Serrations?

I use my serrated Spyderco Pacific Salt as my yard work knife. The serrations are extremely effective and the steel being rustproof makes cleaning up afterwards much easier. It's also a good size for that sort of thing. Have used it to cut through roots, roof shingles, and pretty much everything else. I find it easy to maintain on the sharpmaker.
 
Count me firmly on the "No serrations" side. I can sharpen a knife quite well and don't have any issues with any materials that some folks are saying are best cut with serrations. Cloth, rope, vines, and so on? Not an issue with a plain edge sharpened by someone who has even a passing familiarity with it.
 
After sharpening Spyderco’s serrations on my Sharpmaker, I find they cut better than when new. This is because the points get slightly rounded over, which cuts down on them snagging in the cut. The trick is to sharpen by pushing as well as pulling past the corners of the rods. This gets both sides of each scallop sharp.
 
I don't like serrations very much but I understand they are better suited for tactical, emergency or rescue knives, that might need to cut security belts, ropes and canvas. Serrated blades have better edge retention for these tasks, I think partial serration are there to help in that way, I don't see much uses to it in a EDC knife because most of the time I need clean cuts and need to whittle some other a plain edge works better for me in general uses.
 
Disadvantage is they look weird in my opinion and are hard to sharpen. They also catch on things when you might not want them to. Just my mileage. I have 0 blades with serrations however I would choose full serrated over a partial serrated any day if it came to that.
 
I’d like to try a backwards partially serated knife. Put the straight edge near the ricasso and the serrations on the belly and up to the tip.
 
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Josh1973 said:
Call me crazy. But I prefer a fully serrated knife 80% of the time.
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:) You are CRAZY (you asked for it ) ! ;)

:p Me too . Well ...more like maybe 50% of the time . :rolleyes:

I usually carry a PE along with a fully SE . So that's 50/50 . :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
lonestar1979 said:
Cold steel serrations are best but when theyre sharp,after they get dull are impossible to sharpen
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Not "impossible " but certainly a PITA ! Lansky makes a special small "dog bone " sharpener for CS serrations , but not fun to use IMO .

I much prefer the Spyderco type serrations on a real working knife . Easier to sharpen by far ! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Quiet said:
Count me firmly on the "No serrations" side. I can sharpen a knife quite well and don't have any issues with any materials that some folks are saying are best cut with serrations. Cloth, rope, vines, and so on? Not an issue with a plain edge sharpened by someone who has even a passing familiarity with it.
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Yeah come landscaping with me and open 100 bags of mulch a day and cut vines for 8 hours and see how long a non serrated knife will stay sharp. It won't. I do not have time to sharpen and Steel a blade at work 5 or 6 times a day. Count me firmly on the full serrated side.
 
Serrated blades have their place. If someone had to frequently cut plastic straps, zip ties, etc then a good serrated edge would come in handy. Actually, I could use another serrated blade in my small collection.
 
JParanee said:
I never really cared for serrations but in the world of spearfishing they are king





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Not just spearfishing, anything aquatic where entanglement might be a death sentence.

Same with rescue from a seatbelt or cutting just about any other manmade fiber or dense material.

Try cutting 8-12mm rope with a sharp plain Edge, vs a serrated one. Night and day and that can equal life or death.
 
Fishing, cutting out gills, cutting up chum / bait, sailing / boating, surfing, etc

I've recently bought a couple of the Dexter 3.5" serrated net knife and I'm leaving one on my buddy's boat for both utility and safety.

Serrations also make short work of cardboard and plastic clamshell packaging, which seems to be everyone's EDC requirement.

A plain Edge Wharncliffe does also, but this is due to a specialized geometry.

Compare a Spyderco Salt 2 or Pacific salt.
Both avail in plain and serrated edge.

They excel in different areas, for different tasks. Having said that, there's nothing I can think of that the PE can cut that the SE can't... But the opposite isn't true.
 
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