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[bullpin]

I like me some comp finish. New over old. Here’s to hoping the tglbLE is offered in satin. With linen handles and polished tube fasteners Period . Just like the title of this thread

 

[DamascusBowie]

We used to have a great rule at work meetings, its a good general rule for bigger discussions, and that rule stated simply that anyone bringing a complaint is free and encouraged to do so, but every complaint must be accompanied by a proposed way to solve the problem being complained about.

I understand and agree on the point about the pictures, heck if I had my way, the preview pictures would be done totally differently. And I personally dont care that the pictures look mint and every knife produced doesnt, but I would prefer to see every handle option pictured for example.

But Im not Busse, and I have no clue how to run Busse, they make the knives and I buy them. Im not going to complain about something unless I can tell them exactly how to do it better, and to be frank, I can't and no one on this thread has either.

 

[clampdaddy]

There are actually about 3 or 4 generation of "Comp Finish" that we are aware of, the original (with decarb still on and known for the rusting decarb layer) the next and longest running that saw the decarb removed but all that raw goodness (and perhaps some gremlins and imperfections - the TGLB was the last of the blades to get this I think) then the interim with the comp finish we saw available on the SOBs (love this one) and the current that is a mix of (IMHO) our old comp and the BIG finish. Comp went away because people were returning Comp Finished blades (most probably the TGLBs as they were sold en-mass) being unhappy with the imperfections. I LOVE Comp Finish and hope it is here to stay. I would love it to go back to that we saw on the TGLB and SOBs but those days are passed sadly.

The stock photo of the FMV8 looks to have those pretty little SOB-esque dimples. I hope it does.

 

[Leonardo63]

In the case of this SK, we have the photos laying on the gun case- be it lighting, filters, angle, whatever it was is not representative, I'll give you that. It almost looks like a BIGDC to me.
Just messing around a little last night with a medium diamond hone I took the marks out of the flats in 20 minutes, at least as far as I can go with the scales on. I always knew what my plans for it were so I was willing to accept whatever I got, but I can see where the frowns could happen I really can, I'm not that blind.
I would not want to take those old school dimples out, that's major surgery.
In the case of the FMV8, you CAN see the old school CF dimples - at least that's what I related them to just like the photo Andy posted -

 

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

did someone say...."dimples?"

 

[Crosier]

We used to have a great rule at work meetings, its a good general rule for bigger discussions, and that rule stated simply that anyone bringing a complaint is free and encouraged to do so, but every complaint must be accompanied by a proposed way to solve the problem being complained about.

I understand and agree on the point about the pictures, heck if I had my way, the preview pictures would be done totally differently. And I personally dont care that the pictures look mint and every knife produced doesnt, but I would prefer to see every handle option pictured for example.

But Im not Busse, and I have no clue how to run Busse, they make the knives and I buy them. Im not going to complain about something unless I can tell them exactly how to do it better, and to be frank, I can't and no one on this thread has either.

To your first point the solution would be to post pics that are closer to the shipped product.

As far as how to do it better is simply a quality standard. I work in basic steel and can say that a defect such as chatter would be rejected (by Ford for example) for some critical exposed applications like an automotive hood. In other cases like making 55 gallon drums or oil filters, things like chatter wouldn’t matter to the end use customer like Fram for example.

Of course making and guaranteeing defect free steel means we charge Ford more money than the end user who doesn’t require such high standards. If Busse were to have such standards (defect free) then we would probably pay more for knives. Perhaps Satin INFI is ordered to a higher quality standard???

I think it’s a matter of expectations from product as well. Most of us know by now that a Big Mac will never look as good in the box as it does in the commercial yet we know that and purchase accordingly.

However if you see an F-150 commercial you know the truck on the showroom floor will be identical. I always thought of Busse as more of like the trucks and less of like the burgers but we may have to revise expectations and buy accordingly.

 

[DamascusBowie]

To your first point the solution would be to post pics that are closer to the shipped product.

As far as how to do it better is simply a quality standard.

I hear you on how it should be, but can you make it so that its feasible? id love to see every color oprtion ahead of time, but I know it might not be possible, I know sometimes they hustle and rush just to get one knife done for pictures.

What you and i are suggesting are complications that may have unintended consequences in their execution.

For example, how many different levels of CF finish should Busse show beforehand? are you willing to puitup with any cost or time delays?

Its not as simple as just saying i want it that way, it has to be possible and feasible.Just my feelings, ymmv.

 

[Busto]

Funny how some people were excited to see the Reintroduction of "Competition Finish(CF)" and those that Knew it was going to be "LESS" finished quality than "Special Editions(SE)or Limited Editions(LE)" are still expecting the Finish to be SATIN INFI....Comp Finish is exactly what you get NUTTIN' Fancy...Comp finish does not equate to "Beauty Queen". You were offered a choice at time of purchase and chose Nuttin' Fancy and you could have chosen coated which covers those Competition Finish Blemishes...
Jerry made sure to add in the description that there were going to be Machining Marks...You Got Competition Finish! This is again why he probably held off offering Comp Finish for years...One person is not happy and gets others to read a thread like this and then there are others that join in and grumble about the product being misleading from the photos....Really

 

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

Comp finish cannot be consistent from specimen to specimen...

it is by definition gonna have randomized dimples and tooling marks...

only one blade is gonna look like Jerry's stock photo and it's that exact knife in that exact photo...

Competition finish was bred to be beat on and not necessarily showcased...and it is what it is...

and what it mainly is-- is uncoated, shiney goodness that is considerably cheaper than satin INFI but will perform like any other Busse!