I have been looking for a while to try to find a fixed blade that is fully serrated, or mostly serrated single edged knife. besides the spyderco jumpmasters or the aqua salts, does anyone know who might make one? I would prefer a 6 to 7 inch blade.
fully or mostly serrated fixed blade?
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There are smaller fixed blades like that, but I'm not aware of any 6+ inch fixed blades that are primarily serrated?
Why this particular unusual design?
Why this particular unusual design?
lemaymiami
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I believe you'll be able to find fully serrated blades at one or another commercial fishing supply outfit. I know they're favored up in the northeast by guys doing lots of chunking. The better quality ones that I'm familiar with are by Dexter Russell and come in fixed blade sizes, from small up to about 12". Myself, I prefer regular blades with Forschner being my first choice for boning blades all the way up to large scimitars.
None of these are the kind of blade you'll find hunters carrying (although they certainly have a place in any professional butchering operation).
None of these are the kind of blade you'll find hunters carrying (although they certainly have a place in any professional butchering operation).
Thanks for the replies, Why this unusual design?... just looking for another knife to add to my collection. I guess if I was to justify it I would be thinking along the lines of a serrated blade cutting longer without needing sharpening should i ever be in that situation.
You'll need to order a custom if you want a thickness greater than 2/16th.
Small high end manufacturer or a custom maker.
Large companies don't usually come up with custom orders since reprogramming machines and interrupting production isn't cost effective less than a hundred pieces.
Check with the smaller manufactureres.
Large companies don't usually come up with custom orders since reprogramming machines and interrupting production isn't cost effective less than a hundred pieces.
Check with the smaller manufactureres.
rcmodel
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But just wait till you do have to sharpen it eventually!!
You can't ever make it like new, or close to that sharp again.
The other bad thing is, they won't cut in a straight line.
Slicing meat, bread, veggies, skinning, or anything else just won't work right.
Serrated blades certainly have a place in the grand scheme of things.
A partially serrated blade can be used to saw through things like rope & vines, and still be a knife when you want to slice & dice.
It's a much better option.
That is why everyone makes them that way.
BTW: I have one Spyderco Delica fully serrated knife.
And it is pretty close to the most useless knife I own.
Not even good for cleaning your fingernails.
If I hadn't have bought it at a gun show for $10 bucks, I wouldn't have bought it at all.
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earplug
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Closeto our GERBER bread knife. Its does Bagels.
I will agree with the serrated delica, does not do fingernails very well, the tasman salt works great though. As far as sharpening the serrations, your correct, i will most likely never get them factory sharp again, but i find that a 30 degree on the beveled side and 17 on the other with a lansky sharpener brings them back to a very useful edge.
do you have any suggestions of smaller manufacturers that might do it.
do you have any suggestions of smaller manufacturers that might do it.
Piraticalbob
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SOG Pentagon is a dagger, one of the 5" edges is serrated.
lemaymiami
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Here's a sample of one of those Dexter Russell serated knives... They're pretty good for really rough work (cutting through frozen fish or right across any small fish, bones and all...)
http://www.srmo.com/Merchant2/merch...D312104&Category_Code=KNIVES&Product_Count=15
They're relatively cheap compared to traditional fish blades....
http://www.srmo.com/Merchant2/merch...D312104&Category_Code=KNIVES&Product_Count=15
They're relatively cheap compared to traditional fish blades....
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I have never had to cut or stab anyone, but I have had to cut several THINGS in emergencies. In all cases I used the serrations to quickly saw through things like a dog leash (he was choking) a rope and my shirt when it got tangled up in rappelling gear 30 feet off the ground. Serrations can save your life and I will not carry a knife without partial serrations.
Funny, my early Spydercos cut in a straight line just fine. They musta done something strange over the years to make them not.
Once again thanks for all the replies and help in this matter to all who responded. I have sent emails to Ontario, Camillus, Sog, Buck, and Topps. Ontario was a no, but thats the only one i have heard back from. Does anyone have any other suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. I had a Sog pentagon a few years ago, nice knife, but double edged and no guard were its downfalls to me.
rc, I sharpen knives for a living and a good sharpener can make them at least as good as, if not better than, new. I probably sharpen 15-20 serrated knives a week, ever one I sharpen has made the owner very happy.
Jim Watson
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The problem I have with partly serrated knife blades is that when cutting rope or cardboard I tend to run out of serrations before I run out of stuff to cut.
I would like to see a two-bladed folding knife, one straight edge, one serrated.
Make it like a Muskrat with a blade on each end and a pocket clip. You would soon learn which blade was first up as you drew it.
The Spyderco Dyad was set up that way, but handling qualities were not good, having to hold around the closed hump-back blade was uncomfortable.
I would like to see a two-bladed folding knife, one straight edge, one serrated.
Make it like a Muskrat with a blade on each end and a pocket clip. You would soon learn which blade was first up as you drew it.
The Spyderco Dyad was set up that way, but handling qualities were not good, having to hold around the closed hump-back blade was uncomfortable.
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