Old BMs, Where Are They All?

I think I'm as into the history of Busse as much as I am the actual knives.

This thread is making me realllly want a SHBM, I'd settle for a CG ASHBM though..
 
I must be lucky having an old LE and a 1/300. They are 2 of my all time favorite blades. The original SHBM was a game changer in the knife world. Those old advertisements are fantastic thank you for posting them.
 
rcb2000 said:
I think I'm as into the history of Busse as much as I am the actual knives.

This thread is making me realllly want a SHBM, I'd settle for a CG ASHBM though..
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Wait till you see the ASHBM's I have coming. ;)

Well it seems to me that the knife Jerry used in all the tests was a sacrificial lamb and was probably broken in the name of science. The tests done were very abusive.
 
Cobalt said:
WASP!!!! Isn't that one an Rc of 64-65?
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IIRC Correctly, yes... But I'd have to dig through all the notes and emails to be sure of the RC it tested out at.

For anybody that's interested, here are my original posts about these beauties...

The 2 From the ASG article...
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...as-a-1-of-300-(pic-heavy)…?highlight=Ron+hood

And the first mistress released in the wild...
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...of-Battle-Mistress-History?highlight=Ron+hood

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I just read through some notes... Two of these have the 64-65 RC!

The WASP and the one Ron sent back for Jerry to lighten up for his wife. :D

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rcb2000 said:
Wow, very cool, thanks for that!!
INFI at 65?!!!???? :eek:
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Here is what materials science states. a 0.6% C steel has a max attainable hardness of 56-57. This includes 1060 and 440A. You can push the limits to say 57-8 I am sure. Here is what it says:
Hardness and Hardenability.—Hardenability is the property of steel that determines the
depth and distribution of hardness induced by quenching from the austenitizing temperature.
Hardenability should not be confused with hardness as such or with maximum hardness.
Hardness is a measure of the ability of a metal to resist penetration as determined by
any one of a number of standard tests (Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers, etc). The maximum
attainable hardness of any steel depends solely on carbon content and is not significantly
affected by alloy content. Maximum hardness is realized only when the cooling rate in
quenching is rapid enough to ensure full transformation to martensite.
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And this is what many mud dwelling metallurgists will profess. These are the same ones that feel only std ht protocols work, and experimenting outside those bounds will not help. Then there are people like Busse and some other knife makers(cough Nathan, bluntcut) who push the limits. Jerry did this decades ago and kept it to himself. He takes INFI, a 0.6% C steel and pushed it to Rc 65 and it actually held up to abuse at that Rc. Not only did it speak volumes for the steel, but also for his HT. He literally took the book std that said no, you cannot get an Rc above what we have stated and threw the book in the trash. These two knives that Foo has are an example of the HT genius that Busse is and why I am here.
 
Amazing.. so cool.
I'm also fascinated and excited to see what NTM is doing with 3V
Didn't you get a piece Cobalt? I remember you posting that you were impressed.. (don't want to derail here)

I'm going to do some digging, but maybe you know off the top of your head, what was the last model offered in M-INFI?
 
rcb2000 said:
Amazing.. so cool.
I'm also fascinated and excited to see what NTM is doing with 3V
Didn't you get a piece Cobalt? I remember you posting that you were impressed.. (don't want to derail here)

I'm going to do some digging, but maybe you know off the top of your head, what was the last model offered in M-INFI?
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Yes. I did. Will be running it in the mountains soon
 
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