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Serrations on your survival knife?
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Im against serrations for the most part, but I do construction work now and used to be a Sheriffs Deputy... and some of the things Ive had to cut I wanted a serrated edge just because it would be abusive to a plain edge (concrete covered rope comes to mind). Ive removed the serrations near the grip on a Spyderco salt folder and it works so much better now, it can whittle and cut nasty rope.
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I dont do serrations.
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For a survival knife , as in a knife that is part of an emergency kit that is designed to help a person get thru a few days in event of emergency
Id go with a serrated blade , even tho I dont like the .
They are essentially , after the event , a disposable item . Repaired or replaced when the kit is gone thru afterward , same as everything else there .
A serrated blade grips more and skates less when cutting things that are harder to get that initial bite into. They have more cutting edge per inch of knife , and its by nature a partly protected edge .. for example if someone was to be using a rock as a cutting board the tips of the points will be blunted , but the knife will still cut , a plain edge would take more damage .
In a survival / emergency situation , when you have to cut webbing , rope , whatever .. it doesnt need to be pretty , it just has to be cut . A serrated blade will do that . Often enough in my experience , easier , Id almost say safer too than a plain edge .
As part of a kit , it is replaceable .. it doesnt have to be resharpened easy . It has to do its job for a few days . It has to do it effectively as possible in hands of probably unskilled users .
Key to my reasoning here is that it is part of a kit , designed to make it easier for a few days , it isnt a life long daily carry item .
For my own uses , I carry plain edges only .
Id go with a serrated blade , even tho I dont like the .
They are essentially , after the event , a disposable item . Repaired or replaced when the kit is gone thru afterward , same as everything else there .
A serrated blade grips more and skates less when cutting things that are harder to get that initial bite into. They have more cutting edge per inch of knife , and its by nature a partly protected edge .. for example if someone was to be using a rock as a cutting board the tips of the points will be blunted , but the knife will still cut , a plain edge would take more damage .
In a survival / emergency situation , when you have to cut webbing , rope , whatever .. it doesnt need to be pretty , it just has to be cut . A serrated blade will do that . Often enough in my experience , easier , Id almost say safer too than a plain edge .
As part of a kit , it is replaceable .. it doesnt have to be resharpened easy . It has to do its job for a few days . It has to do it effectively as possible in hands of probably unskilled users .
Key to my reasoning here is that it is part of a kit , designed to make it easier for a few days , it isnt a life long daily carry item .
For my own uses , I carry plain edges only .