My new busse and INFI

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arijer

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Hello all,:)

Sort of new to forum and to collecting. Have been hanging out at RAT area and lovin it so far. Here is my question...if you dont mind helping me

Bought my first two busse blades, waiting on them to arrive and I ordered a tank buster. I searched the forum and came up with a mixed response on INFI. A couple of guys on the forum actually stated that INFI is a down graded metal with a lot of impurities. That does not make sense to me as that would make the metal of a low quality and poor edge retention / durability.

So far my nice knives are RAT and a couple of custom. So could some one explein to me the difference between 1095 and INFI? I am not looking for a bash on this or bash on that thread, just a simple this is what it is and its good not good type thing. I am a doctor with chem major, so while I understand metals to basic extent, i dont really have the knowledge yet to digest what some of you are saying in the other threads.

thanks


PS: my blades I am awaiting are... battle mistress and a sar I believe its called.:D
 
No No No,
I am not saying that it does,
I did a search on the forum and one of the discussion threads on what metal is better, some guys stated that. I did not say they are right. What I am asking is how does it compare to 1095 thats all. No offense meant.
 
arijer said:
A couple of guys on the forum actually stated that INFI is a down graded metal with a lot of impurities.
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I read that too.
As always there are supporters and detractors, every brand has them. Supporters I can understand, even though they too can get irrational at times.
Detractors I truly do not understand, as they gain nothing by bashing other brands.

Busse/INFI needs no defending, its reputation is built on performance and experience. There's lots of info on the Net, many actual experts have given their take on INFI. Check noss4 on Youtube if you want to see something even he could not believe... Yes, INFI is unique.

I own a lot of knives, from quite a few brands, including some very strong and reputable ones. My FBMLE trumps them all for indestructablity and chopping ability. I feel no need to bash other brands, not the ones I own, nor the ones I do not. Busse is just better than anything else I've ever seen.
 
The place to start would be here, http://www.bussecombat.com/infi/index.shtml. From there you should spend some time on the forums reading what you can and get out and use your knives. Then come back with your own opinion on INFI.

Someone once claimed the world was flat. I heard someone proved him wrong as well. From what I have experienced and seen from others on the forums, INFI is the best steel going for hard use knives. Especially when you back it like Busse Combat does.

Have fun finding the facts, Best regards,

Les.

arijer said:
Hello all,:)

Sort of new to forum and to collecting. Have been hanging out at RAT area and lovin it so far. Here is my question...if you dont mind helping me

Bought my first two busse blades, waiting on them to arrive and I ordered a tank buster. I searched the forum and came up with a mixed response on INFI. A couple of guys on the forum actually stated that INFI is a down graded metal with a lot of impurities. That does not make sense to me as that would make the metal of a low quality and poor edge retention / durability.

So far my nice knives are RAT and a couple of custom. So could some one explein to me the difference between 1095 and INFI? I am not looking for a bash on this or bash on that thread, just a simple this is what it is and its good not good type thing. I am a doctor with chem major, so while I understand metals to basic extent, i dont really have the knowledge yet to digest what some of you are saying in the other threads.

thanks


PS: my blades I am awaiting are... battle mistress and a sar I believe its called.:D
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Busse really does make the best blades out there IMO, I too own a bunch of blades from other manufactors and some very strong ones at that.

INFI is not junk steel.
 
I think of INFI kind of being like buttermilk biscuits. Flour by itself tastes bad. Baking powder by itself is horrible. Baking soda is yucky. Don't care to eat salt alone and butter all by it's lonesome is just ok. Oh, and buttermilk :thumbdn:.

However, whoop all these ingredients together, add heat, pull them out of the oven and WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!:)



Unless I am mistaken, the supposed chemical makeup of INFI goes like this:

INFI has: 0.5% carbon, 8.5% Chromium, 0.74% nickel, 0.36% vanadium 1.3% molybdenum 0.95% cobalt and 0.11% nitrogen and iron.

_______Rat Pack #106_______
 
Thanks for all the input,

So far, no one has stated that 1095 is greatly inferior, so I am going to assume that INFI is superior, but 1095 is still a great steel then?
 
arijer said:
Thanks for all the input,

So far, no one has stated that 1095 is greatly inferior, so I am going to assume that INFI is superior, but 1095 is still a great steel then?
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Yup, especially RAT Cutlery 1095:D

Remember, as important or more important is the heat treat of the steel. Thats Busse's bread and butter ;)
 
arijer said:
Thanks for all the input,

So far, no one has stated that 1095 is greatly inferior, so I am going to assume that INFI is superior, but 1095 is still a great steel then?
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In what way? Most variations of steel were created to excel at different tasks.
Heat treats are also very important. I've seen quite a few on these boards state that a mediocre steel with the proper heat treat can be superior to a great steel with a lousy heat treat. INFI is a quality steel with the right heat treat process.
I don't have much experience with 1095, so I can't speak on it except to say with certainty that INFI is far more superior as a rust resistant carbon steel.
 
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