I broke my Skeleton Key

Jerry Busse said:


GarySoneji,

No harm. . . .No foul. . . :thumbup: :D

Eventhough Skeleton Keys are by far the flyweights of the Busse Combat line, pounding it in further probably would have saved the day here because there would have been less leverage and thicker geometry further up on the blade. . . .

Here's a little background on the Skeleton Key:

The Skeleton Keys are full-height hollow ground by hand. Thin edged, full-height, deep-dish hollow grinds are by far the weakest of all bevel geometries. That is the same type of geometry as old fashioned straight razors, although they were ground MUCH thinner than were the Skeleton Keys.

We had originally ground all of the Skeleton Keys with a full-height flat grinds in order to give them better strength. The problem was that the full-height flat grind greatly sacrificed the knife's ability to cut since the blade was so very narrow. I argued with our production team that the Skeleton Key was "far too small for anyone to heavily abuse". . .(What was I thinking???? ). . . and that we should use a full-height hollow grind in order to make this little knife a better cutter. Of course with the full-height hollow grind, the strength of the blade was greatly decreased because steel, much like glass, is only as strong as your thinnest geometry. Once steel cracks, just like glass, the crack will propagate until it reaches the other end and the blade completely breaks in half or has a half moon shaped chunk missing from the edge.

Now to look at your pics I can only be impressed with how well INFI performed. There is no other steel that could've been ground to this size, geometry, and hardness that could have taken what finally broke your blade!!!:eek: It is obvious that what finally broke your blade was a full lateral bend that was much greater than 90 degrees and which apparently happened when you "kicked it". That is very impressive performance from the little Skeleton Key.

I wish I had the ability to circle areas of a photo and put little arrows at certain points in order to illustrate what I'm getting at, but I can't so you'll all need to follow my description of where to look in the following picture. Look at the upper right corner of the broken tip piece. See the small piece of the spine that is not broken off clean but is STILL BENT at 90 degrees? YOWZA!!! :eek: In order to take a permanent 90 degree set, that blade had to have been bent WAY beyond 90 degrees!!! So, this little fly-weight of the Busse Combat line outperformed any claims we've ever made in regards to lateral strength. We've only claimed to have gone 70 degrees without breaking, and that was with a much more robust geometry and much longer blade! The fact that this little guy hung in there past the 90 degree mark with a full-height hollow grind only makes me that much more impressed with how much abuse INFI can handle!!! (Perhaps someone can put some arrows on the pic for me?)

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So, it is unfortunate that your Skeleton Key broke but it is not any sign of a defect or of any lesser performance than could have or should have been expected. It is actually a sign that it surpassed any claims that we have made concerning lateral strength!!! It may also be a sign that you have future in the NFL as a place kicker!!! :thumbup:

I'm very proud of how much this little sliver of INFI took before finally gasping for its last breath!!!

I certainly don't see any intention in GarySoneji's actions to have killed his little Skeleton Key so please return both pieces to the Busse Combat Shop and we will replace it with a brand spankin' new one. . .

As for the broken little SK. . . Rest In Peace my little nuclear friend. . . Soon you will be home and we will re-profile you and put you to work in our shipping room for the next 60 years!!!:thumbup:

Nuke on my INFI kicking friends!!! :cool:

Jerry :D



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and once again we all see why jerry is the man
 
Damn it....There is a huge point that everybody is missing. Jerry said he will replace it with a brand new SK. That means he has some. DMANIT JERRY PUT THEM UP FOR SALE>>>>I WANT ONE!!!!
 
hey patrick, i have a skeleton key i'm selling. it's in the exchange. contact me if you're interested.
 
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