serrations

• “But it has now been shown that if the key is shifted a bit so that more of the individual "serrations" of the "key" match those of the "locks," the key will work perfectly well.”

  Health News from Medical News Today

• “The serrations are not necessary, but they do come in handy for cutting rope and the like, especially when the blade is dull.”

  What are your thoughts on the Ka-Bar USMC fighting knife. What is the best blade length?

• “The serrations of this peeler lift the skin from many different points, so there is no one big source of pressure on the flesh of the fruit as there is with a regular straight peeler.”

  Zyliss Soft Skin Peeler | Baking Bites

• “The lower teeth pin the prey whilst the upper teeth with their razor sharp serrations sever the flesh like a saw-blade.”

  The Huffington Post: Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks

• “Their stings, located on the tail, are sharp, with backward-pointing serrations and venom from mucous secretions at their bases.”

  The Guardian: New to Nature No 37: Heliotrygon stingrays

• “It holds an edge pretty well and cuts through the brisket and pelvis with incredible ease due to serrations.”

  any suggestions on a qualtiy fixed blade knife to keep on my side?

• “He rubs the tips of his fingers over the bared steel serrations.”

  Fictionaut: Deadheading

• “I notice, to my delight, that unlike many similar products, it is not cinched shut by one of those slotted plastic discs that break the second time you use them, nor by those plastic tongue-into-hole devices with shark-tooth serrations, which can close but never open.”

  The Washington Post: A twisted tale: Gene ties himself in knots, over knots

• “The angle of the stake and the serrations down its sides create a handy tool, but in its earlier galvanized form, it lacked strength, and the tool snapped.”

  The Washington Post: Whether to attract (hummingbirds) or repel (mosquitoes), products deliver

• “The formsare not wholly abstract; the serrations of a shark's tooth design turnout to be tiny winged figures hauling each other through the clouds.”

  The Guardian: Hermann Obrist

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