INFI @ higher RC?

lobo9er

lobo9er

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How does it perform? Anyone have stories and or pictures of there extra hard INFI?
 
INFI performs very well at higher hardnesses. I owned a Boney Active Duty a few years back and really put it through it's paces. It took a bit longer to touch the edge up on a fine grit stone but my goodness it cut like a laser.

Any specific model you're looking at?
 
safetyman said:
INFI performs very well at higher hardnesses. I owned a Boney Active Duty a few years back and really put it through it's paces. It took a bit longer to touch the edge up on a fine grit stone but my goodness it cut like a laser.

Any specific model you're looking at?
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Really wish I would have grabbed a boney AD back in the day. They were amazing.

Garth
 
Send me a B8. I'll trade it for a Bruiser Sus Scrofa; SOB LE, CF, or BIG; Mag Bear Cub; Boss Jack--I don't care. I don't want a B8, bc they don't make it in Bruiser, baby!
 
I have an old SHBM 1:300 from 1998 if I recall correctly. I believe when they first came out they were made harder. Mine is a user and has preformed well. I don't recall any destructive tests being done in the 90's and have always wondered if the concrete chopper types were responsible for the blades being softened. Not that I would call any infi soft.
Josh
 
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Yes, the original SHBM's were all probably 2 points higher in Rc and you could tell in the cutting ability. I had several measured and the average was 61 some 62. When I had the fusion line the Rc averaged 59. Not sure what they are currently, but I think 59 is probably right there. I never measured the E-series so I can't say.
 
Cobalt said:
Yes, the original SHBM's were all probably 2 points higher in Rc and you could tell in the cutting ability. I had several measured and the average was 61 some 62. ...
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Does that apply to a particular group of SHBMs, such as the first 300 with clip points, or all original SHBMs (including those with tube fasteners)? Thanks!
 
gk4ever2 said:
Does that apply to a particular group of SHBMs, such as the first 300 with clip points, or all original SHBMs (including those with tube fasteners)? Thanks!
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All of the 1 of 300 series and all of the slotted bolt knives for sure. I only tested one hollow tube SHBM and it did test high as well. That's why Jerry could annihilate the hemp rope cutting test at Blade in the 90's.
 
Garth Reckner said:
Wish I would have been around in those days. Just to see it all live.

Garth
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Those were interesting days to say the least. I didn't know Jerry very well in the 90's, but had seen him at several shows then when he was a lean mean grinding machine. :D
 
Was the BAD a result of the INFI CNQ? I feel like that project came and went (probably didn't meet testing criteria?), and Elmax came to be instead of CNQ.
 
Turbo Tension said:
Was the BAD a result of the INFI CNQ? I feel like that project came and went (probably didn't meet testing criteria?), and Elmax came to be instead of CNQ.
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I believe it was, Jerry's words……

Jerry Busse said:
We have been experimenting with a new heat treating procedure for INFI that we have termed CNQ which promises to deliver a consistently higher hardness as well as, what we hope will be, a considerable increase in cutting performance on certain materials.

Of course, the incredible toughness that INFI brings to the table will be decreased, but we recognize that there are some applications where exceptional toughness is not a top priority. . . .

We will keep you updated . . .

Back to drinking. . . .

Jerry



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That being said, I think Elmax is the reason we have not seen any more of the CNQ treated INFI.
 
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