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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:51:29 AM EDT
[#1]
Combo.
I like to be able to saw away at stuff with the serrated edge. The smooth edge stays clean and sharp for other things. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:51:53 AM EDT
[#2]
When available, combo.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:52:16 AM EDT
[#3]
I too prefer a combo.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:53:29 AM EDT
[#4]
plain edge, but my current one is 50/50
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:53:33 AM EDT
[#5]
like hawkbills....
like serated, like plain.. sheese carry a couple of each... |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:53:57 AM EDT
[#6]
Combo for me as well.
Serrated adds more of a sawing affect, for different applications. Scott |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:54:35 AM EDT
[#7]
I prefer plain edge.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:55:00 AM EDT
[#8]
combo
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:55:30 AM EDT
[#9]
50/50 for me too, more applications with the same tool. Plus I think it looks better
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:57:02 AM EDT
[#10]
Plain edge unless is a Spyderco Rescue or Matriarch...
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:57:23 AM EDT
[#11]
combo
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:57:54 AM EDT
[#12]
Combo
HH |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:58:08 AM EDT
[#13]
I prefer a plain V edge with a large belly. I do not care for chisel edges or tanto points such as the CRKT M16. They work for what they are but are not ideal or my taste.
That being said I'm carrying an S30V chisel edge surefire alpha fighter right now. It is a chisel edge but it has a huge belly and great edge retention. As with every other surefire product I've had, it works like it should and hasnt let me down yet. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:58:22 AM EDT
[#14]
50/50.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:58:29 AM EDT
[#15]
Combo
ADD A POLL |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:00:17 AM EDT
[#16]
Plain and sharp.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:00:26 AM EDT
[#17]
i'll wait for the poll (aka "pole")!
 combo for me... |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:02:59 AM EDT
[#18]
Serrations are for girls who can't sharpen or who don't buy good enough steel.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:06:42 AM EDT
[#19]
As you wish  The reason I posted this topic is because the other day I was cutting some berber carpet with a carpet knife. It was a new blade but did a poor job. I pulled my Emerson (plain edge) from my pocket and it sliced right through, very easy. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:07:41 AM EDT
[#20]
Combo
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:10:23 AM EDT
[#21]
For a day-to-day utility knife, definitely a combo edge. For one you might want to stick in
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:13:01 AM EDT
[#22]
It depends on what you will be cutting. My around the house/yard/beat the heck out of utility knife is a Spyderco Native III with a combo edge. The serrated edge is good for cutting through wood, thick plants etc., plain edge is much better for paper, cardboard, screens etc.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:16:14 AM EDT
[#23]
Emerson: 1, Carpet: 0
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:17:14 AM EDT
[#24]
I would prefer combo, but there is usually too much serration on most combo blades. I only need enough serration to "get it started", and then a normal blade is faster. 80/20 or even 90/10 would work for me, if I could find one. Most of my knives have a plain edge.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:17:57 AM EDT
[#25]
Combo.
Get both!  
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:18:34 AM EDT
[#26]
I prefer plain, but I do a lot of sharpening
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:19:11 AM EDT
[#27]
That only works if you have two knives. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:22:54 AM EDT
[#28]
SHADDAPP!  Picky, picky, picky!  
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:24:52 AM EDT
[#29]
I carry two when I 'm at work one serrated [for cutting boxs] and a plain blade for everything else. Serrated edges are for cutting stuff let rope, boxes etc that will dull a plain edges, 50/50 is a compromize and IMO just doesn't give you enough of either.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:25:20 AM EDT
[#30]
Plain or Combo.
They both get the job done. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:27:23 AM EDT
[#31]
I'm from another planet. Seriously! You want to see my spaceship? |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:29:29 AM EDT
[#32]
Plain.
I spent several years looking for the Benchmade I got right now. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:31:38 AM EDT
[#33]
Plain edge, though I do have one regular combo and some for canoeing that might be considered "chisel edge" as they are totally flat on one side.
Now they are both double edged, and also have serrations. One is serrated on both edges, and the other (my favorite) is serrated on one edge and not on the other. So technically you might say that edge is chisel-edged. [minor highjacking] Any of you who like chisel-edged, which side is the edge on? There's a little controversy about most manufacturers putting the edge on the wrong side. Let me put in a shameless plug for two of my favorite makers: www.topsknives.com/ www.sonic.net/~blade/ Did I mention my passion for high-carbon steel? BTW, I love to spend an evening sharpening edges freehand. The only guides I've used are: 1)an older one from Buck (a crappy one for the most part, only partly due to their blade designs). 2) and one I was given that has the plastic clamp with slotted ears and the stones that screw onto the rod. That one works surprisingly well though the clamp is awkward. I don't believe in razor thin edges, except for razors. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:32:50 AM EDT
[#34]
+1 I wish I had the M21. I bought the M16, which is still a very good knife. Supposedly the spearhead blade (M21 pictured above) is a little bit better for errr ummmm *cough* stabbing than a tanto (M16). I have the big dog version, so I have a lot of straight edge to work with if need be. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:37:53 AM EDT
[#35]
I used to use only plain edge knives, kept them sharp, I was happy. I lost a pocket knife this summer and bought a replacement that had a combo edge. I didn't want the serrated edge part, they are a bitch to sharpen. But I felt naked without a knife and it was the only suitable one available.
I have since discovered the utility of the serrated portion of my knife, especially cutting rope. I have re-evaluated my stance and now find the combination edges better for a general utility knife. I still keep 'em sharp. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:42:39 AM EDT
[#36]
Only combo edge & I prefer Tanto point
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:45:05 AM EDT
[#37]
TWO knives? Who would carry JUST TWO knives? 
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:46:00 AM EDT
[#38]
combo
h/w, a light saber would be nice..... |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:54:51 AM EDT
[#39]
plain edge for me, keep it sharp enough to shave with, never needed anything else.
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Posted: 9/23/2005 8:02:15 PM EDT
[#40]
bump
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Posted: 9/23/2005 8:19:36 PM EDT
[#41]
+1. Serrations are handy for rope, or nylon cord, or something similar when you really need the teeth. That said, if you keep your PE sharp enough, it will do the job just as well. |
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Posted: 9/23/2005 8:45:54 PM EDT
[#42]
combo works the best
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Posted: 9/24/2005 2:55:43 AM EDT
[#43]
Plain works for me.
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Posted: 9/24/2005 3:06:02 AM EDT
[#44]
Combo
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Posted: 9/24/2005 4:37:16 AM EDT
[#45]
I have a bunch of both combo and plain edges and now that I've discovered diamond stones and learned how to get a good edge on any knife gotta say plain edge .
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Posted: 9/24/2005 4:53:45 AM EDT
[#46]
Use the force Luke.......
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Posted: 9/24/2005 4:58:44 AM EDT
[#47]
plain. I had a combo one, and still do, but I just bought a new Gerber. it's a little smaller than I wanted but it's a plain edge
might be this one, can't remember what the package said. got it at gander mountain www.gerberstore.com/index.php?xpage=itempage&xid=721 |
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Posted: 9/24/2005 5:10:11 AM EDT
[#48]
Hi!, My name is Andy. I was a plain blade addict for most of my life. I would sharpen them nearly every night, I had nearly shaved my entire left wrist testing the smooth blades edge. I loved the smooth blade, No stupid serrattions that those that don't know how to sharpen a knife depend on. The smooth slices that that could only be made with a smooth blade. The beautiful uninterupted polished edge that went from the point of the blade and looked just like an extension of my hand.....
Then I lost my knife....I looked for it everywhere, I dove in dumpsters, I begged of people to tell me that they had seen it. I needed it. I felt alone without it....I cried.... Then, during my intervension, My cousin let me use his knife...He had been a smooth bladed addict just like me, but he had been carrying a combo knife for a while and tried to convince me that it was better. I resisted, I did not want to be associated with those troglodytes that can't sharpen a blade...It won't happen. A benchmade, my cousin had, green, good weight, felt right in my hand , except for those serrations that broke up that beautiful line....I went out and bought a gerber AR3.00 with the combo blade...I just considered it a disposible knife, I had become a troglodyte. But after using for four years, shaprening it just as often as I did my previous knife with it's shiney, single edge, I knew that I would never go back to a plain edged knife. I do still yern for the old days of my plain edged addiction, but now relized that I had been blined by it. I could not see a better way. But the combo edge is a better way. I don't cry any more....okay, except when I threw my crkt m-16 into a dumpster at work... |
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Posted: 9/24/2005 7:08:32 AM EDT
[#49]
I used to think the same thing...but dammit, I have found that my working edge lasts a lot longer if I use the serrated for heavy material and leave the plain bit for fine work. and believe me...I can sharpen a blade. |
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Posted: 9/24/2005 7:18:16 AM EDT
[#50]
combo
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