There's a survival instructor on YouTube somewhere that has said that he carries a Leatherman Wave, because he likes to have a serrated blade and a plain edge. He says that serrated blades are best used for cutting man-made things, and plain edges are good for natural things. Makes good sense to me. Serrated edge for plastic and paracord, plain edge for wood and food.
Serrated edge for plastic and paracord...
That does make sense I like the set up of the skele blade (same with the Opi 8 outdoor) with a straight edge at the end so good for food and then the serrated edge towards the ricasso where you can cut paracord, shred boxes etc VIC tend to do it the other way around (eg butter blade on the spirit, 08 Soldier) which I still find quite useable but perhaps a little less utility. Still find both perfectly good in use having said that, perhaps as they’re less aggressive serrations
Both have their place, I think. With my first ever CE blade arriving today, I'll be careful to not pretend I know this to be true, but I've used PE and SE enough to know that I sometimes prefer either at either end.For general use I'd probably prefer PE at the tip and SE at the heel. The acute edge of the SE grind is great for push cuts and you want to keep the material close to the handle doing push cuts. The same is true when you're doing saw cuts through difficult materials.For precision cuts and finishing off cuts against a cutting board, it's nice to have a section of PE at the tip. Actually, most of Spyderco's SE blades have this feature, though the PE section makes up significantly less of the blade than on their designated CE blades.If any type of carving is on the table, I'd try to avoid SE at the heel. It's OK for making coarse speer cuts and such, but not ideal for detail work. Like elevenblade mentions, serrations toward the tip will also prevent material slipping for unsupported cuts and aid in penetration all the way through your cutting motion. One thing I do like about my serrated Spyderco Manbug Salt is that it has a very acute tooth at the very tip of the blade. This tooth penetrates packing tape and thin packaging very effortlessly and safely with minimal force applied. It's like having a mini gut hook at the tip, and I for most packages I just use that one groove at the tip for the whole cut. I find this especially useful when opening packages with delicate content.In general I'm more inclined to prefer serrations toward the heel, but this is purely based on intuition. And there will always be exceptions.
Day 6No use today, but an informal poll. How do people feel about the holeless backside awl on the 08? I think it's my least favorite of the 3 current models. While I'm sure it's marginally more durable than the 91mm's sewing eye model (and one less place to get crudded up), the eye is "free" utility. The 93mm inline is my favorite, being both more comfortable to use, and a great secondary blade. [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
I have never used the awl/reamer to sew and I highly doubt that I ever will, so the eye just serves to weaken a tool I use as a poker/scraper/center punch/drill.
It has finally arrived. My very first (true) CE.It is also, Day of the Sámi People today, so my brand new Thin red line Endela had to share the spotlight with one of my oldest knives and my very first sámi knife (Leuku).(Image removed from quote.)
Day 6Opening a box of cancer and reproductive harm.(Image removed from quote.)
Day 8Bet I’m not the only one with jars of old screws, nails, washers and fasteners etc that you know one day will come in handy No blade use so far but the PST II driver used to secure this empty wine box I found (googled the wine, apparently A$300 a bottle , well out of my price range) settled for a beer (Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)
I'm guilty to a jar or two like that. But the largest I ever seen are my dad's military chest with odd nuts and bolts. If I remember correct it's about 50x30 cm and maybe 20 cm high it is a pain to go through but you always find what you need
And even though we know the store down the road carries all the screws we would ever need, we still hang on those jars.And every time we use something from those jars, it feels like we should publish the magnificent result of our age-long foresight in the local newspaper, get an orchestra to accompany the moment, or something at least get a medal and the right to buy another MT to use the screws.All I ever get is : "it's not the right color, dad !"
Two low impact uses today...1. cut open a bag of noodles to go with dinner2. trimmed the wrapper of a chocolate to find the sweepstakes code on the inside without ripping it in half (as I normally do), only to find that the sweepstakes is overwith.
Hahaha exactly!
Day 7: Just a pic today, this time with my Wichard sailor's knife.
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