Let's talk about Blade Coatings

Those log sections sound massive :eek:

Splitting seasoned hardwood is one of the best (or worst, depending on your point of view :D ) ways to smooth off the finish (and it will remove the finish near the spine) that I've found. You should be able to see where the coating has come off by the black marks where the knife split the wood. After a while, as I've said before, the coating just seems to stop wearing, as it wears so slowly.
 
Not that massive:)
They were ~4' long. Around 9" across. After removing the first piece from the side, I was able to use the knife/baton(hammer) as usual. Just had to get it where enough of the tip stuck out to beat on.
I've split some oak that was almost 4' wide before...with several wedges and a sledgehammer. You could make a career out of trying to use a knife on stuff like that. A splitting wedge would have made short work out of the wood I used the 9 on..but I didn't have a wedge with me.
 
Just got my first Busse - a Battle Mistress E on Friday. I really like the wrinkle coating of this knife. It's a kind of rough beauty & suitable for the tough & heavy duty of Busse knives.
From the first look on the forum pix, wrinkle coating looks strange to me, perphaps a smooth look would be better. But when I really handle one, I change my mind.
Regarding durability, I've no actual experience until I really use the BM hardly later.

Joe
 
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