Beatability of skinny INFI ??

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lmalterna

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Guys,
I am starting with my 8 yr old son on woodsman skills and things like splitting kindling with knife and wooden mallet. This brings up the question in my mind of how well the skinnies being offered are going to stand up to this type of use?? For this weekend the SH E and Bandicoot will be used but the ZT NO and someday the Skinny Badger will come to use & I would hate to do them in...
This weekend we start our eastern frontier era hunters camp(mid 1700's) momma gave us permission- (it helps when my son asks... LOL). & once he sees how well INFI does, I am sure he will be asking Mom for some of his own...
Thanks.
 
I can't say for sure, but I bet the they would be fine. Especially if it's a wooden mallet. If they don't fair well you can always use the INFI clad warranty. I am going to use my skinny desert badgers as "father and son" knives. It will be his first Busse. He can have it in November for his 12 birthday, along with a Belgium made browning 22 rife that was my fathers at 12 and then mine at 12. I'm getting off track here. It's good to know that Daddy's still do with their sons. The little dogs need to learn from the big dogs. That INFI is tough stuff, but I know someone will pop in here with an answer for you soon. I seem to be rambling today, sorry :o
 
The SH-e and the coot will make a fine combo. Use only ONE at the time for a while for different tasks. You get a better 'feel' for the different style/size blades. Yaknowwaddimean??? Well, He'll get a better feel so to speak....

Wet
 
Abuse is never an issue at Busse Combat Land!

Beat it senseless. . . any trouble at all and it's covered by our warranty!

Keep your arms and hands inside the rides at all times and enjoy your stay!!!! ;)


Nuke on!
 
Thanks guys!
Alpha- the only thing I was ever told about the stuff I was taught was "Pass it on." I only wish my kids could have had the childhood I did but at least I can relive some of it with them.

I gotta get over the old saying I was taught: " A man that doesn't use his tools should give them to someone who will- A man that abuses a tool, doesn't deserve to have it." BUT these are Busse and they like it rough !! LOL
Later,
Bill
 
I wouldn't worry too much about batoning a Busse through a limb or small log to split it. If an $8 Mora can handle it, the Busse will do just fine.
 
Any knife can be batoned through a small branch with a piece of wood. The fact that an $8.00 knife can handle it, proves that. In fact, I don't think there's a kitchen knife sold at WalMart that can't handle getting tapped on the spine with a piece of wood.

Now, on the other hand, if you use a hammer like Sevenedges did on his Basic 9 for a few hours or put your knife through more than 2 years of intentional gross abuse, like Cliff did with his Basic 7 . . . that is abusive treatment my friends, and that is where Busse Combat comes to party!!! :D How many times a knife can sustain extremely heavy beatings is really the question. Any screwdriver will turn a few screws, no big deal. But continuos, heavy use is what will seperate the excellent from the garbage. It is through years and years of heavy abuse that Busse knives leave all others behind. Hell, we leave all others behind in live demos that last less than an hour! :D

I have always been amazed that kids can level more abuse to a knife than any adult can dream of. Kids have no concept of limits, or flex range, or realistic expectations of blade performance. I've seen 10 year olds destroy many a good knife. I'm sure that nearly everyone on this board has broken many a blade in their day. By the time I was 15 I had broken every knife I had ever owned. The one that lasted the longest was my old Western Bowie. When I was 13 I was giving it hell in a tree chopping frenzy when it broke off at the blade handle juncture. I was beyond surprised and remember being really bummed out at having my favorite knife snap like glass. Sure would've been nice to have had a no BS warranty on that blade. . . . . Okay, it's CBL time!!!!

Jerry
 
Originally posted by lmalterna
Thanks guys!
Alpha- the only thing I was ever told about the stuff I was taught was "Pass it on." I only wish my kids could have had the childhood I did but at least I can relive some of it with them.
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Bill, I wish I had the childhood you did to pass on to my kids when I have them. You don't learn too much about the outdoors busing tables for the old man from the age of 11. So I try and learn what I can from books and websites. Teach them well my friend. I am afraid that there will be far more kids growing up in America who know less than I do about the outdoors. Beat those Busse blades with abandon my friend.
 
Heh, that is something that I havent been able to do this year, YET! I really miss camping on the weekends and really using the tools out in the boondocks. I gotta take some time and just go, no worries about work, go chop the heck out of something wooden, and maybey some other stuff.:D :p

BTW, Bill, I dont know if my mail has been getting out to everyone, have you gotten any of my mails? I need you to contact me about that ARK and its new clothes. :D Its time my friend!
 
Jerry,
I let my son know that the man that made my knives said for us to enjoy ourselves and not to worry about the knives- he was impressed!!

PG,
At the time, I didn't think life was so good- I was "shared out" amongst the farming community and extended family as labor. While other kids went to the beaches and amusement parks, I spent all my summers working hard on farms. I got a real glimpse of what life was like for my grandparents and parents in rural Virginia. I had the run of the farms when the work was done and had many "Tom Sawyer" adventures. I was loved and, even as a child, respected for my hard work attitude and my values. I became a father at 19 and have 3 children, God's greatest gift to me has been the honor of being a father. My job is to be true to them and help them find the answer to every question and the path to follow their dreams... notice I didn't say I would GIVE them the answers!! LOL!!

Dwayne,
I received and email last night and just replied- theres is nothing more frightening than a nekked knife... unless you saw those party pictures and I can explain that!! :)

Sorry for the bandwidth... some things require complete answers. Back to lurk mode.
Later,
Bill
 
Bill, I bet it was hard working those farms. I have a lot of respect for those in the trenches of agriculture. I can relate to having to work while the other kids were all out just goofing off. It has made for a good work ethic though.
 
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