Mark Thorson wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>> Steve Pope wrote:
>> > Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Steve Pope wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Wokay, what the heck is the difference between toothed and
>> >>> serrated??
>> >
>> >>Serrated has a wavy edge. Toothed has little sharp pointed teeth,
>> >>like a saw blade.
>> >
>> > Thanks, that makes sense.
>>
>> Except for the part about the word "serrated" meaning "having teeth".
>
> Every serrated knife I've ever seen had a wavy edge with rounded
> teeth. Have you never seen a knife like that?

My note was only on the language aspects of "serration", not what may
have become kitchen language in spite of the broader use of the term. I
didn't dispute what "serrated" may mean in the kitchen; I just mentioned
what it means in the larger world, and thus that "serrated has a wavy
edge" mostly works in The World Of Knives For The Kitchen.


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