questions about busse knives

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gustav

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Hi

This is my first post in the Busse forum. I find the knives very nice but when i checked the price, it was pretty high

why do they cost so much and in the pics i see you guys own a few :eek: of them. What hardness are they like and what steel are they ?

thanks
 
Go to www.bussecombat.com and read up one em. They are made of INFI(explained on the site) and they have the absolute best warranty anywhere. If you do a search on INFI you will find a ton of results. But I am sure somewhere Cobalt is gettin ready the links:D

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=496308&highlight=INFI

http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/busse_bm.html

My search function is not working right or I'd get ya more. If you hold one and use one, you would definatley understand why the price is warranted.
 
They are expensive, but as with most things in life you get what you pay for. In this case, the best knife and the best warranty. Once you hold one you'll understand :)
 
We own a few of them, because they are a better value for your money that you could imagine. For the same price as a custom, you get more of everything!
 
Hello, Gustav.

There is great advice ahead of my post.

I will only add the the cost can be measured and offset by the quality, and the warranty.

You only NEED one - if it fails you, it will be replaced or repaired. But very few of us can only settle for just ONE. :D :thumbup:

Welcome to the forum, hope you stick around.

Sincerely,

John
 
Welcome to the forum. The best way to learn a lot of this is to look around this community forum and you will learn tons. To address the idea of cost... I bought my SFNO several years ago now and spent many times what I had ever spent on a fixed blade prior to that. It was going to be THE LAST KNIFE I EVER BOUGHT. After receiving it and using it I found Busse knives to be the BEST VALUE of any knife I had purchased because of the quality, toughness, guarantee and eventually the community here which is a great group of people. I have bought MANY Busse's since then without thinking twice.

I would recommend you buy whatever appeals to you and you can always sell it for what you got it for if it isn't to your taste.

I live in the Portland, Oregon area so if you were nearby I could show you what I have so you can see what you are getting into ;)

Edited to add...
All Busse knives use INFI steel. A proprietary steel and heat treat process ONLY available through Busse that produces what many of us believe is the best balance of toughness, edge holding, corrosion resistance and sor forth of any steel available. Can't get it anywhere else and Jerry has claimed that the steel itself is quite expensive relative to others.

Busse spares no cost in the process of making these knives when it comes to materials, heat treat, cryo, finishing and customer service. Top notch all around

There are other reasons that add up dollars and cents but these are a couple basic ones. I honestly don't even think about these things any more

Oh, and one more thing... It's pronounced Bus E (this comes up a lot ;))
 
thanks for all the tips and welcome here ;) I got no doubt these knife will last. There seem to be no weak part in design. I like the larger ones that will be great choppers im sure

why would some people remove the paint work off such a knife?
 
Yep. The black crinkle coat wears a little more quickly than tan and will develop a wear area where the metal shows through. It's looks cool... sort of a gun metal grey and I couldn't resist stripping my black blades. There is nothing temporary about the knife, so why have a temporary coating? The coatings are quite durable though I should say though. It takes a lot of pounding to significantly wear them down.
 
gustav said:
thanks for all the tips and welcome here ;) I got no doubt these knife will last. There seem to be no weak part in design. I like the larger ones that will be great choppers im sure

why would some people remove the paint work off such a knife?
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I have found that with hard use the coating, although the toughest I have encountered, will come off in short order. So many of us strip our blades when it gets pretty worn in. Which can happen very fast sometimes. In fact I have found that some color coatings last longer than others. Not sure why?
 
It should be said that while Infi isn't a stainless steel, it is very stain resistant.

An uncoated blade does not need any more maintenence than a coated blade unless it is stored in a very very moist enviornment.

For knives in a dry enviornment, the maintenence is the same, zero.
 
Lazlo Hollyfeld said:
Welcome to the forums, Gustav.
Like rt014 said, once you get one in your hand you will understand.
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I'm only a little piglet, but what LH says, is true in every words.:thumbup:
just hold one in your hands....and you are lost
...and check Lunde's pics.:rolleyes:
 
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