NMFBM... the ultimate knife !

richstag said:
First one to chop a 4x4 in one chop wins...GO!

;-p
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I think I have one that might almost do it in one chop, but the handle isn't long enough to get the power behind it.

I know my Katana won't do it, it's not heavy enough.
 
richstag said:
Are u only talking about doing this with a nmfbm? Because this is easy to do on limbs depending on the type of wood.

Also, have you guys seen the video of a waki (I think) chopping through a 4x4 (I think) in one chop?
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I have'nt seen many photo's of people sinking a blade on a larger limb than it's depth to the spine .... on swords yes .... but on NMFBM's or any of the Battle Mistresses or larger knives .... I have'nt seen it done ....

The NMFBM and the BWM LE have for me good profiles for this .... but as other have said .... the FFBM and other knives like the Dog Father with the lower sabre grind is going to make it a lot harder .... so I was talking about the NMFBM .... but if you can sink yours into a larger limb than the blade to the spine "easily" then maybe you and 230 go to the same gym ? :D

For me to do it I need to get the edge and grind profile right and have the angle into the wood just right .... plus a bit of technique .... and all of those things take it out of "easy" for me .... :D
 
I haven't either, it takes a lot of force to do it.

Here is another photo, I didn't swing it all out, but you get the idea.

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Yes done the clicks and that is a good cut and the edge is likely to have been spot on in terms of flowing into the blade grind and a good appleseed shape .... you can probably get away with a less effective edge and profile if you have the power .... but I would agree with you that it is'nt easily done and for me I need those things working for me ....

I had to do the same with the Zilla ....

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and that is a bigger and heavier knife .... but mic'ing the edge shape on my NMFBM helped a lot to get the Zilla the same .... and when the edge profile was better the knife chopped a lot better .... "me" being the "constant" in the equation so to speak ....
 
Peter - Nope, I have never gone through a thicker limb than the width of the blade with any of my busses. No matter how sharp.

That's why I asked :)

Machete... yes easily... twice as thick as the width on pine on an extreme angle also making it even further to get through.
 
You probably could with a BM though, but like Ank said I never went all out either.

I am a fan of high speed for going through soft limbs (long arms) :)
 
Will York said:
Good thoughts, Peter and Ank.

CG NMFBM's were $467 + shipping during the initial run from Busse.
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Lol... thanks for letting me know I was way off on the price Will .... it must have been the "white lie" I was telling my now "ex" at the time .... the cheaper figure must have stuck in my mind out of "necessity" :D
 
richstag said:
Peter - Nope, I have never gone through a thicker limb than the width of the blade with any of my busses. No matter how sharp.

That's why I asked :)

Machete... yes easily... twice as thick as the width on pine on an extreme angle also making it even further to get through.
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Those long 16 inch machete's are much ignored on chopping power .... but they are thin which is in their favour .... although for me the difficulty I have when chopping hard with machete's is then trying to remove the blade for a further cut having sunk it in deep ....

The optimum for doing the job without pause is a wider blade like the Busse's which can go in deep to the spine but can come out of the wood just as easily .... at least that is how it works best for me ....
 
I thought we were talking about chopping through limbs with one chop Peter:D:)

Anyhow, The 18" machetes I like don't get stuck. Maybe its the satin finish??:confused:
 
Lol .... yes we are talking about trying to go through a limb in one cut .... but when you say you've gone through limbs twice the thickness .... were I to try that and I have used machete's a fair bit in Brunei and Belize .... if you don't make it .... mine were often "stuck" if the weight of the tree was on the blade. A limb hanging to the side is OK as the cut makes the branch pull away from the blade ....

Chopping down trees for heli landings with machete's .... the strikes on the trunks were really deep but did often need a foot on the trunk to lever the blade out ....if you see what I mean :D

Before you can do all the limbs ya gotta do the trunk first :D;)
 
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Peter - I understand and have experienced this. If you don't make it through in one chop and the weight of the branch/tree vises the machete then yeah, we have a machete that takes more than a wiggle to get out:D

This could happen with a BM to though if we are talking about the whole vise thing IMO.

Happy chopping my friend:)
 
Anybody in Cali want to do a chop off? NMFBM CG vs NMFBM LE? We'll get em both to the same convex edge or close and take some turns chopping and video taping. Any other tests or ideas welcome. I'm in Central-Northern California.
 
richstag said:
Yeah, I want to see 230 attempt the 4x4 in one chop stunt:D
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Not happening! I'm strong, i'm not superhuman. I can bury a knife pretty deep, not through a 4x4 though.

It's all technique anyway.

What's funny is, the primary grind has a lot more to do with it than the actual edge. When I first got my zilla, it was "sharp", but totally useless. The knife would break through up to the primary bevel and STOP dead in its tracks. Having a fat convex grind right behind the edge, even if the edge is a scalpel it will still stop it right there when it fattens up. A well blended convex grind goes a long way.
 
230grains said:
Not happening! I'm strong, i'm not superhuman. I can bury a knife pretty deep, not through a 4x4 though.

It's all technique anyway.

What's funny is, the primary grind has a lot more to do with it than the actual edge. When I first got my zilla, it was "sharp", but totally useless. The knife would break through up to the primary bevel and STOP dead in its tracks. Having a fat convex grind right behind the edge, even if the edge is a scalpel it will still stop it right there when it fattens up. A well blended convex grind goes a long way.
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I agree. I need someone in my general vicinity to test these bad boys out with me!
 
The NMFBM is a brilliant knife. Sadly, I only have one, and it's a fairly thin, coated cg. Some day, I hope to acquire a thicker specimen, perhaps in satin. But even the CG is a monstrous chopping machine. Along with the NMSFNO, the NMFBM is, in my most humble opinion, the best ever Busse. :)
 
Elen said:
The NMFBM is a brilliant knife. Sadly, I only have one, and it's a fairly thin, coated cg. Some day, I hope to acquire a thicker specimen, perhaps in satin. But even the CG is a monstrous chopping machine. Along with the NMSFNO, the NMFBM is, in my most humble opinion, the best ever Busse. :)
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You got that right. :thumbup:

One to beat on and the other to drool over. :)

 
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