ResC, INFI camp knife: who wants this

Cobalt said:
No.



This is one of those cases like I ran into in 1999-2000. I was not a fan of the B9. There was a lot about it I did not like. Handle felt small, the blade was not wide, blah blah. I let the ones I bought go. This is how people feel about the B10LE today. They are nearly identical in size and feel. The B9 has just slightly more forward balance, but the difference is hardly noticeable. In fact it makes me laugh when I hear someone say, they love the B9, but dislike the B10 since they are nearly identical.

As for choiless. When you remove the choil from a 9" + blade you basically turn it into a pure chopper. You will not choke up on it as well for fine work. And that is fine if that is what you want. For me I prefer the all around usability of the choil on a large knife. It is also much more aesthetically pleasing.
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I agree with colbalt's assesement of the basic line
The width of the blade is too short and a sabre grind would make them much better wood splitters
I think a 0.25 thick blade that is around 2 inches wide is ideal
 
I've never owned a B9 but I had a couple of B10s. I loved the blades but didn't love res-c so much back then. I've grown to love it and now I totally regret selling them. I'll get another B10 some day. For now the B11 will have to do :D

To your point, I would DEFINITELY go for an INFIfather.
 
Blade Runner 7 said:
I've never owned a B9 but I had a couple of B10s. I loved the blades but didn't love res-c so much back then. I've grown to love it and now I totally regret selling them. I'll get another B10 some day. For now the B11 will have to do :D

To your point, I would DEFINITELY go for an INFIfather.
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Thank you sir !
I just hope Jerry is also interested
 
Basic 11 for me

Then Chophouse Thick Cut or SYKCO 911

Basic 8

Scrapyard Regulator .33 saber

TRASH-1 for compact work
 
Revolverrodger said:
I agree with colbalt's assesement of the basic line
The width of the blade is too short and a sabre grind would make them much better wood splitters
I think a 0.25 thick blade that is around 2 inches wide is ideal
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The scrapyard 911 is just that, it is sabre ground. Talk about an underrated blade.

At the end of the day, you can make any blade work and I think we all get way picky on our blade choices. We are spoiled. If all I had was a B9 or B10, I would be happy.
 
I am looking forward to the Trash 2 I think besides not being infi it would fill this void you are looking for.
 
Cobalt said:
The scrapyard 911 is just that, it is sabre ground. Talk about an underrated blade.

At the end of the day, you can make any blade work and I think we all get way picky on our blade choices. We are spoiled. If all I had was a B9 or B10, I would be happy.
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I agree with you on all points, especially the bolded one! :thumbup:

Took my stripper NMFSH camping this past weekend with some friends that I fish with, and I'm really glad I did. One guy brought a bunch of cut firewood (maple, pine, aspen, and oak) from trees he'd removed from his property a few years ago, but forgot to bring his ax. We had all these 8"-10" diameter, 1'-2' long logs, and nobody else had anything but a cheap hatchet to split them. I had gone to the bathroom and come back to one of them trying to hammer the hatchet through the log, only to get it stuck. :rolleyes: :D

Told them to stop being stupid, and I'd be right back. Returned with my "knife" (many holy $h!+ comments...), and once I found a good sized stick to use for a baton, I proceeded to split all the wood without issue, much to their amazement. :D One guy in particular was extremely impressed with the knife and my neon yellow AZWelke Kydex, especially my edge work and how it was still extremely sharp even after splitting all the wood. I showed him pictures of some of my other large Busse blades, and his comment was along the lines of "How do you decide which ones to use?" Throughout the evening, he asked to see it again several more times, and finally asked how much he could get one for (I had just told him earlier that they were "expensive"). Having seen some great deals on the exchange recently, I told him about what it would cost (~$550-$600) and he is interested. Being that it would be a cash, face-to-face deal without shipping, I might actually sell him my BIG NMFSH that I have listed right now.

Sorry, total tangent. :p My point was, personally, FWIW I think the NMFSH is pretty near the perfect camp knife, only difference is that it's not Res-C... That full-flat ground 0.31" stock splits woods SO well!!! Yet, with the tall blade, it still has pretty darned good edge geometry with the shoulders thinned slightly and a convex final edge. :thumbup:
 
Infi Battle Rat would be sweet! :thumbup:
 
At the end of the day I am in for another camp knife. Can't say no
 
INFI and ResC? Yes please. BIG finish for the cherry on top.

An INFI Battle Rat or Dogfather would be wonderful
 
Cobalt said:
The scrapyard 911 is just that, it is sabre ground. Talk about an underrated blade.

At the end of the day, you can make any blade work and I think we all get way picky on our blade choices. We are spoiled. If all I had was a B9 or B10, I would be happy.
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Truth has been spoken in this statement.
 
How's about we all ask for an INFI Chophouse? You can call it the ChopHog or the BBB (Basic Bunker Buster).
 
I like my Basic 11's and my Battle Rat , B11's have 2 different weight 17.8 oz from first run and 16.6 Oz. from Ganza thing, the lighter B11 hat same weight with my Battle rat. these are my keeper. the light B11 chopp like a devil.
 
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