230 Grains' NMFBM

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thetret

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I hope that the new B11 turns out to be the chopper everyone hopes it is,but I don't know how anything could chop better than 230 Grains' NMFBM. I was fortunate enough to buy it from him a couple weeks ago and now "230" sleeps beside everynight. I've been fortunate enough to have owned some nice blades--Randalls,Treeman Behring's,Reeves',etc...--but "230" is the sharpest I have ever used. If you look at her wrong ,she'll nick you just out of nastiness. She got the name for obvious reasons and because she's a big,nasty girl. Went to visit some friends who were camping and when we got there they were chopping wood for a fire. They were real proud of their Trailmaster and Cold Steel Kukri and bragged about how they used them to chop the firewood. A big argument started when I laughed at them . It all ended up w/ a $100 bet. "230" never broke a sweat.Afterwards, I washed her off and went and chopped some veggies and sliced tomatoes for a barbeque They both tried to buy her from me,but no way. Seriously though Mike did a great job on this blade.The zero edge is awesome. I'm gonna send him another to sharpen.. And,yeah I know,it doesn't count if you don't have pix,but I was so excited to show her off that I forgot. You can see some great pix of her on Mike's thread ,"Let's Talk Sharp." I think it's on page 2 or 3 of the Forum. You can see what he chopped w/ her. I'm just learning.
 
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I had a CS trailmaster for a long time before my first Infi. A FBMLE. Completely different knives.

My Trailmaster has moved on to a new owner.




Also have a Basic 11 coming, and am stoked about the thinner lighter longer blade. Woot, Woot.

A good convex edge on a NMFBM makes it a slayer of other choppers, no doubt.


Great score there.
 
230grains completely reworked my chopweiler and you couldn't even tell it is the same knife from before.

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Bigfattyt said:
I had a CS trailmaster for a long time before my first Infi. A FBMLE. Completely different knives.

My Trailmaster has moved on to a new owner.
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Still own them both. And you are right, the BM is in a different leage, all of its own. The TM is a great chopper too, especially for its size and weight.
But the FBMLE, it feels like it goes twice as fast. :)
 
philwar said:
Still own them both. And you are right, the BM is in a different leage, all of its own. The TM is a great chopper too, especially for its size and weight.
But the FBMLE, it feels like it goes twice as fast. :)
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The lighter TM void will be filled by a Basic 11. Nice, light, fast chopper that is much easier and lighter to pack around than the FBMLE!

I was actually checking on rehandling the TM, I liked it enough to get it done, but figured I would not use it as much since I had infi.


My issue with the TM was the Krayton handle. Too soft and and grabby under extended use, especially in hot weather. Res C is much stiffer, and still provides great cushion and shock absorption from what I hear.

The other issue was when really laying into a swing, it had a tendency to roll in the hand and twist a bit. The handle design on the Fusion, and E handle, and even straight handle BM's alleviates that problem.
 
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