Thread: Knives with both serated and smooth blades.

that , dear readers , is a steak knife

Only for tough steak.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Only for tough steak.

what is that???? we only have the very best these days..any cut that is not prime gets minced LOL...

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

hunting n fishing are giving away a gerber with just that blade AGAIN this year...I had two..gave one to mate for his SAR pack and I kept the other but ground out the serations...I BELIEVE it has its origins in rescue work as they are awesome for the likes of seatbelts or rope..I have added them with a chainsaw file to cheap knife years back for just that reason..but agree for normal work you just have shorter usable blade.

hah after giving a baler driver a hand remove nearly a complete round bale using one what an exercise in bloody frustration- a hour of damn hard yakka cutting it out in pieces - for the farming types what had happened was the kicker had somehow got in front of the bale instead of lying flat underneath it - and that baler we could not use a strop to get it out as we normally would

they do sharpen up ok once you get rid of the steep shoulders and make edge longer so to speak....

what we used to carry meat hunting in velvet season was half a hack saw blade from a big workshop type reciprocating hack saw - some tape around one end as a handle and some bike tube as a sheath it took velvet of really nicely - used to make a bit of money from a decent velvet - bloody pity we could not get those days back $1 a pound for a deer- velvet cant remember it went in grades but $50-100 and more was possible from memory - so head shot with velvet damn worth the effort -

The base of your blade does the hard work ( cutting tendons over bones as an exemples) , so a serrated blade makes perfect sense for the task.you don’t dull the inside of the sedations while going over the bone and it remians sharp.
The rest of the blade being used for the more delicate, sharp work.
I used one every day at work and have no issues with it.
And no serrations are not that hard to sharpen if you have the right shape stones or files.

Originally Posted by Dicko

Most blokes struggle to sharpen a serrated blade is another thing.

This.
The extra hassle around sharpening is a pain in the arse.

Serrated blades are for the kitchen drawer !
I call them pre chipped blades.

Originally Posted by Moutere

This.
The extra hassle around sharpening is a pain in the arse.

For what I use my EDC for I haven't found the serrations ever needed sharpening. They don't cut, they hack.

And as for the Spyderco. It will cut through anything...

thats the one shearer.....the tip bit can be got rather sharp if take the shoulders down a lot.... good knives but the serated bits do take a bit of getting used to on game...I use it as a shorter blade and that bit doesnt do any cutting other than crappy stuff I dont want to damage edge...funnily enough thats how all my blades are treated the first inch gets used for shitty cutting and tip used for most stuff.

i have an unused cold steel folder if interested. non serrated

The half serrated knife is a general purpose style work knife - if you know what you're about the serrated section is a weapon. Certain types of loaded straps will explode with one slice, very very useful around boats and water activities. Not so useful where you need finer edges though.

My work knife I used for many years diving was a Victorinox factory second serrated dive knife - they had overcut the serrations something wicked and it was a serious saw of a knife. 3/16 chainsaw file if I recall the size right, with a rub down the flat side to bring the thing up to danger close sharp. Someone grabbed it and used it to cut through a 6mm steel wire rope, the bastard - took a bit of work to get it back to the same level sharp after that I can tell you but it did the job bloody quickly. You can't cut that with a straight edged blade.

Serrated blades are for bread and seatbelts