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Permalink Reply by Halicon on April 22, 2011 at 6:19

I never use a serrated edge, don't have a single knife in my home with it except an old bread knife from 1970-something.

 

All my needs in the forest is met with my "Chopper" and a smaller companion knife. Serrations break down faster, can't be polished with stones unless you cut them up and lacquer them, and as they wear they tear off seriously large sections of steel compared to a normal edge.

 

Batoning through a log with a serrated blade is an awkward process too.

 

May I ask how it came that you couldn't cut in the wood with the plane section of the knife? The edge can slide a bit on wet and sappy woods but I have never experienced any type of wood that I can't cut with a regular blade. Perhaps your edge geometry were off? It's always easier to saw through fibrous material than it is to cut, especially considering that most knife serrations have a flat(ish) back which makes it enter from a smaller angle into the wood compared to double bevels/convex

 

 

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Permalink Reply by stephen tungate on April 22, 2011 at 10:47

halicon your right but at this time i should have sharpen the knife before hand. but i did'ent so i was able to use the serration's like a small saw it worked is all i can say .and i'm glad it did.i know some people do not like a serrated blade but i do it has helped me on more than one occasion. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on April 22, 2011 at 11:39

That's a good explanation on that serrated edge Halicon. 

Halicon said:

I never use a serrated edge, don't have a single knife in my home with it except an old bread knife from 1970-something.

 

All my needs in the forest is met with my "Chopper" and a smaller companion knife. Serrations break down faster, can't be polished with stones unless you cut them up and lacquer them, and as they wear they tear off seriously large sections of steel compared to a normal edge.

 

Batoning through a log with a serrated blade is an awkward process too.

 

May I ask how it came that you couldn't cut in the wood with the plane section of the knife? The edge can slide a bit on wet and sappy woods but I have never experienced any type of wood that I can't cut with a regular blade. Perhaps your edge geometry were off? It's always easier to saw through fibrous material than it is to cut, especially considering that most knife serrations have a flat(ish) back which makes it enter from a smaller angle into the wood compared to double bevels/convex

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on April 22, 2011 at 11:41

Stephen, Because I use a chain saw about everyday I use a chain saw sharpening file to keep that serrated edge sharp and that works for me. Most any knife I carry must have function and be sharp so I'll carry either one.

stephen tungate said:

halicon your right but at this time i should have sharpen the knife before hand. but i did'ent so i was able to use the serration's like a small saw it worked is all i can say .and i'm glad it did.i know some people do not like a serrated blade but i do it has helped me on more than one occasion. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Halicon on April 22, 2011 at 11:48

Ah, yes I see. I thought so because it just didn't make sense how you could fire up such a wet wood that a regular edge would slide on it :)

 

It's entirely something up to each persons tastes, mine are for the regular blades and instead of serrations I would bring a folding saw of the like (because I can sharpen them! lol). I would say that 90% of the reason why I don't purchase serrated blades is because of the radical change in sharpening techniques, I have a big collection of polishing stones and I love to use them without having to cut them up.

 

I'm an odd one though :)

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Robert Burris on April 22, 2011 at 11:54

I agree with Halicon and Hog. I don't own a serrated knife and don't want one. If I want something with a serrated edge I'll use a saw. Stephen, if you are having trouble sharpening a knife? Practice!

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Permalink Reply by stephen tungate on April 22, 2011 at 12:43

thanks guys for your feed back that is what's so good about this site you learn something new everday.i did not know that it chiped and you had all that trouble.because i dont use the same knife all the time,i will use one for a while and buy another so i never had the problem's that you guys talk about.

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Permalink Reply by Halicon on April 22, 2011 at 15:26

Don, I preferred that way too when I was younger but the species here in Sweden are so insanely springy that you literally fly away as if it was a trampoline. And if it's not that the wood is frozen solid and you end up with a sore foot, ahh the good old days of bandaged feet and twigs bent 360 degrees before you furiously manage to snap it while falling down lol

Did I ever mention that I hate the weather in Sweden? :)

 

They make really nice whips though, always fun to gang up on the first one to fall asleep at the camp. I have thought about drugging the water supply more than once just to get a good nights rest, but the next time you end up assaulting some poor guy anyway having completely forgotten how you hate the payback when you fall asleep yourself.

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