SERRATIONS--love em or hate em??

If you own a Spyderco Sharpmaker you probably are as mystified as I am about the complaint that serrations are hard to sharpen. Easy, quick job. To do a job well you need the proper tools.
 
afishhunter said:
Seartions are good - on the proper tool - a saw.
Serrations do not cut they rip and tear. A sharp non-serrated blade will cut rope, cord, straps, etc. faster and easier than a serrated one.
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Serrations are not saw teeth. They do not rip and tear--they cut aggressively. Look at a magnified image of a plain edged knife and you will notice the tiny serrations present.

All knives have serrations.
 
There are only two kinds of serrations I don't mind, Full Spyder edge or Partial Veff Serrations. Otherwise not a fan, I really dislike most partial serrations not enough serrated or plain edge to do anything meaningful. I will echo the above point that I have no problem sharpening a spyder edge on my sharpmaker.
 
Hate 'em. Don't cut much rope and don't want to waste time trying to sharpen them. I think there's all of 2 knives I would consider owning with serrations: the Spyderco Assist for dedicated car use, and the BK3, and the BK3 doesn't need them.
 
Serrations are not the same as a saw teeth lol. Just take a look at them, completely different shapes. Serrations are more like a series of small "recurves" that bite into the material being cut. Try a fully serrated Spyderco :).

I prefer plain edge.
 
I used this old-school Spydie (circa 1999-2000), with almost 2/3rds part-serrations, to cut rope and cordage of all kinds every day for 2 years when I used to run a climbing wall back in the day. It worked really well:




These days - no longer running a climbing wall - I prefer no more than 1/3rd part-serrations, like on this CS Large Voyager:

 
There are lots of good uses for serrations, I just don't engage in any of them.

Knives for most of us are fun, I get less fun out of cutting things with serrated blades, so I don't.
 
I will selflessly accept all of everyone's unwanted serrated blade knives.
You're welcome. :)
 
Danke42 said:
They're just not very stabby. I can't see it working out.
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My serrated blades are all quite stabby.
Except for the Spyderco Rescue, because it has no point.

Full-serrated Spyderco Police is very stabby. :)
 
stabman said:
My serrated blades are all quite stabby.
Except for the Spyderco Rescue, because it has no point.

Full-serrated Spyderco Police is very stabby. :)
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+1.
Really sharp serrations are wickedly stabby-they also grab "things" that a straight edge may not (I have used a full serrated, polished-edge-straight-razor-sharp Endura for sticking lambs and it's impressive.)
I dislike them for utility but carry that endura or a full serrated millie as a running knife, and carried a full serrated zero-edged delica as an antipersonnel scraper and seatbelt cutter overseas.
The corner of a slightly worn paper wheel (like the slicing edge rigs) does scary things to serrations.
 
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Neither love or hate in general, but in particular, I can't stand them on steak knives. Just can't. I got a couple of combo blades, but they don't get much use. One fixed, one folder. The bread knife gets a lot of use though.
 
All or none. And almost always none. No partial serrations. No thank you, I know how to sharpen my knives and keep then that way.
 
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