Friend of mine found old Knifetest.com video/ THIS is the Joe X DESTRUCTION VIDEO Thread

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beachmaster said:
I have been motivated by this video to finally take the busse plunge haha
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Cant wait to see the video on that one lol. I own a couple busses.. older ones. And they all seem pretty darn tough. But nothing like a good old destruction test to really see. I also managed to score a work tuff dregoth, which should be here pretty soon. I was waiting for busse to put out their smatchet. But its been years and its still not out, so the dregoth is the closest thing i can find.
 
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Cant wait to see the video on that one lol. I own a couple busses.. older ones. And they all seem pretty darn tough. But nothing like a good old destruction test to really see. I also managed to score a work tuff dregoth, which should be here pretty soon. I was waiting for busse to put out their smatchet. But its been years and its still not out, so the dregoth is the closest thing i can find.
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That dregoth looks amazing.
I'm going to put out some feelers for a busse today, I think when I jump in it will be with both feet with some wild nuclear forsaken battle mistress or something lol
 
beachmaster said:
That dregoth looks amazing.
I'm going to put out some feelers for a busse today, I think when I jump in it will be with both feet with some wild nuclear forsaken battle mistress or something lol
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Just curious in what ballpark are you looking for in terms of usage and weight?
 
Jack of All Blades said:
Just curious in what ballpark are you looking for in terms of usage and weight?
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Ball park 9-10" plus BL and for thickness I could go either way from .212 to .340-

But I wouldn't want one with a turbo thick edge (I should maybe consider making a thread asking about bte to know some general info on when and which models have thicker vs thinner edges)

Uses would be bush bashing. I use a LOT of big heavy blades in the woods- but only on wood. For me abuse generally involves... well... wood. Lol
 
beachmaster said:
Ball park 9-10" plus BL and for thickness I could go either way from .212 to .340-

But I wouldn't want one with a turbo thick edge (I should maybe consider making a thread asking about bte to know some general info on when and which models have thicker vs thinner edges)

Uses would be bush bashing. I use a LOT of big heavy blades in the woods- but only on wood. For me abuse generally involves... well... wood. Lol
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Id definitely suggest the basic series made by Sykco (Scrap yard Knife co) it’s a branch of Busse that uses INFI steel and really nice Res-C rubber handles, great for keeping your hands warm. I’ve got a user Alpha Regulator 9.5 that’d be right up your alley. If you wanna use it for a video and do an honest review I could send it to you.

Has super snug BB kydex sheath and a fresh edge put on it by a member here who does sharpening services.

Here’s the link to the release with general specs and pricing and info https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...d-pricing-for-wednesday-july-10-2019.1672234/

I think mine weighs around 17.5-18.5 oz
 
Jack of All Blades said:
Id definitely suggest the basic series made by Sykco (Scrap yard Knife co) it’s a branch of Busse that uses INFI steel and really nice Res-C rubber handles, great for keeping your hands warm. I’ve got a user Alpha Regulator 9.5 that’d be right up your alley. If you wanna use it for a video and do an honest review I could send it to you.

Has super snug BB kydex sheath and a fresh edge put on it by a member here who does sharpening services.

Here’s the link to the release with general specs and pricing and info https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...d-pricing-for-wednesday-july-10-2019.1672234/

I think mine weighs around 17.5-18.5 oz
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I'll actually be selling/ trading a trash 2 in sr101 to fund this project.
I'm not a big fan of the res-c handles. They aren't bad, certainly miles ahead of any other handle of the type that I have used but I'm looking to go all in on a nice busse as opposed to sykco.
 
So we can't get as good of an analysis out of these pictures as Jerry could by having them in hand and some or you, Jerry especially, know more (or a TON more) about this than I do.

But from what I can see the grain structures look nice and fine even between stress fractures that run VERY deep.

I don't know that we could come to a conclusion on heat treat problems based on these pictures like I could with the operator 7.
 

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beachmaster said:
So we can't get as good of an analysis out of these pictures as Jerry could by having them in hand and some or you, Jerry especially, know more (or a TON more) about this than I do.

But from what I can see the grain structures look nice and fine even between stress fractures that run VERY deep.

I don't know that we could come to a conclusion on heat treat problems based on these pictures like I could with the operator 7.
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I still think its gorgeous. Even broken.
 
Anton41Beukes said:
The steel definitely changed over years, I smashed the TGULB into concrete yesterday not using full force, about 60%. The edge behaved similarly to Joe's testing so I stopped.
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Hmmmmm, this is sad to hear. Did you see Vlad22s video? He really put his HR2 through the wringer and it eliminated any doubt JoexS video may have caused me.
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I just watched the video, much to my Wife’s dismay. I’m still impressed with what INFI is capable of. As to Joe’s methodology, well he has tapped the outrageous vein and is mining for gold. Years ago they found Howard Stern fans listened for minutes a day while haters stayed for the whole show just to hear what was next. It’s a marketing strategy I wish my ethics would allow cause I’d be a rich man! 😁 Some of these videos by untrained folks can reveal a lot about a blade’s abilities. A perfect technique can sell a substandard blade but poor technique will reveal a blade’s true abilities. Anywho, I’m still a fanboy! Let’s drink!!!!!
 
So Joe X posted that the ASH 2 test should be fully uploaded and ready for viewing tomorrow/Sunday.

I'm very interested to see how that does being that it's a different knife and production time frame.

Also, here's the latest from Joe X for those who care and haven't seen it yet. From his community tab on YouTube :



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So while we won't get any analysis done on the broken knife (knives? Guess we'll know tomorrow!), I am looking forward to the sample size increasing and seeing more tests being done on more INFI blades as there's a number of us that didn't think the AFBM was representative of INFIs reputation given its documented history.

Will we see results more in line with those of Vlad's recent testing and past Busse history?

Will we see more of what Joe's AFBM test showed?

Stupid antics aside, I'm looking forward to see what data we can gather.
 
The Knife Life said:
So Joe X posted that the ASH 2 test should be fully uploaded and ready for viewing tomorrow/Sunday.

I'm very interested to see how that does being that it's a different knife and production time frame.

Also, here's the latest from Joe X for those who care and haven't seen it yet. From his community tab on YouTube :



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So while we won't get any analysis done on the broken knife (knives? Guess we'll know tomorrow!), I am looking forward to the sample size increasing and seeing more tests being done on more INFI blades as there's a number of us that didn't think the AFBM was representative of INFIs reputation given its documented history.

Will we see results more in line with those of Vlad's recent testing and past Busse history?

Will we see more of what Joe's AFBM test showed?

Stupid antics aside, I'm looking forward to see what data we can gather.
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As a TOUGHNESS fanboy myself, bring it, JoeX!
 
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