Why do companies keep making these serrated edge when they clearly don't sell as well

Phillip Dobson said:
Benchmade simply made a mistake on that run. The should have raised the PE/CE ratio to something like 3/1. They also should have charged much more. They pretty much just gave the people that bought the knives first an extra $100 cash. The low price, (that was immediately jacked up), benefited no one but the re-sellers. That was a dumb move by Benchmade.
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I cannot agree more with you, at the same time I am glad they screwed up...:D

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I love spyderco's SE knives. And to be honest if the blade is long enough a combo edge isnt that bad. Such as on the spyderco military for example:

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I use my knife at work everyday, it is a Partialy serrated Kershaw Leek. The serrations work mutch better on tasks such as cutting rope, sawing cardboard, stripping wire, etc...
 
I like Plain Edge a lot, but I'm slowly getting sold on serrated. I think one
day I will try the Spyderedge.
 
knifezoid said:
I like Plain Edge a lot, but I'm slowly getting sold on serrated. I think one
day I will try the Spyderedge.
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DO IT! You have my word that you will not be disappointed. Ill buy it off of ya if you dont like it! Just be sure to get a saber/hollow ground one! I love the ones on the para and such, they just dont hold up as well as say VG-10 SE Rescue or Delica.
 
Cheap serrated Ginsu knives are the most successful set of kitchen cutlery to ever sell.

My parents have some from the 1970's and they still cut good enough to use for most people's kitchen needs.
 
I think the reason that the masses prefer a CE is that they do not maintain their knives at all, and a serrated knife still works quite well when dull.
 
I like the combo edge blades for fishing/camping. The serrated edge is used for cutting paracord. rope, and heavy lb. test mono, while the plain portion is for cutting bait. For hunting I use a plain edge blade only. Actually the combo edge was my preference in knives (still is for certain tasks) when I first started buying "decent" knives and I was surprised by the amount of guys on the forum that didn't like them. I've scored some great deals on the sales/trade forum here. Guess the crowd thins for the combo stuff:D
 
cdhumiston said:
I use my knife at work everyday, it is a Partialy serrated Kershaw Leek. The serrations work mutch better on tasks such as cutting rope, sawing cardboard, stripping wire, etc...
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You can cut rope, cardboard, and strip wire with a plain edge as well. A sharp plain edge blade can do anything a serrated edge can do, though a little slower for certain tasks. However, the converse is not true.
 
cotdt said:
You can cut rope, cardboard, and strip wire with a plain edge as well. A sharp plain edge blade can do anything a serrated edge can do, though a little slower for certain tasks. However, the converse is not true.
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Sorry, you have obviously not used a PE in really tough conditions. A PE will do all those tasks, but not as long or as efficiently as an SE. A PE will crap out before a SE when cutting heavy straps and ropes impregnated with dirt, oil and grease. A PE will crap out sooner when cutting heavy plastic wrap and banding. A PE will crap out sooner when cutting heavy (1/2" thick or thicker) honeycombed cardboard. I have cut welding cables and magnetic crane cables with an SE easily. Even though the cables are thick, they are comprised of many small strands of copper. The PE blade stopped at half way through. Anything you can do with a plain edge can be done with an SE if you know how to use it. It will not be as clean and neat, but it will do it. They are also very easy to sharpen with a little practice. I have used PE blades in many great steels, but in the long run they do not out cut SE blades in good to premium steels. The only task I would not consider using an SE for would be cutting competitions or woodworking.
 
SOLEIL said:
Sorry, you have obviously not used a PE in really tough conditions. A PE will do all those tasks, but not as long or as efficiently as an SE. A PE will crap out before a SE when cutting heavy straps and ropes impregnated with dirt, oil and grease. A PE will crap out sooner when cutting heavy plastic wrap and banding. A PE will crap out sooner when cutting heavy (1/2" thick or thicker) honeycombed cardboard. I have cut welding cables and magnetic crane cables with an SE easily. Even though the cables are thick, they are comprised of many small strands of copper. The PE blade stopped at half way through. Anything you can do with a plain edge can be done with an SE if you know how to use it. It will not be as clean and neat, but it will do it. They are also very easy to sharpen with a little practice. I have used PE blades in many great steels, but in the long run they do not out cut SE blades in good to premium steels. The only task I would not consider using an SE for would be cutting competitions or woodworking.
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Sure, SE does those tasks better because it doesn't need as much edge retention to do the task. But PE blades are no slouch either. If you're going to be getting copper cables and ropes all day, you would be better served with special shears rather than a knife anyway. For EDC tasks, PE blades can cut whatever SE blades can, whereas SE blades basically only give you 1.5" inches of knife for a lot of tasks as the serrations eat up half the blade.
 
I think it comes down to Personal Preference, SE, CE or Plain edge. :)

I own 2 CE knives, all the rest are PE.
 
cotdt said:
For EDC tasks, PE blades can cut whatever SE blades can, whereas SE blades basically only give you 1.5" inches of knife for a lot of tasks as the serrations eat up half the blade.
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Honestly, I have never found and EDC task that was hampered by a partially serrated blade. Opening packages? Preping food? Cutting tape or rope? What do all of you PE fantatic do with your knives for which a combo edge is such a handicap? Please explain it to me, because I just don't see the problem.

I have CE on every one of my EDC knives where that is an option as I prefer them. I find them to work as well or better than a PE for every task I ask of them on a daily basis. :thumbup:
 
mdauben said:
Honestly, I have never found and EDC task that was hampered by a partially serrated blade. Opening packages? Preping food? Cutting tape or rope? What do all of you PE fantatic do with your knives for which a combo edge is such a handicap? Please explain it to me, because I just don't see the problem.

I have CE on every one of my EDC knives where that is an option as I prefer them. I find them to work as well or better than a PE for every task I ask of them on a daily basis. :thumbup:
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I debark trees. The serrations don't slice into the bark as well, they don't push cut well in general. I need a full 3.5" inches of blade for the task, and the CE blades only give me 1.5" inches. Had to get the CE model because the PE model sold out. I will never buy CE blades ever again.

Even for small tasks like boxcutting/rope/food, PE blades have double the edge retention, because you have double the blade length.
 
I vastly perfer PE on most my Spydercos, but I do have a few SE and combo that I think complement the look of that particular model. Such as this SS Native and Scorpius.
I often get a deal on these off EBay because they go lower than the PE.
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Another great deal I got was this NIB Ti ATR for around 166.00. I admit I got lucky on this one as I've seen the same go way higher, but in PE it never would have went so low.
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The SS serrated ATR was a whole lot cheaper than it's PE counterpart shown with it, too. So yeah I will buy a SE, or combo at times if the savings is there.:D
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But, don't you think a lot of the serrated edge popularly stems from the people that buy them as weapons, not tools? When Spyderco first started making fully serrated blades available my Dad said a lot of people hyped (and the many other brands that followed suit) them as a superior defensive blade. Now we know that probably isn't so a PE can do as much damage as a SE. But, a lot of the not so educated on cuterly people buying knives probably are drawn to the SE because it looks so intimidating.
 
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