Apprentice Steel?

Bobby B

Bobby B

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Rather than resurrect an old thread, I thought I'd ask here. How can I tell whether an old apprentice knife is is A2 or INFI? If memory serves... and it doesn't always, I was told 1/4" A2. It has the older smoth coating, but looks almost "bumpy" underneath it.

Since threads are worthless without pics... here is a newer one. :D
ApprenticeBadger3.jpg


Maybe just an excuse to post a pic again...;)
 
As far as I know Apprentices were not using Infi....but then again I know I don't know Jack.
 
Bobby B said:
Rather than resurrect an old thread, I thought I'd ask here. How can I tell whether an old apprentice knife is is A2 or INFI? If memory serves... and it doesn't always, I was told 1/4" A2. It has the older smoth coating, but looks almost "bumpy" underneath it.

Since threads are worthless without pics... here is a newer one. :D
ApprenticeBadger3.jpg


Maybe just an excuse to post a pic again...;)
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Was that an aprentice blank? Who put the handle on that baby. That looks great. :)
 
Tyrkon Lawson said:
Was that an aprentice blank? Who put the handle on that baby. That looks great. :)
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No, I got looking a little sad...
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A friend had some yellow and black micarta, and I got an expert to do the handles for me...:cool:
 
I've heard of 5160, D2 and A2 being used for apprentice blades. I'm not so sure about INFI, but I suppose it could have been used on a final test blade.

You could get a bluing pen and see if it takes; no blue equals INFI. The ground away bump (talon hole area) makes me wonder if this was a INFI blank. They would have had to grind off the bump to get rid of the talon hole. The D2 & 5160 blanks that I've seen have the bump without the talon hole.

Either way, its lookin' :cool:! :thumbup:


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I believe Mulder was going to use a bluing pen to test his SHSH1, you might want to ping him on it.

I don't think you can blue INFI.

Greg
 
I have that exact same blade coming to my place soon ;) (at least it looks the same).

I was told by an unidentified HOG that the apprentice blades (1st gen SHBA apprentice blades, that is) were all A2.
 
RVO3VOM said:
I've heard of 5160, D2 and A2 being used for apprentice blades. I'm not so sure about INFI, but I suppose it could have been used on a final test blade.

You could get a bluing pen and see if it takes; no blue equals INFI. The ground away bump (talon hole area) makes me wonder if this was a INFI blank. They would have had to grind off the bump to get rid of the talon hole. The D2 & 5160 blanks that I've seen have the bump without the talon hole.

Either way, its lookin' :cool:! :thumbup:


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Either way, I'm keeping it, since it was my first "Busse"...
INFI won't take bluing? I thought I had read that somewhere... isn't it still a carbon steel? This knife sat for quite a while and there was never any even surface oxidization (I wouldn't call it rust), whereas some of my INFI has... I must have left a spot of something on it...:grumpy: never anything that didn't easily come off.
I'll have to give it a try, thanks.
 
Gravelface said:
Like I said, I don't know Jack......well maybe Satin Jack, but I know I don't know Jack Cheeit, ;)
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It's all good....you know Paul (even though he doesn't really know anything either) and he knows how to find the people who know...uh....things...
 
Gravelface said:
Like I said, I don't know Jack......well maybe Satin Jack, but I know I don't know Jack Cheeit, ;)
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perhaps, but i thought you knew jack daniels, and his friend jack walker blue(johnny to those of us who dont really know him).
 
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