First Busse Strip

I still dont understand the gremlin marks... they say its not intentional, it's part of the manufacturing process but they always have squiggly lines an literally look like someone took an engraving bit and a dremel and wanted to play. Does the chuck keep slipping the bit loose during machining of the blank?
 
91bravo said:
Thanks Andy! Modern day hamon line!
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....exactly, I have one picture (low light long exposure) of my M9LE and the line is quite evident in that as well. I am pretty sure the M6/9 series were close to the last DHT Rats as well.
 
Andy the Aussie said:
....exactly, I have one picture (low light long exposure) of my M9LE and the line is quite evident in that as well. I am pretty sure the M6/9 series were close to the last DHT Rats as well.
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I've seen some of the differential HT before, but never had any experience using one. Any advantages/disadvantages?
 
In my very basic view....for the hardest of hard users....maybe...for the other 99.99% probably not. I believe Jerry B has previously posted that the increase in performance of DHT vs through hardened blades (with the Busse HT regime) was not significant enough to warrant the work/cost.
 
91bravo said:
.....Modern day hamon line!
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Exactly that, Andy's got you covered :thumbsup:

And regarding DHT vs through-hardened, I've beat the stuffing out of both, not sure I could tell the difference if I had a blindfold on and couldn't see the hamon. The DHT definitely has a nice 'cool factor' though :)
 
Nice.

I really liked the chatter marks on that one. The crosshatched pattern is really industrial looking.......
 
For the archives

M6 Hamon. Etched, stripped, ghetto comp on grind, flats left raw/oiled.

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Looks like blasting is about the best way to clean one up. I am planning on getting a cabinet sometime soon.
 
StealthCaliber said:
I still dont understand the gremlin marks... they say its not intentional, it's part of the manufacturing process but they always have squiggly lines an literally look like someone took an engraving bit and a dremel and wanted to play. Does the chuck keep slipping the bit loose during machining of the blank?
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Well, I think the boss just said that it happens during the manufacturing process and that they weren't put there to discourage people from stripping. He is a smart man who picks his words very well. Really, anything that happens between a blank sheet of steel to the final edge being put on, whether done by hand or machine could be described as something that happens during the manufacturing process.
 
clampdaddy said:
Well, I think the boss just said that it happens during the manufacturing process and that they weren't put there to discourage people from stripping. He is a smart man who picks his words very well. Really, anything that happens between a blank sheet of steel to the final edge being put on, whether done by hand or machine could be described as something that happens during the manufacturing process.
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So, the more time the machine works on a project, the more that project costs....in tool heads and holding up the next copy being produced.

If you are a company that plans on painting it's product after machining, are you going to up the cost of production to get a smooth satin finish? No. You are going to finish it well enough that the coating doesn't belie the machine marks under it.

So, Busse runs them till they are in spec and smooth enough that there aren't marks coming through the coating, and then call it good. Why do more work on something that isn't meant to be seen?

It's not like they affect performance.

So, I honestly think it is just a matter of finer machining work is not necessary to achieving the stated product quality, and in fact, paint sticks to surfaces that are a bit roughed up better than super slick ones anyhow....
 
For me, I'll pay more for that much work already done because I'm not into coatings, it's just not my thing but I agree with co556 - this process is what gives us the price point that allows us to own them in the range we do- accepted.
Bottom line is, it's nice to have the options that please us individually.
 
co556guy said:
So, the more time the machine works on a project, the more that project costs....in tool heads and holding up the next copy being produced.

If you are a company that plans on painting it's product after machining, are you going to up the cost of production to get a smooth satin finish? No. You are going to finish it well enough that the coating doesn't belie the machine marks under it.

So, Busse runs them till they are in spec and smooth enough that there aren't marks coming through the coating, and then call it good. Why do more work on something that isn't meant to be seen?

It's not like they affect performance.

So, I honestly think it is just a matter of finer machining work is not necessary to achieving the stated product quality, and in fact, paint sticks to surfaces that are a bit roughed up better than super slick ones anyhow....
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I don' think we are talking about the same marks.
 
clampdaddy said:
I don' think we are talking about the same marks.
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Yeah, I've seen the one that looked like someone took an angle grinder to it and signed their name....(how long the foul air from that one has stuck around is likely to prevent it from happening again....IMHO).

But in the case of the knife in this thread, and most every other knife I've seen stripped that's shown up on here.....

The grind marks and the dimples reflect more of what I was attempting to get at. Why bother finishing them off when they don't show up when it's coated?
 
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