Why no V ground serrations?

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Why is it that Spyderco doesn't produce serrations that are V ground? Is it too expensive? Most people wouldn't be interested in it?

Why for that matter doesn't anyone make these?

It seems to me that V ground serrations wouldn't be such a bad idea but maybe I'm missing something.
 
The only knife I've seen with V-ground serrations was made by Meyerco, it was the rascal if I remember right. The edge seemed like it was too thick to cut effectively.


Chris
 
Originally posted by dialex
What's a V ground serration?
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Where the serrations would be ground evenly on both sides and not just the one side as typically seen on knives today.
 
I have a feeling that it has something to do with the strength of the tips of the serrations. A "V-grind" might make 'em too weak, and more prone to breakage.
 
I agree with glockman. I think that it has something to do with strength. And really the "teeth" of the serration are making the cut so if you have stronger than that should work as well. As least it makes sense in my addled brain.
Jyork
 
Primarily because it requires going through the serrator twice with separate tooling for each side, and the resulting performance is not much different. If you prefer the thicker "V" grind, We recommend that you sharpen your serrated edge on both sides with a Sharpmaker. After two or three sharpenings, you will have the "V" grind at the edge with the resulting thicker "tooth". performance will still be excellent.

sal
 
Well lets see if I can explain this well...

I have a CRKT M-16FD.It has serrations on the last inch and a half or so.On the left side they look like most others serrations,BUT on the right side where all others I've seen are flat,this one has been ground,not each serration,but as if the whole side was ground like the plain egde.

Like if you took a 50/50 Endrua and when you ground the plain edge on the right side you did not stop at the serration but went all the way across the serrations.

I really don't notice much if any differance in cutting,and I would not bother changing any of my Spyderco's to this style,they work just fine;) .
 
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