Nitrogen in INFI

Indestructible
Nitrogen
Fused
Iron

good enough for me! :D
 
I remember a thread, a few years back, where Jerry confirmed the presence of nitrogen.

I have no way of finding that thread, but Jerry chimed in then and just nodded to nitrogen being part of the INFI composition.
 
Yes, Bossman said there is nitrogen in INFI. For sure.
I had no idea the formula had changed.
I do know I beat the absolute sh!t out of a couple of E handles, and they were pretty much bulletproof.
If INFI has changed since those blades, I'd damn sure like to know how, and what exactly that means. (i.e. - change for the better to benefit the knives' performance, or change for the cheaper to benefit the cost of materials vs. product delivered).
I do know one thing: I've never, ever been disappointed by a Busse product. I do believe Bossman and crew know what they're doing... But I've been interested in an old vs. new INFI comparison.
 
AntDog said:
I do know one thing: I've never, ever been disappointed by a Busse product. I do believe Bossman and crew know what they're doing...
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IMHO this is what counts. We shouldn't get hung up on the metallurgy or the Rockwell Hardness or all that stuff. It's interesting to some, but not necessarily of critical importance.

Instead: do the knives do what we need them to do? Does Busse take care of it's customers?
 
Right? Knife nerds gonna do what knife nerds do.

Let's just not scare the piglets into thinking that they shouldn't buy INFI because it may or may not have nitrogen anymore. Because, really, who cares?
 
I don't think if there is no Nitrogen it would put people off, I think the reputation of INFI and its performance sells it alone regardless of its contents.
For me, I'm just a geek in general and history and details interest me as well as its performance :)

resinguy said:
Right? Knife nerds gonna do what knife nerds do.

Let's just not scare the piglets into thinking that they shouldn't buy INFI because it may or may not have nitrogen anymore. Because, really, who cares?
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For me, knowing what exactly makes the best products the best is interesting. Obviously nitrogen couldn't have been THAT important if INFI is just as if not more(?) Indestructible without it.
 
Certainly not more so, but with the lower Rc definitely equal in toughness. Old INFI was more specialized with more elements and more expensive. Newer INFI does it all at a lower Rc except for edge holding maybe. Still nothing better out there.
 
Is this why INFI sounds so squeaky when sharpening? No other steel I've sharpened makes a squeal on the stones.
 
So the ergos have nitrogen I'm guessing? Nice. And now I find out they have hogs blood too?! Today's my day.
 
INFI Burps...Expelling excess nitrogen leaving behind INFI dimples...its a squeaky burp....;):D
 
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