Wondering about partially serrated blades

[underaged!]

Are there any knives out there that have the serrations at the belly of the blade?

It seems to me like it would be most useful to me there because my slice type cuts, are typically at the belly, while my push cuts are generally near the heel. I think the blade would look really wierd but may be more practicle.

What are your thoughts?

 

[scottdaniels13]

The BM 710HSSR I have has the serrations on the recurve.....

 

[Knifeclerk]

It seems to me like it would be most useful to me there because my slice type cuts, are typically at the belly, while my push cuts are generally near the heel.
What are your thoughts?

It sounds to me like your grip is not as good as it could be. You end up losing a lot of strength if you don't bend your wrist at all. Try leaning it forward as if you just made a cast with a fishing rod. I think that you will find that you are cutting exactly the opposite way that you described. If that doesn't make sence (and it may not, it's pretty late over here) think about it as keeping the spine of the blade parallel to your forarm.
I think you will appreciate this grip much more and find half serrated knives more usefull.
-KC

 

[STR]

This is a good point. I've often wondered why you couldn't have the option of serrations closer to the tip instead of the belly or heel. For some cuts like sharpening a pencil the serrations get in the way so you have to do that with the tip of the blade. Same for whittling. For ripping open bags and boxes most of the time you only use the tip anyway because you don't want to cut what is inside so serrations there seems to make sense.

 

[James Muehlner]

The Victorinox Trailmaster has serrations like you describe. There may be others.

 

[Jeff Clark]

I posed the same question a few years ago. Often the serrations are represented as being more effective for self defense. If you slash with a knife the belly of the blade does all the work so that is where the partitial serrations should be.

All that said, partial serrations near the base can be useful for sawing through very tough material like wire. When you do push cuts with the belly of the blade it helps to choke up and hold the blade rather that the handle for light work or push the back of the blade with your off-hand for heavier work.

For me the best place to have serrations is on somebody else's knife.

 

[dialex]

There was a batch of Spyderco Police knives with the serrations near the tip.