Abusive testing: value?

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2knife

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I have just watched knifetests.com youtube offerings - on the destructive testing of a "Busse Battle Mistress". These videos are sequential, 10 or 11.

I found it impressive to say the least, the tortures it survived. (go see it if you haven't)

What about the example of Busse? (advertised as "nuclear tough")

Is the genre of "custom" knives much concerned with proving it is "up to the challenge" in these kind of extreme tolerance tests?

(disclaimer: i'm not offering to test any of my knives today) :)

just askin'.
David
 
Esav,
Thanks.. I did see that.. which led me to watching the videos. - I'll take a look again at the thread debate.

- however, whether these can be claimed as true "testing" or not, some of the "events" are convincing enough to support the general idea.
David
 
Regardless of anyone's opinion of these "tests", is the Custom & Handmade forum the most appropriate venue for discussion of that issue?

It seems to me that, even if a custom knife is being "tested", the knife testing forum would be the best place to discuss it. Maybe I'm wrong.
 
2knife said:
Is the genre of "custom" knives much concerned with proving it is "up to the challenge" in these kind of extreme tolerance tests?


David
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Or "events" ..

Primarily, just asking a question of relavence to custom makers- not trying to stir a brewing pot elsewhere.

How far are custom makers willing to go to make the knives "indestructable", or do they care?

Is Jerry Busse "Going Rogue" ?
David
 
gajinoz said:
Regardless of anyone's opinion of these "tests", is the Custom & Handmade forum the most appropriate venue for discussion of that issue?

It seems to me that, even if a custom knife is being "tested", the knife testing forum would be the best place to discuss it. Maybe I'm wrong.
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You're probably right.. if a mod would like to move it over, please feel free.
David
 
David, I don't know about a mod, but I'd like to see it moved. The customs forum, IN MY OPINION, is not the place to debate whether or not a custom knife should be tested to destruction in order to compare results with a test on a production (ie, factory made) knife. In short, and in my view....who cares??

Paul
 
Amen. Apples to pineapples. Customs are carefully crafted with a variety of outcomes in mind: art, convenience, cutting. A few may aspire to indestructibility, but that's hardly what most are designed for.
 
yes check out that flame war I accidentally unintentionally started, it is quite intese, with guyon posting over 200 times
 
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