thin infi?

oge14

oge14

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hi ya'll just sitting touching up some kitchen knives. i just had a idea while sharpening my fillet knife. i have a paul's hatchet,that is awesome. what i'm thinking is how about some thin infi. i have a few machete's that serve me well, but what about one made out of infi. now that would be a real test to see how well it performs. the 5/16,1/4,.17, does well but let's see some skinny stuff. an infi machete, i can here the ivy, and underbrush trembling from here. what do ya think?;)
 
Thats a good idea. I love my fatty infi choppers but sometimes ya need something thinner.

The RUCK serves me well in the field. It's not super thin but comparred to most Busses it is skinny @ .17"

clearing 1/2 acre of cattails was a breeze.

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I don't think we'll see anything thinner than the .144'' Game Warden or the Cultellus. In a large knife I don't think that would be prudent with the whole Busse Warranty issue. If they started making knives that thin and people started prying with them and subjecting them to the same stuff we all do with out 3/16'' .250'' and above knives I don't think they'd all hold up the same. I can just imagine some of the things people would try with an INFI machete......forgetting that what they're holding is a "machete". I don't think the liability issues would fly. NO steel at machete thicknesses could take it all. Just my .02 of course
 
The blade on the right is the thinnest Busse ever produced. The thin NICK measured @ .09" thick !
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Here is one of the thinnest Choppers Busse came out with. (one on top)
Zero Tolerance Battle Mistress I believe mine measured @ .19" thick
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That's not saying I wouldn't WANT a INFI machete :D I recall making a post much like this one a while back....but I just don't see it happening. A 14'' bladed golok would be cool though as would the bolo I've been begging for and a khuk :D.

When it comes to machetes though, it's good to have cheap ones as machetes for the most part are semi disposable. You use them till they break, bend, or you grind them down to a nub. I don't take my time with sharpening them all pretty. I slap em on the belt sander to give a slight convex edge then line the edge up on a coarse diamond stone and go to town. It's nice having a machete that's under $30 as you're not too worried about it. I wouldn't use a Busse machete the same as it would be considerably more. No leaving out in the rain sticking out of the ground or leaving in the trunk at all times (would suck if a Busse got stolen, but not a Ontario for example).

Pretty content with my Ontario 18'' machetes, the forged Philippine machetes, some forged machetes from Guam, A gerber, couple Cold Steels (they are decent machetes) and probably a couple others I'm forgetting about.

I keep it Busse with the choppers of course. My SHBM's are what everything else revolves around :D
 
Love those ZT's Dave, I'm on the lurk for one now ;)....I don't even WANT to know what you went through for that thin nick!!!
 
pbubsy said:
Love those ZT's Dave, I'm on the lurk for one now ;)....I don't even WANT to know what you went through for that thin nick!!!
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Yea mee too man :)

There was one olive ZTBM on the exchange recently..

That was actually mine at one point and the same one in the pic I just posted. :( Can't keep em all.

The thin Nick is a different story.(keeper) my friend Ryan aka nut_sak_himself is holding onto it currently. .. I actually snagged it off the exchange a year or so ago.... :eek:
 
I think a machete of INFI would defeat the whole reason for needing INFI.

Generally speaking the harder a knife gets the more brittle it gets. Right?

Well thats the magic of INFI. High Hardness without the brittleness. Awesome edge holding and incredible toughness.

A machete don't need high hardness as it is designed to cut through soft material. Heat treat any steel to like 54 and rock on through those weeds!

Just my 2 cents.
 
Heavy said:
I think a machete of INFI would defeat the whole reason for needing INFI.

Generally speaking the harder a knife gets the more brittle it gets. Right?

Well thats the magic of INFI. High Hardness without the brittleness. Awesome edge holding and incredible toughness.

A machete don't need high hardness as it is designed to cut through soft material. Heat treat any steel to like 54 and rock on through those weeds!

Just my 2 cents.
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It would be a SOB to sharpend a 59hrc machete. :p never thought the 1095 and other machete steels were lacking. If you put a convex edge on the machetes that are around 1/8'' you can do some decent chopping with them anyways....a flat edge doesn't hold up to chopping very well on a machete because of the softness but convex is magic! My favorite mass produced machete is the Ontario 18'' machete....the one the military supposedly uses. It's a hell of a bargain at around $20-$30!!
 
Heavy said:
I think a machete of INFI would defeat the whole reason for needing INFI.

Generally speaking the harder a knife gets the more brittle it gets. Right?

Well thats the magic of INFI. High Hardness without the brittleness. Awesome edge holding and incredible toughness.

A machete don't need high hardness as it is designed to cut through soft material. Heat treat any steel to like 54 and rock on through those weeds!

Just my 2 cents.
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+1

Very well put.
 
I'd buy one. A higher RC for hardwoods and because it can handle it. But I have a ruck so I guess I don't need one and the cheep ones can be bought in surplus for dollars not hundreds of dollars.
 
pbubsy said:
I don't think we'll see anything thinner than the .144'' Game Warden or the Cultellus. In a large knife I don't think that would be prudent with the whole Busse Warranty issue. If they started making knives that thin and people started prying with them and subjecting them to the same stuff we all do with out 3/16'' .250'' and above knives I don't think they'd all hold up the same. I can just imagine some of the things people would try with an INFI machete......forgetting that what they're holding is a "machete". I don't think the liability issues would fly. NO steel at machete thicknesses could take it all. Just my .02 of course
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Jerry has posted to this effect before.
 
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