vivi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:05 amFor a while there I carried SE every day. Loved it.
Since switching my PE knives from 1000+ grit to 200-300 grit, I've stopped loving it.
I carry SE from time to time as a way to check my own biases and see if I'm missing something.
I like how thin they come ground from factory. And that's about it these days.
Off the top of my head I can't think of a cutting job that I'd prefer to use a SE knife for instead of a coarsely edged PE knife.
Those coarse PE edges seem to have all the advantages and none of the drawbacks.
They grab materials and don't slip around at all like SE, but there's no snagging.
Repairing a damaged edge is so much easier, as is finding a wide variety of abrasives to use.
I used to hate SE and only carry PE. Then a Pacific Salt 1 SE opened my eyes and I was more 50/50 on what I'd carry. Now I find myself wanting to carry PE again every day.
Try sharpening SE with a Benchstone, when it takes exactly the same amount of time to sharpen SE as it does PE, and with the same equipment, it takes 99% of the fatigue out of using an SE blade.
It won't work on all SE blades since you'll be mostly grinding flat with the primary bevel on the back side of the serrations, so any coated blades are practically out of the question, and flat grind blades are a tad more difficult to grind evenly, but the sabre grind on the SE Endura is just about perfect.