Newb question - Swatmandu / Infimandu

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I am Busseless... so far. Looking to get an Infimanadu. What is the difference between the Infimandu and the Swatmandu?
 
The difference is the blade steel. I love my Infidu, which is made of INFI. Ratmandu is SR-101.
 
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Nothing they're both infi...just the design is a little different. It's has a talon hole and a fuller.
 
Great thanks for the info.

Well now I guess I have to get one of each.
 
Look at pictures, buy what you like. (If you like both, by all means, get both...but liking one doesn't necessarily mean that you'll like the other. As an example, I'm a big fan of the RMD; so the INFIdu was an obvious extension of that...but there's something about the Swatmandu I don't like (see below), so I don't have one.)
The feature, aside from the talon hole, that differentiates the Swatmandu at a glance is the presence of a fuller.
 
Infidu is an INFI Ratmandu from Swamp Rat.

Swatmandu is also infi but with a fuller and talon hole and from Busse Combat.
 
Also, I believe the Swatmandu has a slightly slimmer handle.

The Swatmandu does not feel as big in the hand as the Ratmandu and Infidu.

At least that is true for the few cerakoted ones offered at Blade '15
 
I think my B.I.G. infimandu had a v-edge. I sharpened it and it has one now.
 
Swatmandu also tends to be doublecut bead blasted whereas Infimandu are usually satin or big industrial finish.
 
I meant to get mine out to take some comparison pics and measurements today but I didn't wake up in time. Night shift life :/
 
Having one of each, right here in the room with me, most of what has been said above it right on. The thing I have noticed about my two is the edge behind the primary bevel (?) on the SWATmandu seems thinner than that on the INFImandu. But this is just two examples. I have another two samples back home (I'm on det right now), and I can say the edge thickness on the INFImandu back home was thick just like the one I have on me here. I have yet to see the SWATmandu that is waiting at home for me, so I don't know about that one.

None of the three of mine that I have actually handled has come with a convex edge. All V's.

Of the two, I like the SWATmandu better, although everytime I'm going on a hike out here where I'm det'd, I end up taking the INFImandu. Partly because of the thick edge. It seems to me it is more robust. The edge of the SWATmandu is, IMO, much more directed toward slicing flesh than that of the INFImandu.

In the hand, I can't tell a difference in the feel/thickness. The only difference I can feel is the grips of the SWATmandu are G10 and those on the INFImandu are micarta.

I'd like to get a few more SWATmandu's, just because I like their aesthetics better...
 
Swatmandu! This are almost the same knives, but swatmandu looks so much better with dc finish and the fuller.
Here's mine:
 
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