Chip off the old block!!!

WOW, last time we saw something like that DowntownDM was chopping through a friggin' chain!! (Those pics sold me on Busse's, and my wallet has been hurting since.Thanks a lot Downtown:rolleyes::p)

If we had a sticky of damaged Busse's, I bet it would be the loneliest thread on the forum.
 
ghillieboy said:
The chip was in a branch,so i must of hit something hard before that to weaken it then the branch did the rest1Does anyone think the cold would have summit to do with it?hacking at ice and the freezing temperature!
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I used my NMFBM to clean ice off concrete steps with no chipping at all. The only chipping i've got on Busses is with the stock edge, but as soon as I sharpen it it never chips again, just rolls occasionally when i smack a stone or concrete.
 
Longknife3 said:
WOW, last time we saw something like that DowntownDM was chopping through a friggin' chain!! (Those pics sold me on Busse's, and my wallet has been hurting since.Thanks a lot Downtown:rolleyes::p)

If we had a sticky of damaged Busse's, I bet it would be the loneliest thread on the forum.
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Can we please have some links! I love that kind of thing.:thumbup:
 
Thanks 230G, you were faster than I was:thumbup:
Joshua J, that be da one.... Pictures are worth a thousand words!!
 
Hopefully they will replace the knife ... in my experience the only time good steel does'nt hold an edge well is when the heat treatment is wrong ... every company is bound to have the odd quality issue ... Busse's are so few and far between most of us have never seen a blade actually chip out ... I have'nt ... just seen dinks which "roll" ....

The cold is doubtful to be the cause ... I have used my Basic 9 inside the Artic circle and it was absolutely brilliant ...
 
I thought a replacement would be in order as well. That was a good sized chip, and I wouldn't trust the integrity if it were repaired. Plus considering it is such an anomaly among Busses, and Old Physics said it right, it will give them a chance to learn and better their product(if that's possible). Although I have a strong feeling it will be an isolated incident.

Regardless, Garth & Busse are all over it already. Can't ask for more than that....
 
PeterPHWS said:
most of us have never seen a blade actually chip out ... I have'nt ... just seen dinks which "roll" ....
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I've seen two of them chip - both were from Blade 09, and both had horrible edges on them from the factory. After sharpening them out, they haven't chipped since.

Both were very tiny chips, nothing like what is on this NMSFNO.
 
MustardMan said:
I've seen two of them chip - both were from Blade 09, and both had horrible edges on them from the factory. After sharpening them out, they haven't chipped since.

Both were very tiny chips, nothing like what is on this NMSFNO.
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Same here. Not from blade 09 though, but factory edges. Once sharpened, they were perfect.
 
Well I mostly sharpen and re-profile all my Busse's before giving them some hard use .... the only exceptions have been my B9 with it's differential edge grind which was razor sharp and a S5LE which was razor sharp ... but here is a picture of my NMFBM edge after it chopped clean through a hardened 6 inch nail in a fence post ...

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It just needed steeling down and a quick run over with the belt sander .... it had though been fully convexed and was not a factory edge ....

The same knife on the same job went through softer chain link fencing like a hot knife through butter .... and I have personally noticed that Infi seems to get better with a few sharpenings as well .... I have an uber thin skinny ash that has been sharpened and thinned more than any knife I have and is my first Busse ... amazingly it also now has the best edge retention .... it might be simply the edge geometry ... but this knife stands pace with some very expensive super steel knives I have which are way more expensive than Infi ... and are hardened to a much higher Rc setting as well :)

I am sure Busse will sort out Ghillieboy :thumbup:

Busse's warranty is the very best....
 
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Interesting that the trend seems to be that the factory edge tends to be brittle and more likely to actually chip while the Infi exposed by a re-sharpening performs as expected, dinging or rolling instead of chipping. Perhaps after the blades are tempered, the thinner Infi near the edge is at a higher than desired hardness, therefore more brittle, and some factory edges don't grind off all of this relatively brittle alloy, making some blades more prone to chipping. But, again, a re-sharpening removes the brittle Infi and leaves a tougher edge, the INFI that we've come to expect from Jerry and his crew of wonders from Wauseon. Just thinking "out loud".
Pete
 
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