The Composition of Infi and What it Means

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BITEME said:
Molletta who used to make the mckf knives for an Italian outdoor group ,also teamed up with lionsteel later,initially did some of those mckf knives in A8 mod they are spectacular looking knives,he posts on here once in a while.
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I wish lionsteel would make a nice chopper in a8mod
 
The Mastiff said:
I've seen this same A8(mod) = Infi subject here on the forums turn out bad numerous times in the past and go on and on. Is there something unpalatable about Infi being A8(mod) ?
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Not at all to me. The name doesn't matter at all. Boobs could be called something else and I'd still love them too. :D

I would like to try both steels head to head and see how they perform. It doesn't need to be the same design. I know INFI pretty well and I'd like to get a feel for A8 mod.
 
stonproject said:
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Do you even own busse knives? or any knives in a8 mod? As mentioned I've owned and used them before you were a member here. :thumbsup: All I see you do is ride the coat tails of other people and stand on the sideline liking and agreeing, because you don't know squat, and are here in this thread because you are an agitator. So keep on standing with the crowd and going "yeah!" lol
 
shinyedges said:
Do you even own busse knives? or any knives in a8 mod? As mentioned I've owned and used them before you were a member here. :thumbsup: All I see you do is ride the coat tails of other people and stand on the sideline liking and agreeing, because you don't know squat, and are here in this thread because you are an agitator. So keep on standing with the crowd and going "yeah!" lol
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No one besides Larrin has contributed anything to this thread. All the rest of us are as "on the sideline" as can possibly be.
 
I have used infi or (a8 mod whatever you want to call it) and know it pretty well, I've pushed it beyond it's capacity and bent it, used it on my farm for years.

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I too would love to try a knife in A8 mod and judge it's performance against a steel I know pretty damn well.
 
SpySmasher said:
No one besides Larrin has contributed anything to this thread. All the rest of us are as "on the sideline" as can possibly be.
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Ok, Larrin is speaking to a last known composition that's 10 years old. Thanks for letting me know again :thumbsup:
 
SpySmasher said:
No one besides Larrin has contributed anything to this thread. All the rest of us are as "on the sideline" as can possibly be.
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Got any busse infi use under your belt to speak of? Could you know a difference between A8 mod and infi performance wise if you had a knife in A8 mod or just like yapping?
 
shinyedges said:
I have used infi or (a8 mod whatever you want to call it) and know it pretty well, I've pushed it beyond it's capacity and bent it, used it on my farm for years.

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I too would love to try a knife in A8 mod and judge it's performance against a steel I know pretty damn well.
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Your experience with Infi (good/bad/long/short) speaks nothing to it's metallurgical composition as best Larrin can tell from the only available data, which is all this thread is about.

The thread's not really even about knives, per say, the performance of which depends on all kinds of other things (like heat treat and blade geometry). I'm not sure what your issue is.
 
SpySmasher said:
Your experience with Infi (good/bad/long/short) speaks nothing to it's metallurgical composition as best Larrin can tell from the only available data, which is all this thread is about.

The threads not really even about knives, per say, the performance of which depends on all kinds of other things (like heat treat and blade geometry). I'm not sure what your issue is.
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This thread is about OLD information and may or may not be relative AT ALL to current infi knives. Period.
 
Public service announcement that isn't new to anyone who has been around a bit, it's long be said infi is a A8 mod. Nothing new about anything larrin posted, nor does it change that this entire thread revolves around a decade old infi. :thumbsup:
 
As a user of the steel in question for years, I would love to test A8 mod head to head against infi.
 
shinyedges said:
This thread is about OLD information and may or may not be relative AT ALL to current infi knives. Period.
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All of which is explained perfectly clearly in the opening post. It's also the only information that Larrin could find.

Regardless, that old data speaks factually, within a certain precision, about what the composition of Infi is. The idea that the composition of Infi has changed RADICALLY in the last decade is unlikely. So that old data, while not entirely accurate to a certainty, is certainly informative. That's good, right?
 
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shinyedges said:
Public service announcement that isn't new to anyone who has been around a bit, it's long be said infi is a A8 mod. Nothing new about anything larrin posted, nor does it change that this entire thread revolves around a decade old infi. :thumbsup:
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I’m not sure how stating that Infi could be anything or everything helps whatever argument you are going for here.
 
SpySmasher said:
All of which is explained perfectly clearly in the opening post. It's also the only information that Larrin could find.

Reagrdless, that old data speaks factually, within a certain precision, about what the composition of Infi is. The idea that the composition of Infi has changed RADICALLY in the last decade is unlikely. So that old data, while not entirely accurate to a certainty, is certainly informative. That's good, right?
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The title of this thread is what? "The Composition of Infi and What it Means" Perfectly clear that it's about a past tense version that may or may not be the same?
 
shinyedges said:
Do you even own busse knives? or any knives in a8 mod? As mentioned I've owned and used them before you were a member here. :thumbsup: All I see you do is ride the coat tails of other people and stand on the sideline liking and agreeing, because you don't know squat, and are here in this thread because you are an agitator. So keep on standing with the crowd and going "yeah!" lol
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Larrin took time out of his day to answer your string of questions you've hounded him with twice and answered them succinctly and you give him a "cool story bro". You've contributed very little to the conversation yourself.
 
shinyedges said:
The title of this thread is what? "The Composition of Infi and What it Means" Perfectly clear that it's about a past tense version that may or may not be the same?
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The opening post is perfectly clear as it cites the source data and explains the analysis in detail, including explanations of the weaknesses of said analysis.

This is as academic a thread as I have ever read here. I can't find a single misleading statement in the opening post, looking at it as objectively as I can muster. Which is to the level of: I don't even care what the composition of Infi is beyond mere curiosity.
 
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