what ever is in front of them. It seems serrations have a love hate relationship with people (and that is fine). I think how they are done makes a huge difference. CR's are perfect IMHO.



 
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I want that UG!!!!
 
I love CRK's current serrations, both styles, they're beveled on both sides so you can sharpen them just like the rest of the knife. ESEE does the same on their serrated ESEE-3, 4, and 5 models.

I think that most people who "don't like serrations" have just never used the right serrated knife.
 
I think most people that like serrations have just never used a sharp knife. :p

Yup, I'm not a fan, especially of partial serrations. To me they take ~1.5' of perfectly useable blade and make it next to useless. I have used a vast array of serrated knives and I see no benefit in performance from them at all. If you were to really twist my arm to get me to dissagree with myself, a bread knife would about the best counter to serratins being usless I could think of. :D At the end of the day good geometry is what cuts, serrated edges just last longer because of increased surface area of the edge and decreased point(s) of contact during use, they do not cut "better". :)


MatthewSB said:
I love CRK's current serrations, both styles, they're beveled on both sides so you can sharpen them just like the rest of the knife. ESEE does the same on their serrated ESEE-3, 4, and 5 models.

I think that most people who "don't like serrations" have just never used the right serrated knife.
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Hold on..... never used a sharp knife???? It's more like the difference between an axe and a saw,,, different tools for different jobs... They both cut wood but.... differently.
 
I'm clearly joking.....look at the post I quoted. :)

bart1 said:
Hold on..... never used a sharp knife???? It's more like the difference between an axe and a saw,,, different tools for different jobs... They both cut wood but.... differently.
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Dolphins, Birdhunter? Sub sailor? Drop in and see the Blueback at Omsi sometime. The conservative side of the organization...;-)
 
Sorry Haze, not intended personally, , a little slow here..... UH......
 
A little off topic, but I was also inspired by a Fourmites Seb... Aside from Seawolf park in Galveston TX ( USS Crevalle) , The Champion Submarine killing Sub of all time, USS Batfish is open for a visit in Muskogee Ok., USA!
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