Busse Magnetism

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I was just playing with several Busses and happened to notice magnetic attraction between their blades when oriented appropriately. Maybe this is obvious/old news but it generated some fun for me after XXX beers tonight:p
 
It has been mentioned before.

Some are, some aren't.

The explanation escapes me right now. I heard it once.
 
son of a gun....only my bwm le exhibits magnetism ....thanks for bringing this weirdness up
 
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wow, I have never heard of this before.

That's really interesting.....does anyone have explanations for this? or links to other threads discussing it?
 
ThornStrike said:
wow, I have never heard of this before.

That's really interesting.....does anyone have explanations for this? or links to other threads discussing it?
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Absolutely I do.

But, when I share them, everybody just calls me a nerd.:(:o
 
OldPhysics said:
Absolutely I do.

But, when I share them, everybody just calls me a nerd.:(:o
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I would not call you a nerd. But it might make my "weggie bone" tingle. That's fine, no danger there, as you live much too far away to give you a weggie!
 
Bigfattyt said:
I would not call you a nerd. But it might make my "weggie bone" tingle. That's fine, no danger there, as you live much too far away to give you a weggie!
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I'm safe ... I live near the Nation's Capitol.:)

Basically, the manufacturing process aligns small domains (regions of the metal) that happen to have a "macroscopic magnetization" (all the little, tiny magnetic moments due to unpaired "spinning" electrons in particular states all line up). If enough align, you get a knife that acts like a familiar magnet.

Easy to remove -- most commonly by heating it past the point of magnetization.

But no need to do that, as I've never known a knife that was the worse for a little magnetism.
 
OldPhysics said:
I'm safe ... I live near the Nation's Capitol.:)

Basically, the manufacturing process aligns small domains (regions of the metal) that happen to have a "macroscopic magnetization" (all the little, tiny magnetic moments due to unpaired "spinning" electrons in particular states all line up). If enough align, you get a knife that acts like a familiar magnet.

Easy to remove -- most commonly by heating it past the point of magnetization.

But no need to do that, as I've never known a knife that was the worse for a little magnetism.
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Awesome! Thanks. A little nerding out every once in a while isn't always a bad thing!
 
I've asked Busse about this before too.
It's no big deal.
just makes them more fun to play with while drinking.
 
Could it be as simple as they didnt DE-Magnetize the knives when they came off the surface grinders?? Could be!!!! Only the Boss knows!!
 
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