LMT66
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I bolted out to a local lake today after watching half a football game. Couldn't watch my Bears have their asses handed to them by the Packers. (I did expect this before the kickoff)
After seeing a recent thread discussing 1095 & INFI, I decided to go push a ESEE 6 to its limits and I didn't care if it came home in two pieces. (I'd have bought another if it did)
I own a few INFI blades
in different thicknesses and sizes and have had nearly every production release model Busse has offered.
I love Busse INFI and have used and abused my fair share of them. I'm not a collector, I like to use what INFI I buy and when I do use them, I'm confident it will return home the same way it left.
With that said, I also feel the same about Rowen 1095.
The following series of pictures clearly show certain things a knife should not be expected to do but also shows that Rowen 1095 is done right. I spent an hour batoning solid frozen oak. I batoned both the tip area and handle area dead on and at slight angles. At one point, after the blade was wedged and the tip and mid blade area where bent and twisted out of line from each other, I flexed the handle both ways many times. No chips, dings or rolls in the edge and the blade returned true. Temp was about 18F today.
My apologies for the poor photos. I bought a new camera and have 186 pages to read thru to operate it correctly. Clearly the lens on this falls short of my old Sony.
Some drilling with the tip.
Tip under a lot of stress. Wedged and torqued.
After seeing a recent thread discussing 1095 & INFI, I decided to go push a ESEE 6 to its limits and I didn't care if it came home in two pieces. (I'd have bought another if it did)
I own a few INFI blades
in different thicknesses and sizes and have had nearly every production release model Busse has offered.I love Busse INFI and have used and abused my fair share of them. I'm not a collector, I like to use what INFI I buy and when I do use them, I'm confident it will return home the same way it left.
With that said, I also feel the same about Rowen 1095.
The following series of pictures clearly show certain things a knife should not be expected to do but also shows that Rowen 1095 is done right. I spent an hour batoning solid frozen oak. I batoned both the tip area and handle area dead on and at slight angles. At one point, after the blade was wedged and the tip and mid blade area where bent and twisted out of line from each other, I flexed the handle both ways many times. No chips, dings or rolls in the edge and the blade returned true. Temp was about 18F today.
My apologies for the poor photos. I bought a new camera and have 186 pages to read thru to operate it correctly. Clearly the lens on this falls short of my old Sony.
Some drilling with the tip.
Tip under a lot of stress. Wedged and torqued.
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