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Eric, put me down for one Hairy Canary. I'm a sucker for Swamp Rat and G10. It'll match my Chopweiler.
 
Andy Wayne asked an interesting question in the Swamp Rat Forum:

Originally posted by Andy Wayne:
Eric, do you have any testing pics so we can see what the Busse heat treat does to this steel and how it will compare to other steels?
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I come to Busse Combat for the steel first and the designs second. Jerry has built his reputation on producing nuclear-strength knives. But 154CM is not noted as being the toughest steel on the planet. Can the Hairy Carry survive the legendary Busse toughness challenge? Or does it only look like a Busse? :confused:
 
bld522 said:
I don't know about the rest of you, but I come to Busse Combat for the steel first and the designs second. Jerry has built his reputation on producing nuclear-strength knives. But 154CM is not noted as being the toughest steel on the planet. Can the Hairy Carry survive the legendary Busse toughness challenge? Or does it only look like a Busse? :confused:
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I received a good reply from t1mpani over at the Swamp Rat Forum. I don't think he'd mind me posting it here:

Originally posted by t1mpani:
Again, this falls into the old argument against the D2 line and the S30V Rat Trap. Try and remember the Busse Stealth Hawk--wouldn't have chopped any concrete but was good at what it was designed to be: a fairly sharp, non-rusting, non-magnetic, non-sparking tool.

I've never associated Busse/The Swamp with making tough knives---but instead with making excellent tools. If you're going to be carrying a big, heavy knife then there needs to be an ability on its part to do more than the blade in your SAK, so you have materials and geometries chosen to support that. If you're going to be carrying a small knife that has nowhere near the mass needed to be used as an impact tool, then the geometries and materials chosen should be tailored to what it will be used for instead.

The main advantage the non-stainless tool steels have over their stainless counterparts is toughness, and you want that in a big knife. A small knife is going to see much more slicing work than impact work, however, so there is a legitimate advantage to a more stain resistant steel being used, as corrosion is one of the fastest contributors to loss of sharpness in thin knife edges, especially when doing any kind of field dressing work where blood and fatty acids will cover them.

This is not to say that the Howler can't do a good job skinning game. It has advantages over this knife, and this knife has advantages over it. There is absolutely never any truth to the belief that one knife steel is entirely superior to another in all applications. Plus, we already HAVE the Howling Rat. Not everything has to be a carbon copy of what's been offered before.

Personal preference, I suppose, but I'm happy to see the continued employment of common sense in the Swamp's choices of matching the design and materials to the mission.
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I'm supposed to be getting some testing pics sometime soon. I'll post them as soon as I get them, however, in a nutshell the 154cm with our heat treat was extremely durable. It took a heavy beating, the edge held up great and didn't chip out even after a real smack down. ;)

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Man, I am really on the fence about this one. :confused: :confused: How binding is the pre-order? Can I drop out if I suddenly find myself in a dire financial situation?
 
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