Fusion BM Question

[4 Ranges]

It's going to be a V flat-grind, yes?

 

[voracious]

i'm pretty sure the one i held was, but maybe we'll luck out and get a full convex version, too!

 

[Hydraulicman]

does that refer to the blade geometry or the actual edge?


Hydraulicman

 

[4 Ranges]

voracious:

since you've held the fbm, and several other bm's, is it true that the fbm is lighter than the SHBM and BME?

 

[voracious]

voracious:

since you've held the fbm, and several other bm's, is it true that the fbm is lighter than the SHBM and BME?

it's hard to estimate the comparative weight, but i will say it's defenitely livelier and quicker in the hand than any straight or e-handle mistress.
this is due mostly to the fusion handle i think.
jody

 

[voracious]

maybe one of you bastids on the fbm test team will chime in?

 

[djolney]

"flat v grind
does that refer to the blade geometry or the actual edge?

Hydraulicman"

Yes, it refers to the blade geometry.

The edge on current knives are convex.

David

 

[voracious]

The edge on current knives are convex.

David

i think current edges are flat ground as well.

 

[Tohatchi NM]

I thought the Fusion BM was longer and wider than it's predecessors. So to be lighter, it would have to be thinner stock, or have a more radical grind angle spine-to-edge.

Although balance is completely independent of weight. I have some four-inch blades that feel like bricks, and some fourteen inch feathers.