Ugly trend?

[stray]

Sorry in advance if I offend anyone, but I have looked at a lot of knives recently and am having a hard time finding ones that I really like. Lots of quality but the bulk seem to be saw-toothed tantos. While I can appreciate the mean looking aspect of them and have one (the serrations do a bangup job on my toenails) I question their value for everyday use. The one I used at work was a PITA to use with the suddenly angled blade and the grabby serrations gave me less than comfortable control. I like a large plain edged folder of the one hand type with a rounded edge profile.

Paragon makes two that look sharp and are in my price range, the xo-lite and cobra. The s&w military also caught my eye but I have decided to stay away from that line. See the post "largest auto".

Let me know what you all think. Especially if you use a serrated/tanto regularly. Nightly covert operations don't count.

 

[Mercury]

I use serrtions all the time, but I am not fond of Tanto blades for anything other then simply having around the house. Every knife I consider to carry on my person (save Pioneer) has a partially serrated blade. I know the Axis-Lock is much prettier with the plain blade, but as I have carried the Axis with me I have noticed I make sure of the serrations almost every time I cut. If it's not a job that calls for exclusive use of the serrated blade, it will be soething that I use the serrations to start a cut, then move onto the plain blade to make the clean lines I need. I don't know about the everyday use of a Tanto, but serrations have proved very useful for me.

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Robert Joseph Ansbro

If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.
-Stanley Kubrick, 1928-1999

 

[Cliff Stamp]

Stray, tanto's, serrations and just about any other aspect of knife geometry has its advantages and disadvantages. There are a lot of people who use both and pick them from a wide range of possibilities. Ron Hood for example likes a tanto point and he is not lacking for knife choices. Mike Turber like serrations and he has possibly the largest knife collection on blade forums.

-Cliff

 

[GONESAILING]

My carry knives are all plain edge. Just because I like the clean look of the plain edge blade. Rotate between a sebenza, military, axis and police. But carry a delica serrated as a money clip for the few times sawing through rope ect would be needed. Also, when not in the office, a leatherman wave on my belt for any type of edge use.
Love the mirror look of the edge pro sharpened plain edge.

Jim

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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?

 

[VideoJoe]

Stray,

As far as I'm concerned, knives is like airplanes. I've never seen one too ugly to keep.

That said there are some really purty ones out there.

While it is a tanto point, the James Brothers' Cheyenne is quite fetching:

And here's a sleek little springer from TiKnives:

Images liberated from TripleAughtDesign at:
http://www.slip.net/~velox/tactical.htm

Joe