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

EricV · Dec 20, 2017

Yeah, kinda thought so. Wouldn't advise buying a knife from anyone who thinks thats a good idea.

woodsmanoh · Dec 20, 2017

Extra choils will make sharpening the middle of that blade by hand easier........able to get all the edge on each section super sharp.

I guess there is a knife out there for everyone but not everyone is going to like your knife....

DocJD · Dec 20, 2017

woodsmanoh said:
Extra choils will make sharpening the middle of that blade by hand easier........able to get all the edge on each section super sharp.

I guess there is a knife out there for everyone but not everyone is going to like your knife....

Are you seriously saying that those notches are there for the purpose of sharpening choils ? Well it's as good as anything I've come up with .

woodsmanoh · Dec 20, 2017

DocJD said:
Are you seriously saying that those notches are there for the purpose of sharpening choils ? Well it's as good as anything I've come up with .

Tongue and cheek comment. It sounded better than crazy mohawk shaver....It is a unique design that I would not personally own but I have seen weirder blades on display like some of the fantasy blades that will never ever be sharpened or cut anything.

bikerector · Dec 20, 2017

I am curious if the design is to actually use to saw instead of grab and slice. That was my thought when I notice the case knife serrations. They look more akin to a bow saw blade than a serrate knife blade.

BladeScout · Dec 20, 2017

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

Are you referring to my post with the BG sig on the Bayley knife blade?

If yes, the joke who is BG actually DID 'sign off personally' on the Bayley knife.

BG used a Bayley knife on TV at first but that came to a crashing halt, when it was found, that the majority of BG infatuated fans didnt have the dough asked for a Bayley knife.

I guess not many keyboard ninja teens have that kind of allowances, which would make them able to afford an expensive Bayley.

Now BG promotes the POS Gerber BG line, which most can afford.

Bayley blurb:
"This website is now pretty much dedicated to showcasing my exceptionally successful S4- survival knife. First created back in April 2007 as a collaboration with the well known adventurer Bear Grylls, the instantly recognisable Signature knife was developed. In November 2007, after extensive testing and filming in some of the world's extreme locations, Bear asked if we could go with a new knife but one with a part serrated blade instead of the original plain edge, and so the S4 was born. During the next couple of years interest in acquiring this iconic little self rescue survival knife was so incredible that in October 2009 I needed to stop offering the named knife. But after showing the knife without the insignia on its blade the demand for the renamed S4-Survival knife (model shown) became even greater and by the following August 2010 the waiting list needed to be closed off and for the foreseeable future, no back orders are being taken."

USMCPOP · Dec 20, 2017

The notches, they cut good.

gazz98 · Dec 21, 2017

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

Is that really an attempt by Case to make some serrations that are "different" from the rest? The rest of the knife is beautiful......but that edge.......geez.

panoz77 · Dec 21, 2017

CRKT has a knife with similar notches, though they are sharpened, there are little tiny sections of "blade" between the notches. CRKT Graphite, the "combo" blade, Veff Flat Top Serrations. I like the plain edged version, but not this beaver chewed blade.
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CR...06-8cr13mov-combo-blade-steel-and-g10-handles

bikerector · Dec 21, 2017

gazz98 said:
Is that really an attempt by Case to make some serrations that are "different" from the rest? The rest of the knife is beautiful......but that edge.......geez.

My initial impression was "that blade is badly chipped... oh... they made it that way?" Looks like someone just tried to use their case to baton through some rebar.

Dr Heelhook · Dec 21, 2017

I think it's safe to establish that that design feature really isn't a wide spread thing in the knife industry at all. Have you seen it on any other design than that Bad Blood piece? No specific reasons for those notches is given in the description of that knife and I can't really see any practical function for them. If you think the knife looks cool, you can get it OR you could shun it like the plague, the choice is yours.

DocJD · Dec 21, 2017

Dr Heelhook said:
I think it's safe to establish that that design feature really isn't a wide spread thing in the knife industry at all. Have you seen it on any other design than that Bad Blood piece? No specific reasons for those notches is given in the description of that knife and I can't really see any practical function for them. If you think the knife looks cool, you can get it OR you could shun it like the plague, the choice is yours.

Sure ! Or maybe I'll take a trash knife and file some choil type notches spaced along the blade and do some experimental cutting .

I'mSoSharp · Dec 21, 2017

Serrations/ notches are a simple way of getting a longer cutting edge on a blade, so essentially you get more for your money.

danbot · Dec 21, 2017

I'mSoSharp said:
Serrations are a simple way of getting a longer cutting edge on a blade.

So, notches are a simple way of getting a shorter edge on a blade?

I'mSoSharp · Dec 21, 2017

danbot said:
So, notches are a simple way of getting a shorter edge on a blade?

Sorry edited that while you were quoting it

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I don't like serrations/ notches & it was tonge in cheek, but it's true nevertheless, the cutting edge is longer.

katanas · Dec 21, 2017

I believe the CRKT above is in the wrong thread. Wasn't there a thread recently about the UGLIEST knife?

I think that CRKT is in the finals.

DocJD · Dec 21, 2017

I find fully SE blades to be useful sometimes although sharpening is a PITA . Notches , I don't even understand !

Dr Heelhook · Dec 22, 2017

bikerector said:
I am curious if the design is to actually use to saw instead of grab and slice. That was my thought when I notice the case knife serrations. They look more akin to a bow saw blade than a serrate knife blade.

A saw blade is a completely different thing than a serrated knife blade, regardless of the shape of the serrations. A knife blade, serrated or not, is beveled, which means that the spine will be thicker than the edge and will never be able to pass through the gap that the edge cuts, if you want to go through a solid hard material. A saw works the opposite way, where you have relatively thin bladestock + teeth that are flared to the sides to cut a gash that is wider than the thickness of the spine. Because of this you can generally not saw through, say a piece of wood with a serrated knife, you can at the most cut a notch in it.

Maybe this is common knowledge to most people here, but I figured I'd explain the difference, since some people seem to sometimes mix up the concepts of serrations vs saw teeth.

Blacplastik · Dec 22, 2017

So what are the positives of serrations on a knife other then it being able to cut a longer amount of time before sharpening?
What can it do that a plain edge knife can't.

danbot · Dec 22, 2017

Blacplastik said:
So what are the positives of serrations on a knife other then it being able to cut a longer amount of time before sharpening?
What can it do that a plain edge knife can't.

That's really a conversation for a different thread.
This thread is about the utterly useless notches spaced out along the cutting edge of the knife in the OP.