FS: Meaner user refinished with competition finish by busse

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Cobalt

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So this little beast was recently used by me as a baseline blade to see how much damage it can take on cement nails. I tested several blades and this little one suffered the least damage even though it had the thinnest grind and thinnest edge. In any case, I sent it back to Busse for warranty repair and it just returned to me in excellent condition with the added bonus of being given a competition finish instead of the coated finish it had before. Jerry even mentioned that the blade did not have much damage and I said, not compared to the other knives for sure. In any case it goes up on the chopping block as a tested blade refinished by busse. You know this one will not fail you. It is 0.15" thick. Sell for $275 shipped insured conus.

HEre are pics and videos.

[video=youtube;zzpL9CW_AJA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzpL9CW_AJA[/video]
[video=youtube;iZcXpM-899c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZcXpM-899c[/video]

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I'm interested in this meaner.

Is the grinding on the spine normal or is that custom? And did the blade height need to be reduced to fix the damage? Finish looks great.

The testing looks like that 3v vs infi that was discussed a few months back (same timeframe the vids were taken). Will the testing results become public knowledge?

Thanks.
 
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Sorry for the late response guys.
This one is sold to Tim.

The blade was given a swedge on top to remove the hammer marks from what I did to it. Other than that no metal was lost.

As for the test. The testing I did was to attempt to create crack propagation once indentation or chipping begins. Neither this nor the other 2 knives made from cpm3V failed. They behave like I would expect a tough steel to behave when properly HT'd. In this case, INFI took less damage. But, there are way to many factors to make any conclusions other than all the knives were tough. I also used my Becker 1095crovan knife and it failed in 1/3 the time I ran these knives for. The mashed edge propagated into a crack all the way through the blade and it snapped in half. This is exactly what I was hoping not to do. After 7 minutes of pounding on INFI and nathans 3v, none failed. That little knife was ground to 15dps, nathans knives were ground to 18dps. Thickness 0.2" behind the edge was the same on all knives including the becker. The reason why I do not post these tests is because, there are many factors in what I did. The speed of the swing, the angle of the hit etc, can affect how the steel reacts. So, the only thing to be inferred here is that both INFI and 3V are extremely tough when properly HT'd.
 
Very cool Cobalt, thanks for posting that.
Do you plan on posting the videos of Nathan's knife?
 
I have posted them somewhere. I fully recommend his work. Also, I got a chance to annihilate one knife with the std GSO HT protocol and it also passed with flying colors.
 
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