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Did Infi ever upgraded?
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Well, actually we've all been hearing rumors of the new "BRINFI." This is probably a new blade material formulated around bronze. From what I understand, it's a 15,000 year-old secret just rediscovered. Jerry probably won't make a move until the metal has been patented though.
We'll see!
"Did you ever upgrade infi? it's composition, heat-treatment process?"
Apparently, INFI's heat treatment has been refined since it's introduction. If you read through old stuff about INFI, you'll see that it was originally heat treated to Rockwell hardness 60-62 (in actuality, consistently much closer to 62 than 60). It is now heat treated to Rockwell hardness 58-60 (in actuality, consistently much closer to 60 than 58).
So, the heat treatment protocol has been changed, since the introduction. Presumably, this change was a refinement made to improve INFI's desired performance properties.
Apparently, INFI's heat treatment has been refined since it's introduction. If you read through old stuff about INFI, you'll see that it was originally heat treated to Rockwell hardness 60-62 (in actuality, consistently much closer to 62 than 60). It is now heat treated to Rockwell hardness 58-60 (in actuality, consistently much closer to 60 than 58).
So, the heat treatment protocol has been changed, since the introduction. Presumably, this change was a refinement made to improve INFI's desired performance properties.
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No, but it was actually downgraded once for a line called the basics. Apparently, there were no discernable differences......... (from what I've read)
except, MAYBE there were a little more corrosion sensitive.
except, MAYBE there were a little more corrosion sensitive.
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Oh great... I don't even have an FBM or a folder, and now I want a Busse light saber.SNAFU said:Difficult to upgrade on perfection.....
I do hear that Jerry is working on integrating light saber technology into the new line up. Probably will make it here before the folder...
Perhaps we are just having a semantic difference, but I don't really understand what you are saying.
The hardness of INFI was purposely altered from ~Rc62 to ~Rc60. This change was not accomplished by changing the composition of the metal, but by modifying the details for how the metal is heated and cooled. So I described this as "the heat treatment protocol has been changed".
Your way of describing it appears to me like discussing the effect while ignoring the cause, as though honing the Rc number was a matter of erasing the number "62" and writing in the number "60".
If this is not what you mean, then please explain to me.
I also don't understand why this should be considered important.
Look at an Ansel Adams print from the 1940s, and then look at an an Ansel Adams print of the same negative from the 1970s. They're different. Over the years, Ansel refined his visions of particular scenes, and reworked his printing methods of those negatives to reflect this. While he was indeed masterful in the original case, and while his earlier versions did already rise to the level of significance, nevertheless, he continually improved through the decades as an artist and a technician, and his later work reflects this.
This is just one example, but you will find that this is the case in all aspects of human endeavor. The most dedicated and talented in any field continually hone their end goals, their techniques, and their output, in every way they can think of, to eke out ever more quality from their works. Perfection of a photographic print, or knife, or anything else, is not about achieving perfection once and for all, and then maintaining absolute stasis; it is about constantly evolving one's output (and oneself) toward ever-extending goals.
And that is what is important.