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busse: crinkle or regular coating?

fishface5

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Any infi hogs have any opinions on the relative merits of the two styles of blade coating? Tx - FF5
 
I've never used/handled a busse, but I do remember a thread discussing (albeit briefly) the differences between coatings. I believe the consensus was that the flat, desert tan coating seemed to be the most durable...
I'm sure the experts will be along soon...
 
I dont know what is the toughest coating, but I have yet to wear the coating completely off any of my Busses. ( I did strip one, however) I know, not much help;)
 
Any coating will drag more than a polished metal blade. A crinkle coating will drag most of all. Of course, if all you do is cinder block, what's the difference ...
 
The rougher crinkle coating will just wear to a smooth coating in use, which will in turn wear to bare steel with further use. The crinkle coating they currently use is one of the better coatings I have seen for that type of knife, it takes a lot of wood work to remove even a significant part of it. Check out Swamp Rat's forums for some really well used blades with little to no coating left.

Side friction on knives is in general not a significant part of the total force, this is usually more critically dependent on the force against the very edge and the force necessary to wedge the material apart. There are in general few materials which exert high side frictional forces and those that do, like thick styrofoam insulation are generally not something you would cut with the knives Busse (or most other makers for that matter) offers.

Even with those materials, cross section and sharpness are still more critical. A very sharp, and very rusty olfa blade easily cuts that insulation far easier than a just slightly dull, but very highly polished on the flats olfa blade.

-Cliff
 
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