What are your opinions on partially serrated blades?

[Sonnydaze]

Either full serrated or none...sorta like being half-pregnant.
They do work okay, but you'll have a terrible time trying to sell one on the Exchange.

 

[TravisH]

Don't like combo blades. For me, they just don't work. So it's either Plain or Fully Serrated for me.

 

[TravisH]

I don't like them. I like either full serrations or none. The exception would be the Spyderco Native. The Native with a "combo" edge is actually almost all serrated with only about 3/4" of the tip being plain edge. This is perfect, and what I want if I get "full serrations".

Damn man, I can't believe I missed that knife as I was shopping through their stuff before I made this post. That thing looks like it would be perfect for me. I dislike the fact that Delicas do not have a finger choil underneath the blade, but the Native looks awesome and I like the combination blade as well- thank you so much for pointing it out.

Actually, the blade with the "3/4" tip being plain" IS the fully serrated Native.

Here are the versions of the Native 5 LW in PE, PS, SE ...

And the Native in PE and SE ...

 

[Wolverine666]

I like partially serrated blades. Although most of my favorite knives are plain edge.

 

[rick melear]

Never liked the look, but one day I bought a ps Military and loved it. It served me well for a few years then I lost it. Replaced it with a ps Endura and hated it. I'm sure that helps😄😄😉

 

[JD Spydo]

I like them on Endura and Millie size blades. My preference is a PE and a SE H1 LBHB. I agree with The Gringo that a nice PE tip make the knife SO much better. I no longer own Emerson knives but on their Commander (or any recurve) the serrations hit right in the sweet spot and really add to the utility

I also had an Endura that was CE and I was doing some landscaping at the time and I found it to be extremely useful. Now don't get me wrong because like a few others here have said that they would rather have PE or SE. I also still have a Benchmade Boguszewski Spike 640 model with a combo edge and I also find it very useful on most EDC cutting chores.

I've had some other Spyders with combo edged blades that I used for a while and had decent luck with them. Now CE blades are not my preference by any means but they do serve a purpose for certain cutting jobs.

I'm aware that there is an issue with sharpening CE blades and many people curse them because they find them to be annoying to sharpen. But if you take your time and do the plain edge part first I've never had a problem sharpening any of them.