Busse warranty and blade refinishing, sharpness etc..

230grains

230grains

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Sorry for all these questions I keep coming up with. I've heard that Busse has the best warranty in the business, what does that cover? I'm going to be buying an NMSFNO and it's not going to be a safe queen, it will see some hard use as a daily carry as well as a woods/camping knife.

I also had a question regarding the blade finish. I don't expect the finish to hold up to batoning etc.. I don't mind if it gets some scuffs and scratches, it's a tool. I also don't want it to look like total crap. Does Busse offer any refinishing services for $$$?

Also, how sharp does the NMSFNO come out of the box? I freely admit i'm horrible at sharpening, but i'm working on practicing before I get mine. Is the edge on it a convex edge meaning sandpaper/mouse pad? I think I read somewhere that this model was not, but I could be wrong.
 
I don't have a NMSFNO, but these days I think they have been upping the ante on sharpness lately. As to refinishing, anything is possible, call the shop and ask.
 
Oh yeah, coated blades will get beat up with use, and probably look like "crap" to some people. I don't mind it, but prefer satin finish.
 
My NMSFNO came with a really crappy edge. However, if you get one and don't like the edge, you can send it in to the shop and have them put whatever edge you want on it. I just reprofiled it myself and saved the waiting time. It's a worthwhile skill to learn.
 
yes, you can always send it back to them and for a fee, they will resurface the blade finish for you, they will also do additional sharpening for you for a fee..
the warranty covers the edge and quality, or anything at all. But if you wanted to refinish the blade coating, it's cosmetic and if you want a different edge on it, that's just extra...
I haven't seen Busse refuse anything under warranty, no matter what. Even if I thought it was the fault of the owner. What they won't cover is super abuse like if you took a blow torch to it or something...
 
I haven't received a "dull" Busse since the Battle Mistress. All the rest have been sharp, especially the SFNOLE and NMSFNO.
 
My NMSFNO came plenty sharp for chopping wood. It was not hair shaving sharp, but plenty sharp enough, do do what it was designed to do.

I simply ran a fine ceramic rod over it for about 10 mins, then stropped it on an old leather belt, and now the entire edge is shaving sharp. Very easy process. After I chop things outside with it, a short strop, and it's back to shaving sharp again.

Great knife.
 
Does the NMSFNO come with a convex edge or more traditional bevel? Been practicing the sandpaper/mousepad technique on some cheaper knives
 
LeftytwoGuns said:
My NMSFNO came plenty sharp for chopping wood. It was not hair shaving sharp, but plenty sharp enough, do do what it was designed to do.

I simply ran a fine ceramic rod over it for about 10 mins, then stropped it on an old leather belt, and now the entire edge is shaving sharp. Very easy process. After I chop things outside with it, a short strop, and it's back to shaving sharp again.

Great knife.
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What exactly is stropping?
 
230grains said:
Oh so I could use a spyderco sharpmaker on it then.
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Not sure about that; the edge angle on the NMSFNO may be too obtuse for the Sharpmaker. You can certainly try, though.

adrock1978 said:
What exactly is stropping?
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It's complicated to explain, so I'll dig up an old thread of mine that may answer your questions. Gimme a sec and then look towardthe top of the Buss forum.

J
 
You could use a sharpmaker, I suppose, I've never used one. But you shouldn't need to "grind" away a lot of metal. The fine ceramic rod should be just to touch up, and smoothe out the edge, to give it the final touch.

And stropping, is using an edge-trailing stroke, down something like a piece of leather to smoothe out an edge, usually the final step in most people's sharpening regiment. Look for some videos on You tube.
 
Read about stropping here. Stropping is just dragging a blade edge backwards over leather, cardboard, etc. It's like the finishing touch, or for edge maintainance.

I tried using a Sharpmaker on my NMSFNO, but the edge was too fat and the coating was gumming up the sticks. It worked like a charm on my SFNOLE, though. I use a Spyderco ceramic file or DMT diafolds for the blades that don't work on the Sharpmaker too well.
 
I'mGatMan! said:
Not sure about that; the edge angle on the NMSFNO may be too obtuse for the Sharpmaker. You can certainly try, though.



It's complicated to explain, so I'll dig up an old thread of mine that may answer your questions. Gimme a sec and then look towardthe top of the Buss forum.

J
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Thanks. And thanks to the rest of you guys.
 
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