Serrations - anyone good?

[gris91]

Hi again gentlemen and...gentlegirls.

Can anyone give me a few examples of good-serrated knives, both on the cutting edge and on the back of the knife?


- Johan, the knife designing nutcase

 

[ErikD]

Not a big fan of serrations myself, but I believe Spyderco makes some very good serrated knives.

 

[Ad]

Yea, Spyderco's are good for cutting. I like plain edge, though.

 

[NFMee]

let me first say welcome to BladeForums! and, yes, as the others have said, Spyderco is generally regarded to have the best serrations, they cut like mad.

 

[spyken]

don't forget SOG - their serrations are ground higher, thus are very aggresive cutters. I'm afraid the serrations on my Emerson are not up to par with my Spydies, as a user comment.
cheers,
Spyken

 

[trane fan]

Here's another vote for Spydies. I have had an Endura SE since 1991 and that thing can cut through anything that I have ever found to throw at it. The key is the serration pattern that Spyderco uses. I personally feel that it can't be beat.

 

[Javahed]

I see that Mad Dog knives make a couple with both partial and full serrations. CLICK HERE and check out the A.T.A.K.2, the Taiho 2 and 3 and the TUSK.

Dan

 

[fulloflead]

I like serrations sometimes. I have a lot of EDC knives with serrations that I'm happy with.

Spyderco and CRKT have good serrations. I have a few SOG Autoclips with different serrations depending on the knife - some REALLY good, some just OK. My Benchmades have different serration patterns depending on the knife - but they're all about medium aggressive. Cold Steel has INTERESTING serrations and they're quality is debateable.

Personally, I've always liked CRKT's "triple-point" serrations. They've been consistant throughout their line. I've used the hell out of them and have never felt like I've had to re-sharpen them.

One of my favorite serrated knves of all time is the Benchmade Ares with a half-serrated blade. It has REALLY NICE serrations that has served me well for a long time.

HERE'S THE TRICK to seeing how good serrations are:
Turn the knife over because the serrations might LOOK good on the side they're ground, but once you turn the knife over you'll see that on MANY of them the serrations aren't NEARLY as aggressive as they look on the ground side. I have a couple of Microtechs and cheaper knives that when you turn the knife over I can plainly see that the serrations are shallow and not much different than the plain part of the blade.

Good luck. Do us a favor and keep up with the thread and let us know what you discover yourself.

 

[Benjamin]

As the others have said, spyderco.