What Production Knives Do You Consider To Be Over Priced?

evilgreg said:
INFI is great, the only problem I have with it is Busse going all Cold Steel with the marketing. Take a knife that's relatively thick behind the edge, with a relatively wide angled bevel, and what you have is a long chisel. Sure you can hammer it through a cinder block, but you could do the same with plenty of other tool steels, couldn't you? Also, their breathy INFI page makes the stuff sound like the best steel for every use case, in every possible way. When a salesman tells you that something is amazing, in every possible way, and that nobody else has anything like it, they're usually peddling snake oil in my experience, so that page sets of my BS detector pretty quickly.
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As a counterpoint, there are some models that aren't super obtuse in grind, even while being relatively thick. My 0.190" or so thick AXE Hammer slices like crazy, and my 5/16" NMFSH is no slackard either (even without considering the thickness). Some of their knives are intentionally built to be stout beaters (MOAB, NMFBM, KZ, etc.), while some are produced as great slicers (AD, AMS, MW, etc.).
As far as them being snake oil salesmen, I don't believe thatt to be the case. Initially, I was turned off by their claims. After watching countless testing videos and getting out there with one of mine, I can say that the site doesn't bother me anymore. Excluding the bend-to-break tests, I've pretty much substantiated all of the claims I want to*.
*Not going to lie, I would like to cut at least 2,771 pieces of 1" hemp rope. Then again, that's not entirely representative of modified INFI, since they ran out of rope.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/85283-New-old-pics!-Busse-9-Test-at-the-Blade-Show
 
Given the current state of my knife collection, I'd have to confess that I don't consider any production knives to be overpriced.

My wife, on the other hand, considers all of my knives to be overpriced. :p
 
I called total BS on Busse when I first stumbled onto the fan pages. I thought there was "NO F'ing way". Anyway long story short, I got a used one for a decent price. I beat the living crap out of that knife basically until my arm was too tired to beat on it anymore. It did slightly mess up the finish. But I could literally shave hair on my arm with it. Yes, they are a bit expensive, sort of. no sheath lol. And sometimes a new one is not so sharp. But once you get that piece of steel where you want it, it stays there almost until the Lord intervenes. There is a big BUT though and here it is, I have posted before though, as good as INFI is, there is another steel around the corner that will give it a run. Maybe not today, but it will happen. Technology in metallurgy is thriving and there are so many well educated metal maniacs creating witches brew on their forges. I have to say that INFI really has set the standard to reach though. Its just a matter of time before that new super steel comes out. I have seen many steel very close to INFI but just don't quit make it that last mile. To chose one knife I have to depend on for my life, it would be an INFI Busse. So I cant put a price on the knowledge that I know, I AM SURE, it will cut me out of that wrecked armored car when it flips during the apocalypse. They always flip on the movies anyway lol. A good knife is worth what you are willing to pay for a knife that you know is good.


JoshH said:
As a counterpoint, there are some models that aren't super obtuse in grind, even while being relatively thick. My 0.190" or so thick AXE Hammer slices like crazy, and my 5/16" NMFSH is no slackard either (even without considering the thickness). Some of their knives are intentionally built to be stout beaters (MOAB, NMFBM, KZ, etc.), while some are produced as great slicers (AD, AMS, MW, etc.).
As far as them being snake oil salesmen, I don't believe thatt to be the case. Initially, I was turned off by their claims. After watching countless testing videos and getting out there with one of mine, I can say that the site doesn't bother me anymore. Excluding the bend-to-break tests, I've pretty much substantiated all of the claims I want to*.
*Not going to lie, I would like to cut at least 2,771 pieces of 1" hemp rope. Then again, that's not entirely representative of modified INFI, since they ran out of rope.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/85283-New-old-pics!-Busse-9-Test-at-the-Blade-Show
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Quiet said:
No, the stupid comment was yours concerning Busse's proprietary steel, INFI.

In the future, I recommend you doing some research on Busse because ignorance isn't a good look on you. :)
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I have done my research.. I've spoken to two Busse employees and one Busse salesman. All 3 said, that Infi is not a proprietary steel, but they do use a proprietary heattreat. The first employee was one of Busse's first employees.
I'm not saying the knives aren't good or the HT isn't good... I've owned a few Busse and feel they are overpriced.
 
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