Pale Rider
Expert
I'm no expert, just my experience...
Steel is 1095, going to try and answer our other questions based on my experience.
"How do you like them for everyday use?"
- I have them on most of my knives, not just for rope or cord cutting but in my experience they don't dull very easy. I think the big craze with them being added to knives was to reduce sharpening for those of us with less than apt skills at sharpening. I like them too because they tear through things pretty well, from cardboard to small pieces of wood and fabric. Regardless if you are in a field situation (including long day at work etc) your knife will become dull, when mine does those serrations come in handy.
"Do they hamper regular cutting chores?"
- Not usually but each knife is different (see pic below) I've never had an issue with the Seal Pup (middle) or the Rat-3 (right) but Benchmade (left) has given me a few issues because the serrations are recessed further on the blade than the cutting edge.
"How do you re-sharpen them?"
- A diamond sharpener will do, I also have a stone (from a kit) that is turned on its edge (90 degrees) and use that with good results. As stated above though, mine have rarely needed re-sharpening.
OK, I'm posting a picture to show some different serrations. As you'll see the Rat-3 is drastically different than the other two knives, instead of "peaks and valleys" of different sizes they are all the same. Because of this the serrations have very distinct and sharp points (tap them on your thumb and you'll bleed.)
What steel is that made of? I see you cut a lot of rope so you probably love the serrations, but, how do you like them for everyday use? Do they ever hamper regular cutting chores? How do you re-sharpen them? I'm curious as these are the reasons I don't have them on my knives.
Bob
Steel is 1095, going to try and answer our other questions based on my experience.
"How do you like them for everyday use?"
- I have them on most of my knives, not just for rope or cord cutting but in my experience they don't dull very easy. I think the big craze with them being added to knives was to reduce sharpening for those of us with less than apt skills at sharpening. I like them too because they tear through things pretty well, from cardboard to small pieces of wood and fabric. Regardless if you are in a field situation (including long day at work etc) your knife will become dull, when mine does those serrations come in handy.
"Do they hamper regular cutting chores?"
- Not usually but each knife is different (see pic below) I've never had an issue with the Seal Pup (middle) or the Rat-3 (right) but Benchmade (left) has given me a few issues because the serrations are recessed further on the blade than the cutting edge.
"How do you re-sharpen them?"
- A diamond sharpener will do, I also have a stone (from a kit) that is turned on its edge (90 degrees) and use that with good results. As stated above though, mine have rarely needed re-sharpening.
OK, I'm posting a picture to show some different serrations. As you'll see the Rat-3 is drastically different than the other two knives, instead of "peaks and valleys" of different sizes they are all the same. Because of this the serrations have very distinct and sharp points (tap them on your thumb and you'll bleed.)