Thin tip knives performance?

Good point (no pun intended :D), I think it is not really a concern in the long run, how often is prying really necessary? Its more so that I like to know what it could do if the occasion arises. I just want reassurance that it can handle hard abuse in an emergency situation despite the very small chances of that occurring, plus not very practical.
 
XtianAus said:
Anyone have photos of the cabs spine and tip? So i can compare it to the axe hammer?
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Just imagine your knife less one third of itself with a full flat grind and you are getting pretty close. I've whooped up on a .187" thick Jackhammer and only stabbing it into thick car glass gave me a slight blunting of the tip, and I do mean slight. Wood, sheetmetal, rock/brick, no issues.
Jackhammer is stage left in this pic.
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Top of sticker in this one.
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I liked the performance so much, I sent it in for a handle swap back in 2010, still have it too. :D
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Thanks Tim
Sick photos :D

I know the axe hammer is maybe .5" longer blade, but what about the profile? Is it virtually the same as the jackhammer?
I am glad you were impressed with its performance. :thumbup:
I imagine the axe hammer would basically performance the same
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Ahaha yes i know that :D
In relation to being alike i was meaning their tip size not the whole knife
 
One kind of translates to the other mate is the point I was making... like your Axe H vs a MOAB.
 
Andy the Aussie said:
One kind of translates to the other mate is the point I was making... like your Axe H vs a MOAB.
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Oh okay
Well thats a good thing! I have only seen one photo and it looks exceptionally thin. But photos lie. I will have to wait and see when it arrives
 
It HAS a finer tip to some other Busses BUT you are not going to break it doing knife tasks mate, and many (such as stabbing a car bonnet to death ;) ) which are not. Lots or threads still to read mate, all the knowledge you seeks is but a search away :D :D

Cheers

Andy
 
Cheers Andy, appreciate the input. & and i agree completely, so much more to read and learn!
 
Somewhere in Busse sub-forum there is a pic of a TGLB that has been hammered into asphalt road surface and a pic of it after it was wiggled/pulled out. I think you should try to find it mate.

I have a convex ground AD that I used to try and pry out a section of wood that I've been trying to get through with hole saw. AD's blade flexed probably around 30 degrees before I decided to use my Rat Shaker to get the job done. There was no damage to either knife.
 
elof_alv said:
Somewhere in Busse sub-forum there is a pic of a TGLB that has been hammered into asphalt road surface and a pic of it after it was wiggled/pulled out. I think you should try to find it mate.

I have a convex ground AD that I used to try and pry out a section of wood that I've been trying to get through with hole saw. AD's blade flexed probably around 30 degrees before I decided to use my Rat Shaker to get the job done. There was no damage to either knife.
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Yeah i have seen that. Pretty extraordinary. Really a picture that has to be seen to be believed. But isnt the tglb tip and spine fairly thick? Especially next to a BT6 or axe hammer or thefe alike.

But a AD that was used for prying is sure impressive if there was no damage done. Thats more like it!
 
You're not gonna have a drama with it mate. Unless you hammer it into a tree up to the ricasso and smash it sideways with a block splitter, it's going to handle whatever you give it.

And even if it does crap itself, Busse has you covered with their lifetime warranty.
 
RobStanley said:
You're not gonna have a drama with it mate. Unless you hammer it into a tree up to the ricasso and smash it sideways with a block splitter, it's going to handle whatever you give it.

And even if it does crap itself, Busse has you covered with their lifetime warranty.
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Hahah...i am definitely not one to do that or anything consider "abuse" with exception to aggressive prying.

And yes you're absolutely right...can't break busse's warranty
 
XtianAus said:
Hahah...i am definitely not one to do that or anything consider "abuse" with exception to aggressive prying.
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.... which is not really abuse and which INFI (even THINFI) and SR101 has a wonderful history of soaking up and asking for more. Please don't loose sleep over it.
 
I wouldn't worry about it one bit... here's a video of an axe hammer getting used pretty hard. Checkout around the 2 minute mark ;)

[video=youtube;Ul4FCHRI08A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul4FCHRI08A[/video]
 
kniferMan said:
I wouldn't worry about it one bit... here's a video of an axe hammer getting used pretty hard. Checkout around the 2 minute mark ;)

[video=youtube;Ul4FCHRI08A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul4FCHRI08A[/video]
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Not to shabby ;)
 
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