Flogging the TGLB

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Vegas Blade

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As promised, I took the new TGLB out today and beat on her HARD. I don't know what everyone's opinion of "Hard Use" is, and I'm sure opinions will vary. This is what I did, very unscientific, not trying to do anything but get an idea of what she'll take. I was stabbing the knife into my tree as hard as I could and repeatedly "popping it out", I was essentially prying the tip of the knife out after burying it as hard as I could. No damage at all. I did this approx. 15-20x. Each time I was getting 1/2 to 1inch of penetration into the tree. Next I did some chopping. The branch was very dead and hard. I was hitting the edge very hard, and she was taking out big bites. The knife chops very well for a medium sized knife. Lastly, I was hacking into the dead branch and torquing the edge out. I was trying to get some edge deformation. Some chipping, rolling, or tearing. All I can say is "YEAH RIGHT!!" This baby took everything I had and shook it off. I'm not a little guy. I'm 6'0 tall and 205 lbs. I was beating the knife with serious whacks. The edge was going in all the way to the fuller. I was prying, twisting and otherwise torquing on the blade. I got some flex. I could definitely feel her flexing. I was giving the knife as much as I could without using tools. I would estimate the knife took more than most folks will throw at one. Again, I wasn't being "scientific". I wasn't comparing my Busse to "Brand X". I was simply using her as hard as I could estimate you ever could without a "Noss style destruction test".

In the end the edge didn't roll, chip, tear, or otherwise deform. The blade was as straight as when she came. The tip was un damaged. The edge would reluctantly slice paper. Overall I'd say the TGLB is tougher than most will ever need, and I would 110% bet my LIFE on her as a survival tool. I feel with the TBLG and a quality folder, a person has all the edged bases covered. Thanks for reading my ramblings. :-)
 
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I've been smacking mine around, too. Holding strong!
 
Took mine to work with me today and chopped on a dry old wood block to get an idea of what it would take to dull it.......never really found out. When the block was reduced to chips and chunks the edge would still shave hair. Not easy hair popping sharp but still, it would take hair. Just a couple strokes brought it right back to being scary sharp.
 
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INFI is amazing stuff. Coupled with good blade/handle design it is pretty much bomb proof.
 
Sounds like you had a good time. The beauty of Infi is that you can beat it like you stole it and it just smiles and asks for more.

Garth
 
Sweet! Good to hear about INFI getting beaten hard!

Spare the rod spoil the INFI, that stuff gets downright snotty if its not kept in check. :)
 
Hmmm, now that I have this table, I think more testing is order :)

Thank you for the inspirational post :)
 
Vegas Blade said:
As promised, I took the new TGLB out today and beat on her HARD. I don't know what everyone's opinion of "Hard Use" is, and I'm sure opinions will vary. This is what I did, very unscientific, not trying to do anything but get an idea of what she'll take. I was stabbing the knife into my tree as hard as I could and repeatedly "popping it out", I was essentially prying the tip of the knife out after burying it as hard as I could. No damage at all. I did this approx. 15-20x. Each time I was getting 1/2 to 1inch of penetration into the tree. Next I did some chopping. The branch was very dead and hard. I was hitting the edge very hard, and she was taking out big bites. The knife chops very well for a medium sized knife. Lastly, I was hacking into the dead branch and torquing the edge out. I was trying to get some edge deformation. Some chipping, rolling, or tearing. All I can say is "YEAH RIGHT!!" This baby took everything I had and shook it off. I'm not a little guy. I'm 6'0 tall and 205 lbs. I was beating the knife with serious whacks. The edge was going in all the way to the fuller. I was prying, twisting and otherwise torquing on the blade. I got some flex. I could definitely feel her flexing. I was giving the knife as much as I could without using tools. I would estimate the knife took more than most folks will throw at one. Again, I wasn't being "scientific". I wasn't comparing my Busse to "Brand X". I was simply using her as hard as I could estimate you ever could without a "Noss style destruction test".

In the end the edge didn't roll, chip, tear, or otherwise deform. The blade was as straight as when she came. The tip was un damaged. The edge would reluctantly slice paper. Overall I'd say the TGLB is tougher than most will ever need, and I would 110% bet my LIFE on her as a survival tool. I feel with the TBLG and a quality folder, a person has all the edged bases covered. Thanks for reading my ramblings. :-)
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It warms my heart to read things like this, thanks for doing this and reporting it.
 
Sounds like you had fun! If you have pics and you would like to load them, try using Photobucket. It works wonders for me! :thumbup:
 
That sounds like a great time to me :thumbup: I can't wait to see pictures :)
 
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