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I know exactly what you are talking about...
I've always thought they were inclusions as well.

Not really sure how they can be from a buffing wheel though.

Anyway... there has never been any adverse effect on my users so I guess there is no harm in them being there.

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c4man said:
It was waiting for me in the mailbox when I got up :thumbup: Thanks for the usual quick ship company store :D
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Damn it. I had to go order one for myself (Green scales and Kydex pants). Looks like a great Busse for field-dressing whitetails and small game. Heck, I didn't really want to spend my money on $4.50/gal. home heating oil anyway; it probably won't be that cold this winter with global warming and all....;)

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
Lil' Foo said:
I know exactly what you are talking about...
I've always thought they were inclusions as well.

Not really sure how they can be from a buffing wheel though.
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Well, like I said, I can't see them being inclusions as they appear and disappear depending on the angle of light reflecting off them. They almost have to be dimensional and, based strictly on the 'apparent motion' I'd say they are shaped much like ocean waves running to the edge. Too small to feel (at least for me) but I can see them because of the polish.... I used a varnish analogy that I think works. You can see these marks in nice woodwork under the right light, but you'll never feel them.

No worries, it was more a curiosity. I'd love to compare with yours to see if we're seeing the same thing (though I'm sure we are).

Ken
 
Here's a pic where you can see the ripples / waves...
Where the darker shaded part of the blade starts.

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Oh... Have I mentioned that I really like black canvas micarta with red liners? :confused: :D

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kbuzbee said:
That's it, exactly. Nicely photographed!

Ken
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Thanks!


And where are my manners??? :confused: :eek:

Congrats on your bruiser BAD C4Boar... definitely a great match for the Bruiser Warden! :thumbup: :cool:

Great pics... thanks for sharing. :cool:

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kbuzbee said:
When I look at the back side of the blade there appears to be small (I'm talking VERY small, can't feel them) "ripples" running parallel to the edge. Kinda looks like ocean waves headed into the beach viewed from the air. You only see them in a certain reflection.... And tipping the knife a bit, they vanish. I won't even TRY to take any picts but I think you get the idea?? At first, I thought they might be inclusions in the blade steel but since they vanish in a different light angle, I doubt that. My guess now would be something from the heat treating or something from the grinding (or both?). Anyone else notice this??? Just curious.

Thanks!

Ken
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I havn't read any farther in thread but will tell you ALL BADs have it in the same exact place on the back side.

I told Hogwash to pull his out at Blade and guarantee'd him it would be there before I saw it. It was, we let Ban take a look and we all noticed it with the bend of light. We concluded it was a VERY slight high spot...or I did and most agreed but said to ask Garth. Didn't bother since a non issue with me...but was curious.

But you should have seen me the first two days I got them:D I set a few beside my chair on the bookshelf and would raise my head up and down like a chicken just to see the light bend:D

I looked at a few .125 CS AD's at blade and they were the same.

Did they CNC all the blanks the same with a very minute high spot:confused:
Doesn't bother me one bit though:thumbup: Esp since everyone else's has it to:p


Edit- at least all from the first run had them. Maybe the latest did not??? Like I said, not a prob anyway, but was interesting.
 
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Ken44 said:
Thats not the same as the BADs. They are in a half moon circular pattern wich gets wider or more narrow as the light bends with blade(or head ) movement.
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You're right. :thumbup:

I was just using that pic as an example because it shows the basic idea pretty well.


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Ken44 said:
I havn't read any farther in thread but will tell you ALL BADs have it in the same exact place on the back side.

I told Hogwash to pull his out at Blade and guarantee'd him it would be there before I saw it. It was, we let Ban take a look and we all noticed it with the bend of light. We concluded it was a VERY slight high spot...or I did and most agreed but said to ask Garth. Didn't bother since a non issue with me...but was curious.

But you should have seen me the first two days I got them:D I set a few beside my chair on the bookshelf and would raise my head up and down like a chicken just to see the light bend:D

I looked at a few .125 CS AD's at blade and they were the same.

Did they CNC all the blanks the same with a very minute high spot:confused:
Doesn't bother me one bit though:thumbup: Esp since everyone else's has it to:p


Edit- at least all from the first run had them. Maybe the latest did not??? Like I said, not a prob anyway, but was interesting.
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I remember :eek:

I was standing there when Hogwash's BAD was being examined in Atlanta and saw what you were talking about. When I got home, I got out my Black Micarta and sure enough, the half moon thingy.

My GL BAD doesn't show that anomaly, but does have the 'vieny' shimmer both sides, but it's more prevalent on the back side, like kbuzbee described and Lil Foo caught with the camera.

When you satin a blade, you alternate the direction of the polishing passes as you decrease the grit size.

It almost looks like the the pass paralleling the edge (second to the last) created a pattern that the pass perpendicular to the edge (final pass) didn't clean up.

No biggy, I just got done using my GL to trim ivy and dig in the dirt, it's not mint any more :D, & now it's going to cut my steak

.................... my HD is jealous.
 
jimmyjones said:
I remember :eek:

I was standing there when Hogwash's BAD was being examined in Atlanta and saw what you were talking about. When I got home, I got out my Black Micarta and sure enough, the half moon thingy.

My GL BAD doesn't show that anomaly, but does have the 'vieny' shimmer both sides, but it's more prevalent on the back side, like kbuzbee described and Lil Foo caught with the camera.

When you satin a blade, you alternate the direction of the polishing passes as you decrease the grit size.

It almost looks like the the pass paralleling the edge (second to the last) created a pattern that the pass perpendicular to the edge (final pass) didn't clean up.

No biggy, I just got done using my GL to trim ivy and dig in the dirt, it's not mint any more :D, & now it's going to cut my steak

.................... my HD is jealous.
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Yep, I remember you being right there and saying you were going to check yours out when you got home. I kinda thought it would be there since all I had seen from the original run had it.
The Black micarta, Black G-10 and red/black G-10.

Those 3 are all I've seen in person. Glad to here your GL doesn't have it:thumbup: But like you it doesn't bother me one bit. But admit it did the first two days.
 
I have seen it on a lot of satin INFI... all diff kinds of blades.

Like I said, I haven't seen it effect the performance at all so it doesn't bother me either. :)

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Lil' Foo said:
I have seen it on a lot of satin INFI... all diff kinds of blades.

Like I said, I haven't seen it effect the performance at all so it doesn't bother me either. :)

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I've seen what you took pics of many times(great pics), but had never seen the half moon shape bending with light from a higher spot on BADs:confused:

Its no problem at all, can't even feel it...but have you ever seen a Busse with the half moon shape ? Just curious, I know you've seen more busse's than I.
 
Ken44 said:
I've seen what you took pics of many times(great pics), but had never seen the half moon shape bending with light from a higher spot on BADs:confused:

Its no problem at all, can't even feel it...but have you ever seen a Busse with the half moon shape ? Just curious, I know you've seen more busse's than I.
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Are you talking about what looks like a bend in the cutting edge?
very even bend, no crease... about the size of half os a quarter or nickel.
Like you said... half moon.
It's on the back side of both my black canvas and my red/black g-10 BADs.

It wasn't until your last post until I got what you were talking about. :o
And yeah... that bugged me at first too. All I could say was WTF is that?!?!?!? :confused: is it bent?? :eek: :D

edit to add: but I didn't do the chicken head dance. :D
I just pivoted the blade in my hand. :p

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Yeah thats exactly it Foo:thumbup:

You can see it by moving the Blade...but if you set the knife down at eye level across from light then do the chicken dance while looking at it, it really shows:D

Ed thought I was crazy for doing my head up and down like a chicken also:D
I guess chikenplucker would understand though:p
 
Ken44 said:
Yeah thats exactly it Foo:thumbup:

You can see it by moving the Blade...but if you set the knife down at eye level across from light then do the chicken dance while looking at it, it really shows:D

Ed thought I was crazy for doing my head up and down like a chicken also:D
I guess chikenplucker would understand though:p
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I cant wait to see all you guys at Blade next year lined up at the table picking up knives and doing the chicken dance. :D
But I agree with what you are saying. I thought my BAD had a flaw in it.
 
that's a bunch of hog wash, all busse's, and i mean all busse's, are four dimensional. are all you hogs so fricking young that you don't remember that monkey tearing the wing skins off that air plane? well wise up!!! some times the monkey was there and some times he wasn't...
the point is... the fricking plane didn't crash, and if you don't believe me just ask OP, he as the data to prove they really do exist.

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