Since you´re very new to this forum and I really like your contributions and thoughts (though often different to mine ) so far, I may provide the link to this great thread by David here, should you have missed itaaronkb wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:17 amHonestly I’m sure I could learn to sharpen SE but I’d have to buy a different sharpening system and I’d much rather focus on improving my sharpening skills with stones. I think the plain edge just gives me more enjoyment, however practical serrations may be.
As a matter of fact: It just HAD to be linked in a "spyderegde-thread" anyway
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It really gives a deeper insight into serrations, even if it might not convince you or others to try them out. But SHOULD you choose to do so, just from my limited experience I´d go for rather shallow, not too agressive ones. To see what I mean: Just look at the second pic in Davids thread, where the Carribean serrations get compared to the Military serrations. I think his conclusion is that the former work better for most tasks, and that is also my - again, very limited, but still- experience.
I´d strongly recommend the Endela SE should you or others ever choose to try out great serrations, it´s quite unexpensive, but works amazingly well.
But since I know you don´t like backlocks, the serrations that look closest to the Endelas are the Caribbean ones (maybe also the Tenacious serrations? But just from depictions they look a bit more agressive).
Prior to Endela SE and Pac Salt SE I knew serrations only from my Delica and Endura combo edge (and some leathermans or cheaper knives). Did not like them particullary,mostly for making fine feather sticks
Pac Salt Se and especially Endela SE really changed my mind. So far there is really no task where I had the wish for a plain edge, or where the short plain edge sections towards the tips of the knives would not have been sufficient.
Concerning sharpening SE on stones I can´t contribute anything .
Just, that if you have a sharpmaker and like to use ist it´s easy. but that´s not freehand on stones of course