Found this in the becker thread,,lol

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I am a beckerhead and a busse fan as well,,,, found this in the becker forums here tonight,,,, almost fell over laughing...

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I Think the Becker line should have another .25'' addition
I don't know what Ethan and Kabar has planned next for the Bk&t line, but I think that another knife in .25" would be something everyone would love. I am thinking something like the bk7 or the bk9. Something to compete with all of those .25" Busse combat blades and such. I mean, there really isn't much difference. you are getting 1095 cro-van! For less than $100! Most of those Busses are 1095 too, and I think something of medium to large size would be awesome. Even if it had a price increase.
 
He just needs to read a bit more, he is still relatively "new" to the forums. Well, maybe not read but certainly needs to try a Busse.
 
Well, like I said, I am not putting becker down at all as I own and use some of their knives and they do well. However, once I joined the Bussekin family,, I saw a profound difference in the steel!!
 
I had a problem with busse when I contacted them about a knife and recived a nasty email , but at this point it's a price thing

I like the looks of the gemini but it's just too rich for my blood but if I found $350 today I would buy one

I would go as far as to say Becker is better than tops
 
Perhaps deep in its chemical composition there is some 1095 in Infi......... Maybe......... Way down there........ :p
 
Ok gentlemen, i see the 420 reference and so far Im laughing.:D

Just please keep in mind where this thread is and keep it respectful. THere will be no bashing off other makers here.

There are a lot of folks that we all call friend that enjoy both forums, and both knives.:cool:
 
Any time a friend want's a really good knife and doesn't want to shell out a lot of money I tell them to look at Becker.
 
Dang and I just had mine analyzed, I did not realize that my test was wrong. Oh well. But wait, I noticed mine has some copper in it and some manganese as well. That is a lot of elements in this steel. I might as well trash this test. ;)

01/2013 Test for me on 1998 INFI blade:
Fe 87.9% Iron
Cr 7.9%Chrome
Mo 1.3% Molybdenum- Prevents brittleness, adds machinability and improves corrosion resistance
Co .8% Cobalt - Cobalt improves red hardness and high temperature strength and does not form carbides.
Ni .7% Nickel - Nickel adds toughness and corrosion resistance
C .5% carbon
V .4% Vanadium- Refines grains and contributes to toughness
Mn .3% Manganese- Adds strength and wear resistance
N 0.11% Nitrogen- Acts like carbon
Cu 0.09% Copper- Prevents surface oxidation


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Just a generalisation here: most of new members don't bother to familiarise themselves with:
1. Forums,
2. Products,
3. General knife styles
4. Steels
They just join in and don't bother to read up on anything.
By the time I got my first piece of INFI, I've read some 75% threads in this subforum, checked out all pictures here, done some research online. Then I got a DEAL on exchange without asking what knife X should cost.
Just sayin... Hope the guy reads this thread an learns about INFI
Just my 2c.
 
Cobalt said:
01/2013 Test for me on 1998 INFI blade:
Fe 87.9% Iron
Cr 7.9%Chrome
Mo 1.3% Molybdenum- Prevents brittleness, adds machinability and improves corrosion resistance
Co .8% Cobalt - Cobalt improves red hardness and high temperature strength and does not form carbides.
Ni .7% Nickel - Nickel adds toughness and corrosion resistance
C .5% carbon
V .4% Vanadium- Refines grains and contributes to toughness
Mn .3% Manganese- Adds strength and wear resistance
N 0.11% Nitrogen- Acts like carbon
Cu 0.09% Copper- Prevents surface oxidation
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That can't be right!

There's no bacon content!!! :D
 
I would like to see a comparison of new Infi.

And I too am lookin forward to the new Becker re-releases of the Khuk when it is released!
 
elof_alv said:
That can't be right!

There's no bacon content!!! :D
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There is no scotch either. I think that the method used does not pick up either of those. It also does not pick up nitrogen, but the original test did not either. I just knew from past info provided by jerry in the forums.
 
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