INFI - Alien technology?

theonew

theonew

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For the last four or five months I've been working on free hand sharpening and consider myself pretty good. I've been able to get a variety of different steels from a variety of different manufacturers all to the level that they cut free hanging hair with a gentle stroke. But then this last Tuesday I received my first piece of INFI, a used fire warden. It came very much on the dull side. But after an hour or so of rebeveling and honing, that knife has left all the others in the dust in terms of sharpness. It will cut free hanging hair with almost zero momentum, that is I can hold the edge still about a quarter of an inch away from the hair and gently push it through. Its honestly kind of spooky. I used it to cut up a pile of cardboard and hard plastic containers and of course it lost some of its edge, but I was able to bring it back to the same level in about five minutes on a ceramic rod. The idea of having a Battle Mistress at this level of sharpness almost scares me. I think I need to work my way up to that, starting with perhaps a Meaner or a Badger. Jerry Busse is a genius. Its so impressive though that I keep having this lingering suspicion that he must have somehow appropriated alien technology.:)
 
Hmm, at first I thought you meant Jerry was an alien.

Then I got to thinking, what civilization would send this

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as its emissary.....???
 
thatmguy said:
Hmm, at first I thought you meant Jerry was an alien.

Then I got to thinking, what civilization would send this

jerry1.jpg


as its emissary.....???
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The kind of civilization that likes sharp, pointy metallic objects, maybe? :D
 
Perhaps its an alien conspiracy to turn us into INFI addicts while swilling down our finest scotch.
 
theonew said:
It will cut free hanging hair with almost zero momentum, that is I can hold the edge still about a quarter of an inch away from the hair and gently push it through.
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Hey, you should make a quick video of this (if you are able)...it would be very interesting to see! :cool:
 
No, no, no!

I've been to Area 51 -- many times. Also, to lots of other Areas.

No signs of INFI or any of Mr. Busse's relatives.

[I have some dark suspicions about Garth, however ... :(]
 
One day I sharpened one knife so much that I split a fleas butt hair with barely a touch. I don't have a microscope to film it with, and that flea went on strike and would not work the circus:grumpy:
 
I think I'm gonna stop where I am. If it starts splitting atoms things could get ugly.:eek:
 
I think that Earth might be kind of like Australia back in the day.

The question is what did Jerry do to get sent here and what was his alternative?
 
Cobalt said:
One day I sharpened one knife so much that I split a fleas butt hair with barely a touch. I don't have a microscope to film it with, and that flea went on strike and would not work the circus:grumpy:
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MMmmmmm... shaving fleas huh :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Hogwash said:
I think that Earth might be kind of like Australia back in the day.

The question is what did Jerry do to get sent here and what was his alternative?
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Now thats the most sensible explanation I've heard. I bet he was an alien pirate and when he got to Earth realized he could offer us INFI and we'd gladly start handing over the riches. I can't guess the alternative, but I bet the aliens regret their decision now.
 
jimmyjones said:
Although my first nasty INFI bite was only a SH-E.
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Though my FBM SE has gotten me twice (the first requiring superglue), it's still my favorite Busse to date. You do need to take care with the big ones though.
 
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