What's the purpose of notches spaced all along a blade ?

[gazz98]

I believe they call it a blood notch. As you slice into a human, it allows blood to spray everywhere as you cackle and scream "Redrum..Redrum..."

 

[knoefz]

Are you talking about this? The thread title suggests something I've never seen so forgive me if I'm completely off topic.

Not my pics. If they are yours and would like them removed from this post, just let me know.

Those are my pics. Taken while I was making a sharpening choil in my Esee 5.
Feel free to repost them, a link to the thread they originated in would be nice
Mostly because I can seem to find that thread myself anymore

 

[abcdef]

Someone please start a funniest serration picture thread.

 

[silverds]

Those are my pics. Taken while I was making a sharpening choil in my Esee 5.
Feel free to repost them, a link to the thread they originated in would be nice
Mostly because I can seem to find that thread myself anymore

Thanks. I linked the thread in my post.

 

[eugenechia1989]

I suppose it's to make it look all bad-ass and 'tactical'. But it's difficult for me to understand the rationale for such knives because for me, knives are tools first and weapons second. I suppose it would inflict more damage to an opponent if it were an outward belly and not a recurve. But I'd worry about those cut-outs catching in my opponent's clothing, leaving me momentarily vulnerable to his attack.

 

[BladeScout]

Not big on serrations no matter the design.

As others have mentioned, that BB knife is not for me either. It looks like 'carp.'

A Bayley (without BG sig and without serrations) would be nice but not for the dough asked.
(not that Bayley cares - his books are closed and have been for some time).

 

[Alberta Ed]

There were bayonets with sawbacks issued around WWI, I believe. They were supposed to be used to saw through barbed wire fence posts. I suspect few if any were ever used for that purpose. I think some Hollywood movie designer incorporated the idea for Rambo's knife. Useless, IMHO.

 

[DocJD]

Just a different kind of serrations, than the ones most often seen but serrations none the less.

Blurb from above maker;

"a new knife but one with a part serrated blade instead of the original plain edge"

Thanks ! That's my first real lead . I guess it depends on the definition of "serration " . Certainly can't function like a Cold Steel or Spyderco type .

 

[DocJD]

There were bayonets with sawbacks issued around WWI, I believe. They were supposed to be used to saw through barbed wire fence posts. I suspect few if any were ever used for that purpose. I think some Hollywood movie designer incorporated the idea for Rambo's knife. Useless, IMHO.

Thanks ! And , yes , I have before seen various types of sawbacks that didn't look very functional on the spines . Good clue .

 

[DocJD]

I suppose it would be possible to mod those notches into more of a cutting serration , but why bother ? Still somewhat confused because this is from a supposed "award winning designer ". So WTF exactly was he thinking ? Maybe just to be different .

Thanks to all !

 

[GotSteel]

I like how they made it look like Bear Gryllis signed off on that one personally lol

 

[Hackenslash]

Once the blade dulls, as it will while slicing through the air, those grooves allow the knife to be used as a hair comb. The Ultimate, Bad Ass Grooming Tool.

 

[danbot]

Looking at some of his own designs, he seems to favor a tanto-esque style of blade design. His designs aren't really my taste, but they seem to be well executed. Then I see he has done a lot of collaborating with another maker along with Reate Knives. Maybe this is where the silliness originates?
Hopefully he didn't go and sell his design soul to Reate! It's probably very easy to lose control over a design in such collaborative arrangements and still get stuck with your name on it!

 

[DocJD]

Looking at some of his own designs, he seems to favor a tanto-esque style of blade design. His designs aren't really my taste, but they seem to be well executed. Then I see he has done a lot of collaborating with another maker along with Reate Knives. Maybe this is where the silliness originates?
Hopefully he didn't go and sell his design soul to Reate! It's probably very easy to lose control over a design in such collaborative arrangements and still get stuck with your name on it!

The other Kendrick designs I've seen seemed fine to me and that's part of my confusion with this one . If it was from some total fantasy designer , I would not even have noticed .

 

[Hickory n steel]

Ot sure why but these notches remind me of the notches is a crosscut saw, in a sa however they allow material to be carried out of your kerf so you can cut efficiently.

I guess these are just useless on a knife, and probably only for looks.

 

[bikerector]

Reminds me of the serrations of a case muskrat I noticed a little while ago, but worse than the case.

 

[EricV]

Just a different kind of serrations, than the ones most often seen but serrations none the less.

Blurb from above maker;

"a new knife but one with a part serrated blade instead of the original plain edge"

ESEE did a similar type of serration. Definitely my preferred type of serration.

 

[DocJD]

ESEE did a similar type of serration. Definitely my preferred type of serration.

Wow ! Please expand upon your experience . What knife or knives do you have with this notch serration and how do they work ? I really like to learn new things about knives . That's the purpose of the OP . Kinda turned into a bashing , but not what I intended .

 

[EricV]

They still do their serrations like that, closer spacing than Bayley does his though. I found they fit the shape of the bottom lip on most coffee mugs just about perfectly and a lot of other easy to find abrasive surfaces. Which for a beater knife made upkeep a piece of cake. The angle is maybe a bit less steep, and the lighting is washing them out a bit, but its the same idea. Pic from theknifeconnection.

His 5s shot shows it better, being a saber grind its visually closer to the Bayley. Neither is like that stupid Bad Blood thing, no idea what thats about.

 

[DocJD]

They still do their serrations like that, closer spacing than Bayley does his though. I found they fit the shape of the bottom lip on most coffee mugs just about perfectly and a lot of other easy to find abrasive surfaces. Which for a beater knife made upkeep a piece of cake. The angle is maybe a bit less steep, and the lighting is washing them out a bit, but its the same idea. Pic from theknifeconnection.

His 5s shot shows it better, being a saber grind its visually closer to the Bayley. Neither is like that stupid Bad Blood thing, no idea what thats about.

Thanks for replying ! Your pics look more like what I would consider a slicing serration that I am familiar with . The type that confuse me are more like saw teeth that make spaces in the blade (notches) but don't appear to have cutting edges themselves within the notches .