QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUSSE SWORD....

[blademan_007]

Hi I havent heard much about the Busse sword, that they made, I know that there werent many, but I was wondering, anyone out there that owns one, have you ever used it, is it INFI steel, like their knives, and with a thin blade like it has, how well does it hold up, if say you wanted to chop through a tree, I was just curious, so I figured I would put this up, and I'm sure there are alot of other people interested to, any info would be great, ......

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blademan_007

 

[Jerry Busse]

Over on the Knife testing forum there was a post on the "Busse vs. Mad Dog" thread where it was posted that a short sword made by another manufacturer had won the chopping contest at Knifegnugen '98. Ironically, it was one of our American Kensei 15 1/2" bladed wakisashis that was being referred to. Yes, they can chop when needed.

Busse

 

[Andrew Lynch]

I'm not sure if this is the sword you're talking about, but there is a sword on Andy's "Virtual Museum". Here is the link:

http://www.sharperinstinct.com/hq/museum.htm

 

Actually that's not a Kensei. It is just a Busse waki. Kenseis have a shorter blade. The blade on any busse sword is not really all that thin either. I've owned many Japanese swords in my day and several were hand made a few hundred years ago and to this day the thickest sword I have seen is 5/16" and all the Busse blades would be 1/4" thick and made of INFI. So thats just thicker than almost 75% of all the blades available out there and probably the strongest. Japanese steel is not all it's cracked up to be. And that's coming from someone who loves that Japanese sword.

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