How skinny is the skinny version of the ASH-1?

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Is it tough enough like the standard ASH-1 Combat Grade?:confused:

I'm little bit afraid of breaking the tip of such nice knife...

Thanks in advance.:thumbup:
 
They are skinny like Brittney Spears!:cool::cool:
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3/16 according to the store. don't know about the tip, but it's convex ground, so i think it would be very tough. and it's a busse . . . .
 
Outdoors Fanatic said:
Is it tough enough like the standard ASH-1 Combat Grade?:confused:

I'm little bit afraid of breaking the tip of such nice knife...

Thanks in advance.:thumbup:
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If you broke the tip unintentionally they'd send you a new one. :cool: :thumbup: So go use it.
 
I've gained enormous respect for my Skinny Ash (that sounds kinda funny :D).

When I first got it, it felt strange because I'd been handling and using the CG versions. It almost felt delicate side of those beasts! Then it dawned on me that it's a Busse. Soon after I started using it, it became the most used ASH1 that I have.

Believe me, it's tough. :thumbup:
 
My ASH skinnies weigh about the same as my ASH LE's. LE is a little thicker at the spine but has a full-height grind, whereas the skinny grind extends only about halfway up the blade. The result is that the skinny is a tad more blade heavy than the LE, because the thickness of the steel in the handle is greater in the LE making for more neutral balance. Skinny feels perfect in hand to me for a light chopper/camp/utility--pick one up and I predict you'll grin and think "Ah" (if you don't say it out loud).
 
WILL YORK said:
My ASH skinnies weigh about the same as my ASH LE's. LE is a little thicker at the spine but has a full-height grind, whereas the skinny grind extends only about halfway up the blade.
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Will, are you saying the skinny is basically saber ground?
 
Tony G said:
Last night I noticed that they are convex.... but they could have a flat like a saber and then convex.
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That was my thought as well. I know the squatch is like that but I was certain the skinnies were full height convex ground.
 
Over the years, I've seen different grinds referred to as "saber" grinds.

I know the FFBM is called a saber grind, and my understanding is that is because it has a flat, full-thickness area under the spine above a well-defined top edge of the primary grind. The skinny does not have this well-defined flat with an obvious line at the top of the primary grind. It is a gradual grind that appears convex to me, as Tony G. says. The plunge grind shows up faintly just above mid-blade-height and deepens toward the edge.

If you hold the edge of a business card perpendicular to the flat of the blade at about its mid point (top to bottom), you can see light coming through under the card toward the spine and toward the edge, and that gap appears to widen toward the spine and toward the edge, indicating a convex grind.

Actually, my previous encounters with the term "saber" grind have been with ABS Mastersmiths who have described a convex primary grind that way, which is very close to the grind on the skinny. The strength of that slightly convex primary grind, according to what I've been told, is the basis of its use in slashing-type swords like sabers. The first time I heard the use of the term "saber" to describe a blade with a full-thickness flat beneath the spine was in regard to the FFBM. But I'm not a sword person, and my knowledge in that area is very limited.

Anyway, yeah--the skinny appears slightly convex pretty much from spine to edge. AND it's a very sweet handling knife--super deal for the money BCS is selling them for, no doubt about that.
 
WILL YORK said:
My ASH skinnies weigh about the same as my ASH LE's. LE is a little thicker at the spine but has a full-height grind, whereas the skinny grind extends only about halfway up the blade. The result is that the skinny is a tad more blade heavy than the LE, because the thickness of the steel in the handle is greater in the LE making for more neutral balance. Skinny feels perfect in hand to me for a light chopper/camp/utility--pick one up and I predict you'll grin and think "Ah" (if you don't say it out loud).
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Skinny feels perfect in hand to me for a light chopper/camp/utility--pick one up and I predict you'll grin and think "Ah" (if you don't say it out loud).
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Thanks for your help. Chopping branches for fire is what I mostly do when camping. (or opening food cans when I'm too drunk to find the proper can opener).
 
Greg45 said:
I've gained enormous respect for my Skinny Ash (that sounds kinda funny :D).

When I first got it, it felt strange because I'd been handling and using the CG versions. It almost felt delicate side of those beasts! Then it dawned on me that it's a Busse. Soon after I started using it, it became the most used ASH1 that I have.

Believe me, it's tough. :thumbup:
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Do you have any pics of your skinny Ash (LOL) next to a CG?
 
Lycosa said:
OutdoorFanatic---U Horn-Dawg!! LOL!
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Sometimes I just dont know, other times I am amused, then theres times like this when I feel the need to call the nice men in the white coats to come take you away. :confused:
 
Outdoors Fanatic said:
Thanks for your help. Chopping branches for fire is what I mostly do when camping. (or opening food cans when I'm too drunk to find the proper can opener).
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Just my $0.02:

As a light chopper, I'd put the Skinny at the top of the ASH list. The CG and LE have their good points, but the slightly blade-heavy balance of the Skinny together with its light weight makes it a great light chopper. Also should be da bomb when it comes to opening cans. Just a great camp/utility/survival type knife.

The LE has a finer working point, great slicer with the full-height flat grind, and I really like the satin finish as a long-term working finish that won't show much wear--but it comes at a $200 premium in price. The CG is an indestructable bashing/prying/intrusion tool for basically the same price as the Skinny. But it's a heavy chunk of steel to be lugging around on your belt--approaching the weight of a small firearm--and because of the weight is a little on the awkward side for food prep or prolonged finer work.

I think the Skinny may be somewhat more prone to damage under "abusively heavy" lateral loads such as using it as a step or lever to lift human+ amounts of weight, but in my mind, that's what the Busse warranty is for.

BTW, on the balance thing, if you set a CG, an LE and a Skinny on a table, the CG and LE will rest flat on their handles with the blades off the table. Only the Skinny will tip over with the blade point resting on the table. In other words, it's just a tad blade heavy compared with the others, but the difference is noticeable and I do think it's a slight advantage in chopping. And weight-wise, the difference is where I want it--less weight in the handle.
 
Outdoors Fanatic said:
Do you have any pics of your skinny Ash (LOL) next to a CG?
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Here are a few -

1st day out with it's nice new coating, meeting it's new friends.

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Side shot - after a few beatings and a strip job that isn't finished.

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Other side.

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Spine shot.

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Better tip shot.

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