Just Chipped my Brand New NMSFNO... Advice/Suggestions Requested

[Jaxx]

So did they have any idea what they were holding?

The reason I gave them this knife was because when they arrived and pulled out their yard tools, they had no knives or machetes nor power cutters/trimmers with them. When I noticed this, I immediately decided that it was time to test the power of INFI to see if this steel really was as good as claimed. This is my first user, but before this unscientific "test", I had always wondered that because I knew how much they cost, that I would even subconsciously hold back from really beating this blade to its full potential... I did casually tell them it was a Busse just to see if they had heard of them, but when they didn't recognize the brand name, I didn't elaborate or mention cost. I just said that the knife could handle rough use and to feel free to do what it took to get the job done. Since they didn't know, I didn't want them to treat it any differently than they would a cheaper machete or other chopper type of knife. I wanted an honest, no bias "test" by someone who had no fears or concerns on beating it to complete a job. Basically, I didn't want them to hold back anything while using it. My yard looked horrible and completely overgrown before they started, and it looked much better when they finished. They were impressed with it, and said so when they handed it back to me all dirty in its kydex sheath. Then I told them about the knife & Busse Combat...

Even though there were some dents, rolls, and the little bit sheared from the tip, the edge held up very well! The effort needed to bring the edge back to excellent was considerably less than I thought that it would be. :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Horn Dog]

As wide as Busses tend to be, you could regrind the edges a hundred times and still have plenty of blade left! I wouldn't have even mentioned a little chip like that, but to each his own.

 

[samuel5090]

I was trying some water bottle cutting with my brand new NMSFNO and I was not grabbing it quite tightly enough. Well, it flew out of my hand, bounced off the side of the garage and then flew onto the driveway.

There was just a tiny bit of roughness to the edge and it took all of 2 minutes to get it sharp again.
Hell of a knife with a very stupid owner.

 

[papathud]

Cutting clean wood, well above the roots there should be nothing to damage an INFI knife.

Cutting a tree where wire from a fence has grown into the wood, or hitting a nail that was left in the wood will ding the edge.

Cutting what you described, sounds like Twigs, should do nothing but polish the edge.

Send it to Jerry to check out.

For a While, back when I was a Dealer I exchanged any knife that was brought to a show where I was, then Jerry said it would be better for the person that had a problem with a knife to deal directly with the Factory, better to get the story right and get all the information the factory could and let them decide what to do.

 

[OldPhysics]

I'm always surprised to see any damage at all on a Busse blade. I've used my FFBM to whack trees, cut and split firewood (mesquite, oak and pecan) and never had any damage whatsoever. In fact, the damn thing still shaves.

Hell of a warranty... they will take care of ya...

I've actually spent a fair amount of time trying to get one to fail ... short of ridiculous things like deliberately chopping rocks, prying out 100 pound stones, shooting the edge with a bullet, or assaulting the edge with a file.

Not a lot of luck yet. Occasional slight rolls, but those just steel right out immediately. Still nothing I can really describe as an actual chip.

But ... I live in hope.

Oh. I eventually do manage to damage the coatings. But nobody really cares about that, me included.

 

[OldPhysics]

Busse really does have the best warranty, but I would feel guilty sending in OP's knife with such little "damage". I'd feel like like I was abusing the lifetime warranty.

Hey, hey, Grimmy!!

No sending one of my knives back to the spa. They're all in great shape, and I tend to the little stuff myself.

 

[Jason M D.]

Earlier today I swung (multiple times) my NMFFBM LE as hard as I could against a dead tree (very, very hard wood too) and nothing!!! Except the tree fell over after a while.

No scratches, chips or rolling. It cleaned up real nice too.

 

[1whobuys]

That's what my knifes look like when I hit rocks and concrete

 

[resinguy]

Hey Jerry,

Thanks for your response, it means a lot to hear from you. I would greatly appreciate you having a look at the knife. I just want to have total confidence in this knife the first time I take it out for a week long backpacking trip.

I'll contact your number tomorrow.


Thanks,
John

And that's what it's all about. Jerry making sure that a customer will have total confidence in the knife. :thumbup:

Different folk are going to have different levels of comfort with edge 'issues', or their own ability to sharpen or steel out a ding. YOU might be happy to live with a ding, or wait till it sharpens out, but John would rather let Jerry take care of it. And that's OK. Eventually he will sniff enough INFI dust, drink the Kool-Aid, and start throwing his many Busse knives at trees like the rest of us.

Until then, be nice to the new guy. He might buy your knife next week!

 

[roenman]

Jerry said it all in his one post. Not only sharpen it, but also test it. In my opinion, thats all that needed to be read.

 

[CallsThunder]

Well said resinguy.