Busse Edge Problems

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John GERDING

John GERDING

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I have a question, I am on my 5th Busse knife now and I do love these knives, There can be no doubt about the durability and awesome designs but why is it that Busse/Swamp Rat does not seem to care one single bit about sharpening their knives or proper edge geometry? I mean these knives come with arguably the worst edge grinds I have ever seen on any knife in my long history of knife use and collecting... You can walk into any walmart and buy a $20 Buck with an edge that easily beats a Busse knife... You would think with the price tag these knives command they would do something about the god awful uneven grinds that look like they were done on a 180 grit bench grinder... Just sayin... Now I gotta get back to spending 5 hours of my life correcting the mistakes on the edge of my new INFI Ratweiler...
 
HAHAHAHHHA So no complaining Then.... I see... The fact that that thread even exists Is reason enough for me to question my purchase decisions. How low can you go...
 
Who wants to send off a brand new product for god knows how long to have a mistake that should have never made it past QC corrected.. I can fix the problem myself, This is just some constructive criticism... The Sharpening teqniques at the Busse shops need some serious work... That is all... delete this if you want, But just to be clear you cant shutup your disatisfied customers... Its probably a better idea to just fix the problem before it occures... And with the consistency of this problem Im guessing its just a straight up lack of giving a flying crap about the final product. Aloha.
 
I have to disagree. While I'm not an edge snob, most knives I get new have edges that I end up having to fix. Busse and Chris Reeve Knives are the only production knives that come sharp enough for me.
 
One huge upside about a nice obtuse busse edge is that we get to thin it out to our liking , for our personal use . I’ve had factory knives with nice thin grinds roll and chip away .. INFI stays where you put it . I actually like being able to thin the edge to my liking .. 15 , 17 , 20 ect .
 
I just got my Busse Axe Hammer in Satin, tottally disagree-
hair popping goodness.
I use weekly several JNats and easily this Busse is the sharpest blade that has arrived to me new, in some time.
I think you should stay safe with your BRKT product...
Welcome.
 
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John GERDING said:
HAHAHAHHHA So no complaining Then.... I see... The fact that that thread even exists Is reason enough for me to question my purchase decisions. How low can you go...
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Everyone has different expectations and we will do our best to meet yours. :thumbsup::cool:

Without seeing the knives, it is impossible to make an informed comment. So, please send the knives in and we will address the issue and get you taken care of. :cool::thumbsup:

Thanks and Let's Drink!:thumbsup:

Jerry:D



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"proper edge geometry" is rather subjective depending on your uses and preference.

luethge said:
One huge upside about a nice obtuse busse edge is that we get to thin it out to our liking , for our personal use . I’ve had factory knives with nice thin grinds roll and chip away .. INFI stays where you put it . I actually like being able to thin the edge to my liking .. 15 , 17 , 20 ect .
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This ^.

While they do sharpen them better than they used to, the edges are still sometimes a lot thicker than I'd like (ex: some of my more recent knives were a ratmandu and a swatmandu. the rat grind was pretty thick while the swat was nice and thin at the edge shoulder). An hour or two of work with the belt sander and strop will usually bring it to my preference. I'm not going to complain because I like to convex all my edges anyway
 
John GERDING said:
I have a question, I am on my 5th Busse knife now and I do love these knives, There can be no doubt about the durability and awesome designs but why is it that Busse/Swamp Rat does not seem to care one single bit about sharpening their knives or proper edge geometry? I mean these knives come with arguably the worst edge grinds I have ever seen on any knife in my long history of knife use and collecting... You can walk into any walmart and buy a $20 Buck with an edge that easily beats a Busse knife... You would think with the price tag these knives command they would do something about the god awful uneven grinds that look like they were done on a 180 grit bench grinder... Just sayin... Now I gotta get back to spending 5 hours of my life correcting the mistakes on the edge of my new INFI Ratweiler...
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If you have a problem with a new product you bought from the manufacturer online you should definitely sort that out with the company if it's not to your liking.
 
never noticed that myself
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Busse knives are made to be tough
They are sharp out if the box but because of the geometry and thickness behind the edge they can’t be expected to slice as well as thinner knives like bucks
It’s physics

Sharpness and slicyness are not the same lol
 
Mike Pierson said:
I just got my Busse Axe Hammer in Satin, tottally disagree-
hair popping goodness.
I use weekly several JNats and easily this Busse is the sharpest blade that has arrived to me new, in some time.
I think you should stay safe with your BRKT product...
Welcome.
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What J-Nats do you use?
 
John GERDING said:
HAHAHAHHHA So no complaining Then.... I see... The fact that that thread even exists Is reason enough for me to question my purchase decisions. How low can you go...
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Busse can't know what each persons individual preferences are for edge geometry. They do a basic 15-sh degrees on each side and then let the used adjust from there if they want to.
The same situation exists with Japanese kitchen knives. They come almost dull out of the box and some require quite a bit of work to adjust to the proper geometry for the task. That is done on purpose so that the end user can make the edge to their preference.
 
It's always been my experience that when I've had a problem with a product, the solution has always resided with "go to the person or persons who can solve that problem" - Just guessing, but an internet forum is probably not going to get it done in most cases~ and that's how the term "fanboy" was invented erroneously.
Besides, The Man answered the question and that's all that needs to be said about that~ Tell me, where else does this happen? .... I know, only super special places~
Fin~~~
 
While reprofiling sucks to have to do.....at the end of the day, I was always going to reprofile it anyways.

Leaving the edges thick leaves me more material and allows me to put my preferred edge on without losing knife.

I say this as someone who has not met a new knife yet that had an acceptable edge on it. Not one. I've had a lot.
 
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