another coating question

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on_the_edge

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If a blade has the crinkle coating on it, does that heavily imply that it is INFI???
and/or
Are there any A2 blades with crinkle coating on them, and if so, what were they?

I'm trying to figure out if a vintage mean street I just got is A2 or INFI. FWIW, it has crinkle coating and hollow fasteners.

Thanks!

One other (stupid) question--what is the difference between the Lean MS and the MS? Is it ONLY thickness?
 
on_the_edge said:
If a blade has the crinkle coating on it, does that heavily imply that it is INFI???
and/or
Are there any A2 blades with crinkle coating on them, and if so, what were they?

I'm trying to figure out if a vintage mean street I just got is A2 or INFI. FWIW, it has crinkle coating and hollow fasteners.

Thanks!

One other (stupid) question--what is the difference between the Lean MS and the MS? Is it ONLY thickness?
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People are going to tell you that hollow fastners (original to the knife) will = INFI. Or so I've read on here before.

Model ..................Blade Steel, Blade Length, Overall Length, Blade Width, List Price

Mean S....................INFI, 3.50, 8.25, 0.250, $137
Meaner S LR..............INFI, 4.00, 8.63, 0.220, $227
Leaner Meaner S LR....INFI, 4.00, 8.63, 0.150, $197

Specs from the catalog on my site, looks pretty in the original table

Greg
 
Greg,

Those numbers look wrong. I can't speak to the Mean/Lean pair, but the Leaner/Meaner are identical save for thickness. Blade length is 4" for both.

Rick
 
Interesting. I can get the 8.25" length easy, but I swear the blade from micarta to tip is a tad over 3 & 3/4" , which doesn't fit any of them. :confused: That is measuring the slabs at their closest point to the tip. From the farthest point, I can get to 4" on blade length, but then I don't comply with the overall length. Here is the thread I got her from. Any other help is greatly appreciated.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=478193
 
A girl once told me that dimples where sexy. That was when I was 14 and she was ....... well odler...... that is a different story.
 
Some slotted SHSH II had the smooth coat and were INFI. Used to own one.....

Just read your post better...yes hollow fasteners=INFI.
 
rbmcmjr said:
Greg,

Those numbers look wrong. I can't speak to the Mean/Lean pair, but the Leaner/Meaner are identical save for thickness. Blade length is 4" for both.

Rick
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FWIW the specs for the Mean Street, the Meaner Street, the Leaner Meaner Street where taken directly from the Busse website archives. I think its just a naming problem with the models.

Here is the link to the original Busse Website with the following Mean Street data:

http://web.archive.org/web/19990221124634/www.bussecombat.com/page4.html

Mean Street $157.00

Blade length: 3 1/2"
Blade steel: A-2
Overall: 8 1/4"
Weight: 7 oz.
Thickness: 1/4"
Hardness: 58-60 Rc
Handles: Canvas micarta
Handle bolts: 302 SS

Here is the link to the leaner meaner st and the meaner st, as you said they only varied in thickness which is what the table shows:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041011205505/www.bussecombat.com/knives/



Greg
 
Well it sounds like it is INFI, which is kind of what I thought. Now if I can only find a set of calipers and get an exact measurement on this.
 
I don't think it is INFI!!!! Send it to me and let me test it out for you. I will give you a full report once it is in my hands ;)

On a serious note..... That Meanstreet you have is most definately INFI. The only ones made in A2 were the older slotted fasteners. But like I said above, send it to me if you want to find out for sure!

The only difference between the MS and the LMS is the thickness. I have both and they are identical.
 
rbmcmjr said:
Greg,

Those numbers look wrong. I can't speak to the Mean/Lean pair, but the Leaner/Meaner are identical save for thickness. Blade length is 4" for both.

Rick
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Also, the earliest MS's were A2, not all were INFI as the site suggests. Same deal with the SHSH II's and the SHBA's.

The first blade to be made exclusively with INFI was the BM.

The crinkle coat and hollow tubes are strong indicators of INFI with the tubes being the strongest.

Rob
 
wetdog1911 said:
Also, the earliest MS's were A2, not all were INFI as the site suggests. Same deal with the SHSH II's and the SHBA's.

The first blade to be made exclusively with INFI was the BM.

The crinkle coat and hollow tubes are strong indicators of INFI with the tubes being the strongest.

Rob
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Rob,

Please send all site corrections to BusseCollector@gmail.com and please provide a referencable source for your information.

Thanks,

Greg
 
I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to find this fact by using the BFC Search feature, but I could swear reading posts in the past from long-term Hogs that you can't determine blade steel on the older models based upon dimples alone.

You may have to test by bluing, which seems to be the tried-and-true way of testing for INFI vs. A2.

You may have to wait until after Blade to get a good answer RE: coating and dimples! ;)
 
To ON-THE-EDGE,
Blade length varies from the number given at the site or archive by 1/4 " or more. HELL RAZOR listed as 7 ", measures 6 13/16 " from tip to scales. BATAC listed as 5 ", measures 5 1/4 ". My Satin Jack TAC comes in at 6 3/8 ", probably listed at 6 1/2. As you can gather, blade lengths given are (usually close) approximations. More to the point, (INFI OR NOT), IIRC according to MULDER INFI will NOT 'blue', apparently the true test if there is a question. Pete
 
pmsayre153 said:
To ON-THE-EDGE,
More to the point, (INFI OR NOT), IIRC according to MULDER INFI will NOT 'blue', apparently the true test if there is a question. Pete
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Right, I knew this. In part, I was thinking that given the age of the blade, it would not be A2 or it would be blued. This one has the crinkle coating. It's not perfect logic, but probably only Jerry knows if there were ever any crinkle coated A2 blades. Still, given other things mentioned here in this thread, I am pretty sure it is INFI.

I'm sure someone will come along now and blow that theory out of the water.:p

Thanks for the info!
 
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