Infi competition!

Lycosa

Lycosa

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HOGS--- I would love to see an INFI Competition blade in action. I think I know how an INFI blade would fare. :D It would be cool if other manufacturers, or makers, would make and enter their blades in a cutting competition. Whatcha think?
 
Thanks philwar. That's the Thread. I had fun watching a video on the Cutting Competition. There was an INFI blade used??
 
Very Cool to see. I watched the competition with Skunk and Grandsuave a couple years ago @ Blade West. It would be sooooooweet to see INFI involved though.
 
What I like about the Cutting Comp is that the knives have to CUT targets. The knives are not being abused.
 
Lycosa said:
What I like about the Cutting Comp is that the knives have to CUT targets. The knives are not being abused.
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True Dat! It's pretty intense to watch in person. Sounds silly to say that it's exciting to see people cut inanimate objects for sport, but it is.:thumbup:
 
I see no reason why a Busse(kin) knife would not be used, but the rules are a bit muddy to me, something about the contestant also being a bladesmith?
I do vaguely remember Busse making knives that could be used for light chopping and still holding something of an edge... :D
 
Originally, you had to forge the knife that you used in the competition. The competitions grew out of the ABS smith tests - where you have to prove you made a good knife by using it in various prescribed ways (chop, hanging rope cut, etc.). So you had to be a smith (no stock removal) and make the knife you used in competition.

A few years ago, there was a move to open things up and have different divisions of competition - including one that would allow people to use production knives. The ideas was to make it more of a sport, with sponsors, specialized competitors, and of course to attract non-smiths.

I think Browning was the first to release a production competition knife. Spyderco had one on the drawing board, and was an early supporter of the broader competitions.

(the above info is from memory, so no links to the cutting comp websites, rules, etc. Take with a grain of salt and fire up Google for confirmation)

Which begs another thread - which Busse pattern would make the best competition knife, and how would you modify it? (different grind, stock thickness, etc) Without looking at the rules, the SH-E comes to mind. Maybe a zero-tolerance version with optimized edge geometry.
 
Theres a very good thread in General about the Competitions.

I almost bought Reggies after he won in 07, great feeling blade but I couldn't get past the rubber slabs.
Catch a comp if you get a chance Rolf, you'll love it:thumbup:

M4 has been the top competition steel lately. The stuff has a great combination of toughness/edge holding.
 
Hmmm. I don't know ... :confused:

I got to witness the cutting competition at Blade 09. A lot of fun! However, the edges on those knives were ground extremely thin (very low angle). Not sure INFI would do well with an edge that thin.:(
 
OP--- A convexed thin edge should do, no??
Do you remember the Bob Hunnicut rebated flat grind?
 
How thin you go and avoid rolling depends on the Rc hardness as far as I know....take Infi higher and it would stop the rolling...but how well it cuts when so thin depends on the carbon element in the steel....again as far as I know....but this last point with Infi has me thinking that it cannot go as thin as the competition knives...but it should be able to go thin enough to cut as well as most people can...
 
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