Recommendation? Veff Serrations = Easiest SE to sharpen or not ?

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I love serrations for many uses , but hate to sharpen them .

Seems that the Veff type would be the easiest to sharpen , just by looking at them .

I've never had any . Zero personal experience .

CRKT is only brand ? Not one of my favs .

Thinking about maybe trying some DIY Veff on one of my old beaters as an experiment .

Appreciate sharing your experiences and advice regarding Veff SE !
 
I customized a small fixed for a rock-climbing friend by adding "s" serrations, a series of curves with no points. Those are easy to sharpen and he says they work great, very smooth cuts.
 
I had a CRKT M16-14SFG with Veff serrations and to this day they are the most aggressive cutting serrations I’ve ever seen on a knife. I had a round diamond and round ceramic rod that I kept them up with, I think I picked both up at a Cabelas store but I can’t remember the brands. This maintained them for 2-3 years until the lock system was no longer reliable.
 
Tom Veff will add his serrations to any knife you want for a reasonable price, he licensed his serrations to CRKT, so they're the only production company who will make them.

They do cut really well, it's like having a series of belt/strap cutters on your blade. They also perform pretty well with every day types of cutting that you would avoid doing with other serrations, like cardboard or paper. The only downside is that the sharp points between each serration are on the fragile side, so they're easy to break or round over. They are pretty easy to sharpen with any rod type sharpener. I've had success sharpening all of my serrated blades, including the Veff serrations on the sharpmaker.
 
Wider, regularly-sized serrations are easier to sharpen than smaller ones and the triple-serrations that Spyderco uses are the worst of both (small and variable size). Veff serrations check both boxes for width and consistent size, but so do the ones on the bread knife in my kitchen.
 
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Thanks guys !

I'm leery of CRKT , especially their folders ...so it's DIY time .

Need to select a suitable victim ...um, experimental subject , I mean .
 
DocJD said:
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Thanks guys !

I'm leery of CRKT , especially their folders ...so it's DIY time .

Need to select a suitable victim ...um, experimental subject , I mean .
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One thing to remember about serrations is that they work best with a chisel grind, which can be hard to mod into a knife with a normal, symmetrical bevel.
 
Check out Veff sharpening to see what he's done in his gallery. I've always wanted to send him a knife and have him add some of his on the spine side of a fixed blade.
Some of the CRKT knives with his serrations are cheap enough to try out as a beater too.
I like the M series enough that I spent a few more bucks for the one I got !
They do cut very well even in crap steel. I use the diamond tapered rod from DMT
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Not sure if you are serious or not but I see more of an interrupted edge rather than serrations. Granted I’ve never held a LionSteel so I may be missing something in the photos.
 
I have a few serrated knives.

My Cold Steel serrations look hard to sharpen, but are not that bad. As long as you have ceramic sticks with a point. Like Spyderco triangle rods.

I also have Smith teardrop shaped rods.


I don't find other serrations to be too tough to sharpen.
 
3fifty7 said:
Not sure if you are serious or not but I see more of an interrupted edge rather than serrations. Granted I’ve never held a LionSteel so I may be missing something in the photos.
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My crappy pics don't help! Sorry! Scallops are sharp too! They work well and are easy too maintain.
 
I had a CRKT several years ago that had these. They cut very aggressively and sharpen easily. But their achilles heel is that they also get damaged very easily because their edges are very thin which is part of the reason they cut so well.
 
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