So, the deal basically is this. I have read a bah-jillion posts about INFI vs pick a steel.
With Busse's products, I have only purchased a few things from the exchange, specific offerings from here or the website, and grab bags.
In all those purchases, the only place I'd have come across SR-101 is in a grab bag. I'm not going to disclose how much I've spent on them, but strangely, I've only come across on SR-101 piece, which was a Mudd Mutt. It got kept and given to my mom because it's perfect for her cutting things like onions. She's 83 and doesn't have much hand strength left. The Mudd Mutt goes through them much easier for her than using something like a 8" chefs knife. I should say as well, that I only get her kitchen knives to a certain degree of sharpness. She has managed to almost lose a finger more than once when she's got really really sharp knives.
So, getting to my question... Right now, on the website, there are a couple SR-101 offerings of things that I think would be great, like the Mega Ratmandu, and the Mega Ratweiler. But, every time I go through all the threads from grab bags checking out what people got, it seems that everyone goes nuts about the INFI versions of those blades.
So, am I the ******** for having it stuck in my head that I shouldn't buy SR-101 because I've brainwashed myself about people drooling over Infiwielers and the likes?
I should just ignore the steel type and buy them if I want them right?
Anyone that's gotten this far, if you've picked either of those blades up, how would you compare the Mega versions to the original?
Last factor in this, I don't live in a climate that would make it hard to maintain a knife, I'm in Arizona. So, any steel coming from Busse would be just fine here for 1000 years with next to no care, unless you buried it in the garden.
I mean, I realize that I've created this question myself, because I own stuff in all kinds of different steels from different manufactures I've picked up over the years. But when you're talking about the difference between a $30 Buck and a $40 Buck in different steel. It's a bit different than plunking down $300 or $500 on ANY blade.
TL : DR - apparently I'm cheap and a prima donna.
With Busse's products, I have only purchased a few things from the exchange, specific offerings from here or the website, and grab bags.
In all those purchases, the only place I'd have come across SR-101 is in a grab bag. I'm not going to disclose how much I've spent on them, but strangely, I've only come across on SR-101 piece, which was a Mudd Mutt. It got kept and given to my mom because it's perfect for her cutting things like onions. She's 83 and doesn't have much hand strength left. The Mudd Mutt goes through them much easier for her than using something like a 8" chefs knife. I should say as well, that I only get her kitchen knives to a certain degree of sharpness. She has managed to almost lose a finger more than once when she's got really really sharp knives.
So, getting to my question... Right now, on the website, there are a couple SR-101 offerings of things that I think would be great, like the Mega Ratmandu, and the Mega Ratweiler. But, every time I go through all the threads from grab bags checking out what people got, it seems that everyone goes nuts about the INFI versions of those blades.
So, am I the ******** for having it stuck in my head that I shouldn't buy SR-101 because I've brainwashed myself about people drooling over Infiwielers and the likes?
I should just ignore the steel type and buy them if I want them right?
Anyone that's gotten this far, if you've picked either of those blades up, how would you compare the Mega versions to the original?
Last factor in this, I don't live in a climate that would make it hard to maintain a knife, I'm in Arizona. So, any steel coming from Busse would be just fine here for 1000 years with next to no care, unless you buried it in the garden.
I mean, I realize that I've created this question myself, because I own stuff in all kinds of different steels from different manufactures I've picked up over the years. But when you're talking about the difference between a $30 Buck and a $40 Buck in different steel. It's a bit different than plunking down $300 or $500 on ANY blade.
TL : DR - apparently I'm cheap and a prima donna.
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But seriously, he keeps coming out with designs that I am able to generate a need for. 
