Bill1170 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:35 pmAbout the cutting board, have you considered an end-grain cutting board? The damage is far less severe because the knife edge merely separates the fibers without severing them.Evil D wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:06 ammetaphoricalsimile wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:11 pm@EvilD I love these threads, but what would make them more useful is if you would do the testing side-by-side with the same knife (or a similar one when that isn't possible) with more common steels that people have been using for a long time. For this test probably the best control would be the serrated S30V Native 5.
Yeah that would be great especially with this model since it does come in a couple different steels. A lot is already well known about S30V and VG10 though. I think on a lot of these tests the edge damage is inevitable, especially with how thin a serrated edge is. My son and best friend both carry combo edge Native 5s in S35VN and I can tell you the serrations on those don't seem to hold up as well as this knife did, but then those two are probably abusing those knives even harder than these tests do.
Eventually I'd like to come up with a more traditional cutting method like guys do with plain edge and manila rope, but the way serrations scratch on a cutting board is a bit of a roadblock. I have an idea to get around it, just always looking for the time to work it out.
Actually I want one for my kitchen in general, but my issue with testing is just that I want the whole scallop of the edge to be able to cut against a surface the same way PE would on a cutting board, or just not at all. I think I'm gonna make something to feed some rope through that has a slot that the blade can move through that'll hold the rope in place during the cut. Another idea is just a block of wood with a hole drilled through and push some rope out and cut it flush against the wood, then push more through and repeat. I don't know if it would be a fair comparison vs PE rope cutting since the board must play a part in the edge wear too.