Production Bushfinger Review #2

[abrasion]

I made a short video of Andy batoning yesterday with a ladyfinger.. It's on Instagram

I'm a batoning guy myself. This piece of fat wood is extremely hard. I kind of cringe a little when I think about doing it.

 

[VANCE]

This lady is still purty

 

[abrasion]

This lady is still purty

Yes she is...

 

[trestle]

Do you guys remember that sweet fat wood I had.


This is what's left of it.


So I packed this home with me with the intentions of processing it with my axe and saw for some kits and such. Then I got to thinking I have this knife I'm testing...mmm.

Let me first say I would never do this with one of my Fiddlebacks. It not that I don't think they can handle it they are just the wrong tool for that job. Some of my big choppers, especially the ones from Bill Siegle would make short work of that little piece of fat wood.

So I got to thinking if it was ok with Andy I would process this beast up with the Bushfinger. I thinking it could handle...

Oh yeah!!! That's the spirit of a pass-around. Knock that beast down to size!

btw, love seeing the looks on your boys faces as they wield the mighty Bushfinger!

 

[abrasion]

Hahaha!!! All right I'll process some of it...totally unnecessary but it'll be fun.
Anyone who's is wanting a chunk or two let me know and I'll ship you a piece. Kind of hard to believe coming from my neck of the woods but I hear it's pretty scarce in some parts.

 

[abrasion]

Well here we go...





So is started with a small piece. I'm not sure why this made me so nervous cause the Bushfinger made this look easy. I decided to go a little deeper and see how it handled it. I'm not gonna lie I had to beat the snot out of it to make it through.


Almost there...

I'm really impressed with this knife! It handled this task like a champ!

 

[abrasion]

So while cleaning the pitch off of the blade something caught my eye. There is a very small roll in the edge. So the question I have is do I need to send this to the Forge for resharpening?

 

[Mistwalker]

If you did all it took to get to this...

And this was as bad as it got? Then that's actually pretty damned impressive. Some of the spots in really rich fatwood are somewhat crystalline like amber. I've seen knives with thicker edges and good heat treats suffer more damage than this.

 

[abrasion]

It's really small...didn't see it till the light hit it. It performed great!!! This model just begs to be used.

 

[Fiddleback]

Have you tried to steel this out? If it won't steel out, then send it back and I will either re-sharpen it or replace it.

 

[abrasion]

Have you tried to steel this out? If it won't steel out, then send it back and I will either re-sharpen it or replace it.

I haven't tried yet...it is very minor and should steel out easily. This is the pass around knife and I did reach out to Ken to see if he wanted to touch it up before sending it on or if he wanted me to just touch it up. The rest of the blade is still like a razor.

 

[Bamboo]

Yeah, send her back on home and we'll touch it up and get it out to the next on the list. Thanks Abrasion!

 

[abrasion]

Sorry guys...I get it sent home after work today.

 

[abrasion]

I'm not gonna let a baby roll keep me down. More to come...

 

[trestle]

That's a phat pile of fatwood!

 

[abrasion]

That's a phat pile of fatwood!

That's maybe a 1/4 of that piece too...
I may be set for awhile...

 

[trestle]

 

[NoFair]

Looks like a 30 second sharpening job:thumbup: Thin edges can sometimes be chipped very badly by wood with twisting grains (mountain birch etc.) so it came out with flying colors.

 

[abrasion]

I'm in the middle of a road trip from Oregon to Arizona for a wedding so I just had to bring the Bushfinger for at least part of the road trip.

One thing the wife really wanted to do was test this knife out in the kitchen.
This is her idea of kitchen duty...





I think it did great in the kitchen!!! My very first In-n-Out burger. It was really good.

So we decided to go see some sights. Why not take a famous design down the walk of fame.





We went to the LA Brea tar pits.
The money shot...


Well I mailed it off to headquarters yesterday. I wish I could have had it the whole trip but I had a great time using this knife. I can't wait for the next run...the productions are a hit with me. That being said it did bring a big smile to my face when I put my maple burl Sneaky Pete on after I mailed it off. I think both production and customs have a place in my rotation.

 

[trestle]

Stab & Slice...with a Bushfinger...that is so awesome. Love the shot on the James Dean star and those burgers look good.

In-N-Out is a good one, so is Steak & Shake in a different part of the country. Up here in WA, Dick's is a favorite.