Fusion Battle Mistress

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madriverbullets

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Fusion Battle Mistress whats the idea behind all the lines down the blades on thes knifes ?is it just purely cosmetic or does it serve a function . Does it make the blade any weaker compared to a battle mistress without the lines ? Im looking for a beater and want to spend my money wisely ...
 
Those lines across the blade (corrugated bevels) are suppose to make the blade stiffer and stronger. The same idea behind fluted rifle barrels.
 
madriverbullets said:
Fusion Battle Mistress whats the idea behind all the lines down the blades on thes knifes ?is it just purely cosmetic or does it serve a function . Does it make the blade any weaker compared to a battle mistress without the lines ? Im looking for a beater and want to spend my money wisely ...
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I don't think there's anything about a Busse that's "purely cosmetic". Form follows function
 
madriverbullets said:
Fusion Battle Mistress whats the idea behind all the lines down the blades on thes knifes ?is it just purely cosmetic or does it serve a function . Does it make the blade any weaker compared to a battle mistress without the lines ? Im looking for a beater and want to spend my money wisely ...
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Basically like a 'fuller' on larger knives. If you studied your Statics and Dynamics you know there are zero compression or tension forces through the center of the member so removing some material near the center doesn't weaken it's strength. Plus it looks COOL!!
 
I believe the corrugations on the blades are there for few reasons:
1) to decrease the surface on the blade that comes into contact with what is being cut, and thus reduce friction.
2) to decrease weight slightly
3) to increase lateral strength
4) incidentally, it looks cool.

If you're looking for something to beat on, I doubt you could spend your money more wisely than on a FBM. If you don't like or simply don't want the corrugations, you can always get a FFBM or an LE. I double-hog dare you to break a FFBM. I'm trying my best to break mine, and have made zero progress thus far. You'll break your arm before you break one of those smacking it into things.
 
On a relatively short and stocky blade like the Fusion Battle Mistress, I doubt if these little ridges actually add any strength to the blade. I think on a longer sword these grooves might give added strength. I don't particuraly like them and am thinking about filing mine off. These blades are so strong and heavy that I'm sure it won't make a bit of difference strength-wise. Busse uses computer aided laser cutting so they probably have the capability of designing these details into a blade. I figure, since they had the power to do so, hey "Why not?"
 
I'm so stupid that I thought CNC machinery was laser!!! While I'm at it everybody talks about the advantages and/or disadvantages of the grooves but I don't think anybody has really done a test to see if the grooves help or hinder the cutting of vegetation or veggies. Almost everybody who has used both have said that the FBM LE is the better chopper of the two. I don't know if the verdict is based sheerly on bigger weight of the LE or if the grooves actually influence the chopping ability of the CG. I sold my first FBMCG but have just bought another so I think I'll do some testing myself. It is sometimes difficult to seperate hype from reality. Another problem with high performance knives like Busses is that reality soon becomes mixed with hype because people become enthusiastic with the performance and start getting hyped up. (wink)
 
The weight and the full height flat grind make the FBMLE a real chopper!
 
The FBM is a beater make no mistake abou it. She's ugly and tough:










and My office Space take-off.
 
Alex p. Schorsc said:
On a relatively short and stocky blade like the Fusion Battle Mistress, I doubt if these little ridges actually add any strength to the blade. I think on a longer sword these grooves might give added strength. I don't particuraly like them and am thinking about filing mine off. These blades are so strong and heavy that I'm sure it won't make a bit of difference strength-wise. Busse uses computer aided laser cutting so they probably have the capability of designing these details into a blade. I figure, since they had the power to do so, hey "Why not?"
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Yeah, sorta like that.

This is like the fluted-bbl argument. Flutes do NOT make a bbl stronger, per se. (Nor do they cool it any faster.)

It depends on WHAT you compare it to. If Jerry did NOT flute it, would he have cut that deeply or left the grind like the FFBM? I vote the latter. The flutes do NOT strengthen it at all. They weaken it, but not to the extent of grinding ALL of that material away.

Fluted rifle bbls don't get stronger than the original blank. They are weaker, but by a smaller margin that machining the total thinner diameter. In addition, the full-thick bbl will cool better b/c even tho the flutes add surface area, they also remove steel that would soak up some of that heat when firing.

But they do look cool. To me, they lighten the blade (albeit slightly) while not sacrificing significant strength.

And watching those vids, I gotta go get my FBM and start chuckin it at some wood. Very cool.
 
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