I Just Got The FFBM In For The Destruction Test

What impressed me the most is that you did not wack your hand in those last blows. You were comming so close to the other hand I was sure you were going to pulverize your hand, I kept on cringing everytime you swung.
 
foxyrick said:
I'm only operating on one myself now, thanks to the last Ganza. And I'm now lusting after an FBM-LE.

I suppose I could spare a left hemisphere...
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Rick ... you've got to get yourself that LE. After the FBM SE, it's my favorite. I've ... got a few. :D

I blame Cobalt for infecting me with the FBM variant of the INFIction... ;)
 
Well, so far I don't have an FBM :grumpy: but I do have my trustworthy BM-E, and I have to say that I was VERY impressed watching those videos! :thumbup: I've often thought that my BM-E could replace many combinations of knives/axes I see people carry into the field; now I am supremely confident that it can. This was wonderful, and thanks so much for improving my confidence in my "user" blade! :)
 
Hello all,

I watched the videos and think they were pretty amazing. I am not a Busse owner yet. I ordered one before I saw these videos though and hope to see it soon.

My question is as a non Busse owner what are the Busse owners impressions.

Better than you all thought, just about what you thought, or from your personal use you thought they could never break it? Or some variation.

Persoanally I did not expect to see it break and that is without ever holding one much less using one. (just from the video)

If this question is rediculous please ignore.

If it did not hit the weld do you think it would have broken?

Just junk like that

Kevin
 
OldPhysics said:
Rick ... you've got to get yourself that LE. After the FBM SE, it's my favorite. I've ... got a few. :D

I blame Cobalt for infecting me with the FBM variant of the INFIction... ;)
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well, you can always send it back:D
 
richstag said:
Hello all,

I watched the videos and think they were pretty amazing. I am not a Busse owner yet. I ordered one before I saw these videos though and hope to see it soon.

My question is as a non Busse owner what are the Busse owners impressions.

Better than you all thought, just about what you thought, or from your personal use you thought they could never break it? Or some variation.

Persoanally I did not expect to see it break and that is without ever holding one much less using one. (just from the video)

If this question is rediculous please ignore.

If it did not hit the weld do you think it would have broken?

Just junk like that

Kevin
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First, welcome to the addiction! Call your Credit Card company immediately and have your limit increased.;)

I took my FBM out behind the house the other night and used it to chop down several cedar's and hack up some dried up oak and brush. I knew the knife would chop... but WOW... I was very impressed. To top it all, the FBM shaved after all of that. NO edge damage whatsoever.:eek:

Welcome to the madness... betcha it won't be your last Busse. :D
 
Thanks Kdstrick for the welcome

I could see these knives becoming very addictive (and I have not even gotten mine yet.) Hopefully sense will overcome desire.

I doubt it

Kevin
 
The other interesting comparison was the chopping of the 4x4. The FFBM appeared to hit with much more force and it looked like it on video, but the actual difference between the two knives was not much. The FFBM did it in 66 chops while the CG did it in 72 chops. I think the thinner blade profile of the CG allows deeper hits when you get into the deeper wood and makes up for the initial destruction the FFBM does on the first few hits.

Also, Noss, that was real funny when you pulled out that cheap kitchen knife and called it an FFBM. Actually I am surprised Busse didn't you something like that as a joke.:D
 
Cobalt: There was not much difference between them on the 4x4 the 2x4 is another story the FFBM will take a few bites and break the 2x4. The extra weight is nice.
When I'm out in the woods chopping fire wood I can take a few chops and usually break a smaller log with the CGFBM (seen in field test video)there would be an advantage to using the FFBM because of all the weight. It will be more likely to just break the wood instead of taking many chops. This is assuming you are chopping smaller logs say 2 to 3" diameter.


richstag: You got you one hell of a blade. You have no worries bro.
 
richstag said:
Hello all,

I watched the videos and think they were pretty amazing. I am not a Busse owner yet. I ordered one before I saw these videos though and hope to see it soon.

My question is as a non Busse owner what are the Busse owners impressions.

Better than you all thought, just about what you thought, or from your personal use you thought they could never break it? Or some variation.

Persoanally I did not expect to see it break and that is without ever holding one much less using one. (just from the video)

If this question is rediculous please ignore.

If it did not hit the weld do you think it would have broken?

Just junk like that

Kevin
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I can't get the darned videos to work on my machine, I guess I need to add some more squirrels to the cage, but by the descriptions I read on Noss' site, I can say it fair as well as I thought it might. The breakage is not surprising, anything made by man can fail and will given the right combination of events. But look at the damage it did before it went down, that says it all to me. I'll never beat any of mine any where near that badly, so they ought to last for generations. Welcome to the addiction and say good bye to your savings.
 
Here is a photo after the destruction test. For those who can't see the videos. The edge just rolled some during the steel tubing cutting. Amazing !!

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noss4,

thanks for the added boost in my already high confidence of the knife to come, and thanks a lot for making all the videos on your site. Who would think you could spend hours watching this stuff (I do)

Progunner,

thanks for the welcome. and what savings? the videos were crazy, for a minute I thought I was beating the crud out of the knife myself.

Kevin
 
Cobalt said:
What impressed me the most is that you did not wack your hand in those last blows. You were comming so close to the other hand I was sure you were going to pulverize your hand, I kept on cringing everytime you swung.
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No I was very drunk so I was safe. I only hurt myself when I am sober.
 
Great videos noos4:thumbup:

I'm an American sitting over in boring Walldorf, Germany in a shoebox sized hotel room for work with only weirdo German TV to keep me company. You videos gave me a whole evening of free entertainment and I can't thank you enough :thumbup:
 
Over a glass of Kool-aid with a scotch chaser....

I was thinking about these videos and how everyone has speculated that the FBMs will be hard to come by because of the test. Well it is worse than that –or it should be- all Busse INFI knives are going to be that tough!


Cobalt said:
Actually I was talking about this with another hog. Pretty much if Noss had started cutting on a fresh section of pipe when he got to the weld, the FBM might have gone through another one or two pieces before failing. However, Noss was hammering the edge not only into the weld, but also into the cross section of the vertical pipe , so there was no way that metal was going to split, the BM had to give.

The interesting part of the failure is that there are no pieces of INFI other than the main two. Every other knife tested by Noss as well as others I know has always had multiple pieces when catastrophic failure happens. This tells you how rubbery INFI really is which is amazing for a steel at an Rc of nearly 60. Definitely does not make sense. I have not seen any knife fail like that, anywhere near that hardness. You look at the edge damage at the end and it was just slight rolling. When you consider the amount of abuse it took, that is amazing
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