Infi…are my expectations too high

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jharpphoto

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[/URL][/IMG]I'm a little frustrated here fellas. I purchased an FAT ASH-1 from a member here and it arrived in excellent condition. It has resided in my safe for a few weeks until last weekend when I had a a chance to take it camping. I only shaved some bark of a few sticks and sharpened a limb into a skewer and back into it's sheath it went. Got around to cleaning it up and noticed a friggin chip out of the edge!! It has never been dropped or hit anything other than the above mentioned wood limb. I guess I thought for a $500 knife the edge would be more resistant to chipping. Am I expecting too much from this allegedly fine instrument? I never sharpened it when I received it since it had its factory edge on it. I did strop it a few strokes on a linen/leather strop but never took a stone to it. WTH?
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That is weird. I've done much much worse to most of mine, and it took hitting granite and rock for them to chip. Not mere wood.
 
as others have said, I have hit rocks and not had it do that. usually rolls on me. contact the shop, I have no doubt they will take care of you.
 
Will just echo the above comments. That Steel is tough...;-)
 
Are you certain that chip was not there prior to your trip? I only ask because 1) this blade was previously owned 2) the damage is pretty small and you may have just missed it on previous inspections 3) the activities you mentioned would not generally be touching that area of the blade, much less stressing it to the point of damage (unless you sharpen sticks with the tip of the blade...).

Anyway, I would say your expectations are not too high. My guess is that damage was done prior to your trip and not just from contact with wood. In the end, it hardly matters because as others have said, the shop will take care of it.
 
I am certain there wasn't existing damage when I took possession of the knife. Like most of you I very closely admired/examined every inch of my 1st Busse. After waiting so long and spending so much $$$ I wanted to see all the fine craftsmanship that everyone here so enthusiastically enjoys.

jsax said:
Are you certain that chip was not there prior to your trip? I only ask because 1) this blade was previously owned 2) the damage is pretty small and you may have just missed it on previous inspections 3) the activities you mentioned would not generally be touching that area of the blade, much less stressing it to the point of damage (unless you sharpen sticks with the tip of the blade...).

Anyway, I would say your expectations are not too high. My guess is that damage was done prior to your trip and not just from contact with wood. In the end, it hardly matters because as others have said, the shop will take care of it.
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from the one INFI blade I have beat the HELL out of an from what I have heard lots of others express... I would conclude that to be VERY out of the norm. but as mentioned above, Busse will get it good as new an I bet you don't experience that again, at least not without very heavy abuse..
 
I was told some time ago that if it happened like this, it's simply because of the heat treat turning part of the metal into a more brittle hardness. That being said, it's rather rare to come across something like this.
 
I've got a kydex sheath from David Brown. But certainly some grit in the sheath shouldn't bang up the edge like that right?

Maggot Brain said:
What kind of sheath did you put it in after use? I'd wager if it was kydex there was some grit in there that contacted the edge on the way in.
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jharpphoto said:
I've got a kydex sheath from David Brown. But certainly some grit in the sheath shouldn't bang up the edge like that right?
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If the fit allowed for it then yes it certainly could IMO, especially if the grit is embedded into the kydex or held securely in place. Anything that can sharpen your edge can indeed dull or damage it, that is indisputable.
 
The First thing you should have done was contacted Busse, before posting on this forum, I have NEVER had this problem, All the Forum Members can do is SPECULATE what happened, call the Shop and they will take care of you
 
It's probably due to a wire edge or some steel that's bent back and forth too many times. I'd be willing to wage that if you did a full resharpening and if you clean out your kydex sheath --- you'll have no problems. Keep in mind though -- INFI is still metal and when metal receives enough stress it rolls, chips, waves, etc.
 
Also, that is not a $500 knife at original retail pricing. Closer to $300 at retail, regardless of what you paid for it second hand.

Rob_Mob said:
It's probably due to a wire edge or some steel that's bent back and forth too many times. I'd be willing to wage that if you did a full resharpening and if you clean out your kydex sheath --- you'll have no problems. Keep in mind though -- INFI is still metal and when metal receives enough stress it rolls, chips, waves, etc.
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This is what I would also recommend before sending it back, do you have a coarse stone you could re apex the knife with?
 
I had the same thing happen to a SOB I bought. Spent a little time with a ceramic rod and it went away and didn't happen again. Having the intitial edge be chippy on any new knife is not an unheard of phenomenon, like other folks have said, give it a lil love with a stone and see if it happens again. If it does, then contact Busse, otherwise no need to worry.
 
Before grinding on it, check the edge with a good hand lens or jewellers loupe. See if the edge is really chipped (I doubt it's actually a chip as such) or if the metal is still present but is displaced/deformed.

If it is the latter, then definitely try steeling it instead of grinding. I once bought a Hell Razor in 'pristine, as new' condition. It arrived with the edge looking like it had been used to chop hardened piano wire. There were half-round indentations in the edge and the steel was clearly displaced up and sideways. I used a hard, smooth screwdriver shaft to steel the edge and within half an hour the edge really was as good as new. That's the beauty of infi; well, one of them anyway.

If it really does looked chipped, then perhaps it is the edge-overheating issue, in which case grinding just a little will get rid of that. I have never seen that with infi myself, although I have with other steels. A ceramic rod (which will take off a sliver of material as well as having a steeling action if used firmly) as mentioned above might well do the trick too.

Or... just wait for the shop to respond. I would just fix it myself though. Infi is amazing, and so is company.
 
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