The Battle Grade is Coming!!!. . . The Battle Grade Is Coming!!!. . . Sneak Peek!

TrailWolf said:
Nailed it.

I've always felt that INFI is reserved for choppers.

I love and have always preferred SR101 in smaller (6 inch and under) knives.

In fact, after owning over 50 Busse and kin, the only INFI I own are over 8 inches.

This is why I will be skipping the infimandu...

I cannot wait for this Ash.
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Forgive my newbieness lol, but the SR 101 is really that tough ? I knew it gets really sharp and holds an edge very well.

I wouldn't mind seeing the comat grade come through with ceracoat single color. The ceracoat seems to be much smoother when applied verses the regular coatings, just my opinion.

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Saw you had replied about sr101 being 90% of the performance of INFI. Don't know why it didnt post up in here ?
 
duramax said:
Forgive my newbieness lol, but the SR 101 is really that tough ? I knew it gets really sharp and holds an edge very well.

I wouldn't mind seeing the comat grade come through with ceracoat single color. The ceracoat seems to be much smoother when applied verses the regular coatings, just my opinion.

Added :
Saw you had replied about sr101 being 90% of the performance of INFI. Don't know why it didnt post up in here ?
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It has always seemed to me that because SR-101 is offered as a more affordable alternative and is in the shadow of the mighty "INFI" it is mistaken as not anything special... DEAD WRONG!
the "only" two steels that I have seen go through a whole chopping weekend and lose almost ZERO edge are infi and sr101.. it is VERY VERY TOUGH... I think it has a lot to do with Jerrys Heat treat..
 
I'd like to see medium sized (3-5") in SR101. Even EDC sized, smaller ones made from SR101. Any chance of having these?
 
duramax said:
Forgive my newbieness lol, but the SR 101 is really that tough ? I knew it gets really sharp and holds an edge very well.

I wouldn't mind seeing the comat grade come through with ceracoat single color. The ceracoat seems to be much smoother when applied verses the regular coatings, just my opinion.

Added :
Saw you had replied about sr101 being 90% of the performance of INFI. Don't know why it didnt post up in here ?
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Dan Busse told me personally at Blade Show last year that INFI made 2,300 cuts of 1" hemp rope in a public test years back, which was stopped when they ran out of rope to cut!! I asked where SR-101 ranking in this test, he said that while they haven't done this test with SR-101 it was a VERY close second to INFI given everything he's seen with it in actual use & testing….. :)

I've got to agree with Trailwolf that I don't start really perceiving much reason to go for Infi over SR-101 for anything less than a chopper, the SR-101 seems almost perfectly suited to thinner & shorter blades IMO.
 
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