Update on Endura 98 and a big dirty carpet!

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I have been helping my parents remove some carpeting from the main lounge. The room is about 6 by 8 Metres. The carpet was a blue, thick pile job. It was over 15 years old! Well I have just cut the carpet into a number of sections, so the carpet can come out with ease. I have estimated that I have made well over 20m of cuts into this tough carpet. The carpet had a thick and very fibreus/strong hessian backing.

The knife chosen to do this work was my ATS-55 fully serrated Endura. After a lot of cutting I have just inspected the edge on this knife. The teeth show some slight dull spots where the knife was ripped through the material (it was old and VERY VERY VERY! GRITTY
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) The knife cuts right now as well as it did at the beginning of the job. It cuts through with very little effort. It was quite funny to watch my dad us a Snaley knife and struggle to cut 1cm at a time, while I cut over a foot with less effort in less time. He tried it and was amazed that any pocket knife could cut like this. I tried my Starmate and Military on a section thrown on the skip. Both are plain edge, but VERY sharp. Both cut the carpet, but struggled in comparison. A fully serrated knife is the business for this! I am very pleased with the performace of this knife overall.

Inside the curves showed no sign of wear. THe only reason the tips show wear, is mainly my fault. I literaly ripped the knife through the carpet, rather than cutting through. The knife was so sharp, it let me do this lazy shortcut! ATS-55 really has impresed me this time. Dirty carpet is a bear on any sharp knife.


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General,

Thanks for the great report. That is impressive performance indeed.

I look even more forward now to trying out my serrated Police stainless model when it arrives (currently on order).

Cheers, Jeff/1911.
 
Don't forget, you can send that bad boy back to Spyderco HQ and they'll put a factory-fresh edge on it for free!
 
Yep, I could
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But serrations are so easy to do, I could have the knife perfect in under ten mins.

I think I am the only person here, that finds serrations more simple to sharpen than a plain edge!

I don't think Spyderco does serrations either? BM don't.

Then again, Spyderco are a MUCH better company!

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General,

I'm pretty sure that Spyderco sharpens serrations for free just like their plain edges. I believe this offer apply's to ANY of their knives.

So, what is your technique w/ Spyderedge serrations and the Sharpmaker? Do you use the "alternating strokes on the corners of the white stone" technique... or the "three on the ground side, then one on the other side (to remove the burr)" techniqe, or some other?

Please, what is your secret?

Jeff/1911.
 
General:
I like using my fully serrated Endura '98 for a lot of "rough cutting" when I don't want to "mess up" another knife. Although it's sort of my "beater" knife, it holds up remarkably, and is also a "beater knife" that you can be proud to carry and use.
Jim
 
What I normally do, is use the corner on the white stone till the burr forms on the otherside, then I run the opposite edge (flat side) down three times and then use the three/four then one method as Sal recommends.

Otherwise I remove the bur by free hand. This means I form a 2-3 degree angle on the other side, but I now find the 3-4 then 1 once an even burr is formed works a treat. It keeps my serrated blades razor sharp and avoids unsightly marks on the chisel side.

I work slowly and make sure each serration gets a full pass. With a slightly dull edge it takes about 5 mins to get the edge perfect. The tips of the serrations sometimes need a little work individualy to get them needle sharp, but that is more often when the blade is very dull or my parents have been cutting hard on a ceramic plate...
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General,

Thank you for the detailed description of your technique. This shall prove most useful to me.

Cheers, Jeff/1911.
 
Anytime! Glad I could help you.

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Wayne.
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ANY Serrated Endura, ANY STEEL performs like that. I have cut many houses worth of carpet, cardboard, a beer can for a gasoline funnel, my thumb, steak, rope, towels, sea belt, whatever. Casing for a door....

Long live the Pre 98 Endura as well!
 
I have just spent a couple of mins giving my Endura a quick touch up. The white stones worked a treat, no dull spots now, even though they were very minor to start with.
I then gave it a clean with a pipe cleaner and polished the blade with some Chrome cleaner. A drop of Militech-1 in the pivot and it is smooth as a baby's...
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My dad was VERY impressed with the performance of this fantastic and lets face it not very expensive knife.

I am waiting a little bit for the thick coating of Marine Sentry Tuf Cloth to dry and it will then go back on the shelf.

I carried this knife for most of the last three years as a daily carry. Not perhaps the best EDC, but one hell of a scary knife. I now want a serrated Military...

This Endura was my first Spyderco and if I am honest, It gets used HARD. No babying this knife. It has yet to let me down.

My first and NOT my last!

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Wayne.
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Originally posted by James Y:
General:
I like using my fully serrated Endura '98 for a lot of "rough cutting" when I don't want to "mess up" another knife. Although it's sort of my "beater" knife, it holds up remarkably, and is also a "beater knife" that you can be proud to carry and use.


Never a truer word was spoken! I really want a plain edge model now as well. I just hope they bring one out in the blue handle!



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