Thoughts on plain edge vs combo edge

I specifecly bought a D'Allara with the combo edge. Why?

I can't sharpen straight edge knive :P ( off course not :jerkit: )
No, seriously. For me it's the best of both worlds. The plain edge for cutting open boxes, paper, my daily apple etc. The serrated edge for ropes, seatbelts, tubing plastics and other tuff materials that require fast or brute force to cut otherwise.
Iff i had to carry a knife for every specific task i come across each day, i would be carieing 12 knives around...

Depending on your personall use the combo edge can be perfect, but so could a plain edge, or fully serated edge. It all depends on why and how you use it, nothing more, nothing less.

I swear by it for daily carrying. But i also got full plain edged knives i love to carry. But 50/50 has my vote, for as it is more versatile for my personal surcomstances.
 
I EDC a plain edge, the Rescue stays in the truck console and doesn't ever leave unless it's on a mission.
 
ras said:
I EDC a plain edge, the Rescue stays in the truck console and doesn't ever leave unless it's on a mission.
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I think that is the way manny people think on their knives.

When you buy a knife, you buy it with a specific task in mind for it. iff you fillet fish all day, you don't need a bowie. Iff you cut gardenhoses all day you don't need a push knife. So people who buy a 50/50 do that with a specific thing in mind!, just like those who buy plain or full serrated knives.

People here are discussing wheter or not a knife should have a 50/50 blade. I think that is slightly off the point. We all buy our own specific knives for the tasks we lay ahead off them. Iff you need a straight edge to do your job, you would get that. Iff you need a full serrated edge for your type off working, you would buy that type.
The 50/50 fills in a small gap i believe for people looking to have a knife that performs good on their tasks.

Some might say "get this", or "use that". But every user is different, and has different needs, requirements and specifications for his type of knife. So even iff manny people might not like them in particulary, the 50/50 blades do fit in
todays market ( small perhaps ) off personall wishes and needs.

But then again, that's just my
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Can't stand combo edges either. I go one or the other. Serrated is dreat for cardboard until it gets dull then it's a coardboard anchor. ha ha.

I have some serrated but it's also a pain to sharpen.
 
Bufford said:
If it has plain edges then its a knife. If it has serations then its a saw.
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If I remember right from shop class 20 years ago, serrations AREN'T a saw. At least not a woodsaw; because they have no kerf. (Where the teeth lean out to the sides a little, away from each other to help keep the saw from binding).

Remember the 80's when every other knife had "saw teeth" on the back? They never worked for the same reason.
 
Serrations are great for cutting a fresh loaf of crusty Italian or ciabatta bread. I'll take a plain edge otherwise.

I've found that a good majority of people that I come across that use combo-edge blades don't know how to sharpen their knives and, in general, lack the knowledge of basic knife maintenance. They typically use the shit out of the blade until it's completely dull, and resort to using just the serrated part because it's the only part of the edge that has any sort of cutting ability.
 
I go for plain blades. I have a vew partially serrated and a fully serrated Salt 1 ( that is perfect for that knife, since rope is the primary victim.)I prefer uncoated clip or modified clip or Warncliffe blades. I do carry a Scarab Tanto some. I think that it more practical for every day use that the double edge MTs, although a have a bunch of them, (Troodon, Scarab, Makora and Ultratech). A plain edge sharpened properly (or two:>) is the best way to go unless you cut rope.
Jim
 
Most of my knives are plain edged and I perfer them that was for most tasks. However there are situations where I feel that an inch or two of serrations is highly benifical. There is nothing "wrong" with a combo edge other than the fact that you may have to alter your shapining techniques. Serrations will cut just like a straight edge for most things, yet a plain edge will not always cut like srreations do.
 
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