how to show a Busse who's Boss....

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forty0unces

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hello, hopefully this will be the first of many Busse Forum posts...i should be recieving my first Busse in two days, a Natural Outlaw! (i love that name)

alright, so if you all could go back and open up the box to your first Busse, what would be the first thing you would chop, slice, or stab to test drive your new Busse?? what should i do to make me see Busse's the way you all do?? in terms of abuse, what is overdueing it? i know this is an extreme knife, but obvioulsy i dont want to dent it...
 
Wack away at some 2x4's for a hour or so, Then go inside and cut up some fruit and veggies for a quick snack. After this I'd go and slaughter a pig, put it on the rack and use the "NO" to serve it up to your new Busse Friends:D

P.S. Don't worry we'll bring our own BEER:D

Welcome to the INFI support group
 
Forty,
Congrats on your soon to be first Busse :D:D

The NO is a great one to start with, a great blade for both large and small jobs.

Don't worry you won't dent it, I've done some pretty amazing things with my Busses and never done anything more than wear some coating off.

Let us know what you think when you receive it :D:D
 
In terms of abuse, what it overdoing it?
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That is a very short list: NOTHING!!! :) If you can do it, your Busse blade can take it. Destroying one of these blades under human power takes a goodly amount of pre-meditation. I've only heard of a couple of Busse knives being broken and they both died after extended abuse.
 
Fortyounces,
Congrats on your NO. I wouldn't worry to much about denting her.:D
 
Welcome aboard and congratulations on a very fine choice; one of my favorite in fact.

Like so many other things in life, if you just start using it, continued and better use will just come naturally.:)
 
Welcome to the boards.....
When my SHBM arrived, within 30 min., I took it out and chopped a brand new treated 4x4 fencepost in half then still shaved the hair off my arm with it. Dent a Busse? If you do it, I want the whole story on how:)
Bob
 
sounds great...but let me ask you guys, if i took a heavy swipe to a rock, would i expect to chip the blade? or would i expect that rock to need some surgery?
 
Ooh! Ooh! I know! I can answer that one!

No, not really.

A couple of the first things I did when I got my Steel Heart II years ago:

Tore the old built-in cabinets out of the kitchen. Dewalt and Busse, a great team. There were alot of old nails in the boards, but the Busse wasn't phased.

Used it to chop roots while digging a stump out of the front yard. I know, as we all do, that a small amount of a substance of an explosive nature promotes a more visually stimulating removal. However, zoning laws being what they are, I had to dig and chop.

I found quite a few rocks the hard way during the process. In the end, there were no chips in the edge at all. What I did notice was some small spots where the edge had rolled a bit. A bit of steeling and some time on the Sharpmaker, and you wouldn't have known it.

Now, I wouldn't normally recommend using a Busse for chopping rocks, bricks, and cinder blocks (though it's been done), rather the proper tool for the job. That being said, I don't feel that incidental contact with such objects would be detrimental.
 
FortyOunces asked:

"sounds great...but let me ask you guys, if i took a heavy swipe to a rock, would i expect to chip the blade? or would i expect that rock to need some surgery?"

I haven't purposely whacked my knives into a rock, so keep that in mind with what I'm about to say. I probably have accidentally whacked my knife into small pebbles lodged into the dirty hardwood stumps I've hacked up--so far, no problems.

I don't know whether you've seen the Swamprat cinder-block-chop:

http://www.swampratknifeworks.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000048

So, you can see, there, some of the capabilities of the knives being produced by Jennifer Busse (Jerry's wife). That's probably not a lot different from taking a swipe at a rock. I would assume that the INFI blades Jerry Busse is making are at least equal to, possibly more durable than, the SR101 steel Swamprat Knives that the Missus is making.

I expect your Natural Outlaw should be able to handle a swipe at a rock just fine, maybe with some slight dulling or edge rolling. But I couldn't give you a definitive answer about it. Try it and let us know how it goes.
 
sounds great...ill let you all know how she handles tomarrow...im taking a special trip to the woods to test her out...
 
i recieved my Natural Outlaw today, and let me say, i am very impressed...the first thing that i noticed was the coating, i could never tell that it had that texture in the pictures, its one hell of a step up from the Black-T coatings i am used to! the second thing i noticed was the weight...damn...this thing is heavy, i love it! and its balanced so well, it just feels great in my hand...

when i was done being impressed with its appearance, i went into my backyard and did some testing...it cut very deep into living wood, and chopped the hell out of a 2 X 4...i was amazed at how the blade didn'd seem to be the slightest bit duller after this...also its nice how the coating didn't wear off with use, just flattened out a bit...overall, im very glad to have added this wonderful knife to my collection!
 
Forty,
Glad to hear you received the NO and already starting the abuse. :D:D

Nothing a Busse loves more than some good use/abuse.

BTW, what's next? ;):D
 
whats next huh?...*looks in wallet*...eventually i am definitely going to buy more Busse's...i can honestly see what you all love in these knives! i own a Sebenza and i really like it, but i can't say i love it like the rest of the forum members, so i was thinking it might be a similar case with the Busse line...its not...i will definitely be supporting Mr.Busse in the future...right now i am waiting for a beautiful custom neck knife made by the wonderful Mr. Charles Gedraitis...i think an Assault Shaker is next though...where can i find a good deal on one?
 
You won't be having to sharpen that NO for quite a while I'd bet! That is the thing I love best about these knives - they hold an edge forever!!!! Just when you think you've dulled one, steel it and strop it - I bet it's sharp again!

The NO is a great knife! I hope you get lots of use out of yours.
 
Congrats on the NO! I'm glad you like it :)

That first chopping session is a real epiphany, isn't it :D

I have made quite a few accidental rock/brick impacts with INFI. I have NEVER seen a chip, only rolling, which I repaired in a few minutes. INFI is a breeze to realign :D
 
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