Frozen wood vs sarsquatch. The wood won, by a lot

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posting from my phone cus im out on a lake ice fishing. Was chopping up wood for our fire barrel and it was going fine until it met some frozen pieces. The wood won. big dents with some chips in the dents. The knifw edge is so dented it wont even fit in the sheath. :(

will post pics when i get home. :(
 
This frozen wood thing seems to be a common theme the last couple of weeks...

Is this the knife you stripped?
 
Does'nt sound very good 230, did you have the edge to thinned down maybe. Sounds like a job for your NMFBM with the frozen wood and all.
I bet that frozen woods like concrete though. Have you ever had this problem with any of your other busse's.
 
its thinned a bit not extreme though. Its as thin as my nmfbm which hasnt rolled at all.
 
Bad news:mad: Can't really blame it on Busse though as you have modded it on your beltsander. It would not be fair to them.

Hopefully you can get an edge on there that will hold up a little better and the Heat Treat is not ruined or anything like that:thumbup:

BTW, sorry to hear about this.
 
I can't wait to see the pictures of it. It actually chipped out . I hope its not that bad.
 
I doubt that the HT was hurt. Jerry said it takes something like 900F to affect INFI. When I do my blades, the same belt grinding like 230 did, the edge hardly even gets hot to the touch.
 
resinguy said:
I doubt that the HT was hurt. Jerry said it takes something like 900F to affect INFI. When I do my blades, the same belt grinding like 230 did, the edge hardly even gets hot to the touch.
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If done carefully, as I'm sure Guy does it, there oughtn't be any problem.

But ... well ... we'll see.

While I like my 'squatch, for frozen wood I go with Battle Mistresses every time.;)
 
resinguy said:
I doubt that the HT was hurt. Jerry said it takes something like 900F to affect INFI. When I do my blades, the same belt grinding like 230 did, the edge hardly even gets hot to the touch.
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Yeah, I read that before also. All I am saying is that when we take our INFI to beltsanders we are taking a chance. I am not placing the blame on 230 I am just saying not to place the blame on Busse either. Not until everything is figured out.

Busse, who knows a lot more about their knives then us, will be able to figure it out:thumbup:
 
Bummer. :(

Although I carry my CE Squatch a lot in the woods, and I don't baby it, I don't have much in the way of frozen wood to hack on down here. I could see where the thinned-out Comp edges could give when whanged against the right material.

I've also got a regular Squatch, and the edge is very thick on it. That one might've come away in better shape. It seems to be more of a "whatever you want to throw at it" kind of grind, with a lot more metal to support the edge.

Standing by for pics...
 
resinguy said:
I doubt that the HT was hurt. Jerry said it takes something like 900F to affect INFI. When I do my blades, the same belt grinding like 230 did, the edge hardly even gets hot to the touch.
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as a machinist I'm sure 230 kept the knife cool (flood, splay, mist, dunk whatever the method) throughout the grinding.

I'm curious, since the theme is frozen wood, what the low end of temperatures is for infi before it starts to become brittle. The high end is 900, but the low end :confused::confused::confused:

I don't recall ever reading a discussion on it...
 
I think 230 just needs a Moab, have you seen the guns on that guy! "Poor lil Sarsquatch" :D :D
 
richstag said:
Bad news:mad: Can't really blame it on Busse though as you have modded it on your beltsander. It would not be fair to them.

Hopefully you can get an edge on there that will hold up a little better and the Heat Treat is not ruined or anything like that:thumbup:

BTW, sorry to hear about this.
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I'm not blaming it on Busse at all. The heat treat is definitely not ruined either, i'm not retarded.
 
Oh 230, slow down, that was not the intention of my post. I do not think that you are. My apologies if I came across that way.
 
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