I think everyone "jumped the gun" a little here....I have lots of knives, mostly Busse & Bark River. That is what I like and collect and use. I do not have any Hossum blades and I have never met Mr. Hossom, but have exchanged comments with him on several ocassions, and have great respect for him and consider him a valuable source of knowledge. His thread on sharpening has changed the way I use and sharpen knives. The same can be said of Mike Stewart, except I have met him. Both are stand up guys.
I think the whole this is a misunderstanding, as to how to properly set up this test. Like others have stated, it is not about being able to cut through a nail, we all know that can be done. What this test shows is how well a blade stands up to lateral stress. The results will be greatly affected by steel type, heat treat, and edge geometry.
Mr. Hosssom also stated that the results were different:
"The principle difference is the nature of the damage. The S30V at Rc 59/60
chipped. The Battle Mistress
deformed similar to the failure mode I've seen with CPM-3V at Rc 61 in the same kind of test"
Isn't that what INFI is supposed to do?
So, in this test, the s30v basically failed, and the INFI passed, as deformation can be fixed, so to speak. That is one of the reasons I like Mr. Busse's steel & heat treat, and Mr. Stewart's steel & heat treat. They both perform very well for my uses.
There were no derogatory comments about Busse or INFI.
Mr. Hossum was upset about the post on BF, but there where only two bad posts there. But I know he has past experience with threads becoming hijacked into battles.
People on all sides got defensive. Sometimes what is written in a post is interpreted differently than the poster intended. There is no good way to show emotion and inflection.
But personal attacks by anybody are really uncalled for. My sig line really says it all.
I am a member of all three forums, and plan to continue to be.
This is all just my opinion, but I consider Jerry, Mike and Jerry to be my "friends", and I hate it when friends fight........can't we all just get along?
But, when a discussion of the bestest, toughestest, ubersuper indestructo never have to sharpen again steel, or even the makers of such knives it attracts the same amount of nay sayers. Busse, Strider, Emerson, and yes even Bark River has a rabid following that defend their favorite knives with gusto, and get called cultists for their trouble.
And yea, I was "smart" enough to read the whole thread last night, and I still think Hossum closed the discussion way too quick.
I found an old post from way back where you were getting a BMe! How'd that work out? Still got it?
