what should a busse knive get from this kind of abusing ?

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dingy

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hi, you all.

i use my knife chop into mild steel , and get chippings
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i brought it from a local seller , and i was told that it was designed as a survival tool , i do not know the toughness of it , so i did some chopping into mild steel (L-bar for construction use), and i get what you see above.

my Q here are :
1. this is a good/bad sign ? i do not have any references to judge and get my own conculsion.
2. how about infi could react in this situation?
3.do you have expriences like this ? sharing will be appreciated.
 
Wow, now that is some test. Infi wouldn't have chipped like that. Check out the YouTube videos of infi being tested. One other thing, Busse would warranty their knife as this would not be considered abuse. :) this is why we buy Busse.
 
I would expect INFI to do a lot better.

But why use a knife to chop into mild steel?
I know it is irrelevant to your post, just curious to know what you accomplish by doing so...
 
Rasmus80 said:
I would expect INFI to do a lot better.

But why use a knife to chop into mild steel?
I know it is irrelevant to your post, just curious to know what you accomplish by doing so...
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that is a good Q, my answer here is that if you wanna know the limit of a thing , you should go beyond the limit first.
 
rwdata said:
Wow, now that is some test. Infi wouldn't have chipped like that. Check out the YouTube videos of infi being tested. One other thing, Busse would warranty their knife as this would not be considered abuse. :) this is why we buy Busse.
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That wouldn't be considered abuse? That's some warranty!
 
RobertK said:
That wouldn't be considered abuse? That's some warranty!
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If the end user needs to use his or her busse in such a way and is not intentionally trying to jack the knife up they will warrant it I do believe(of course thats busses call not some twerp on the net:p). For the sake of keeping things simple, Say for some crazy reason someone is trapped and needs you to chop/pry through some steel like that, if your busse gets damaged in the process they will fix it or atleast Ive witnessed them do something similar when someone used a HG55 to pry open a car door and got jacked up. In dingys case (testing) I do not think they should or if they will, better yet I dont think anyone with a moral compass would/should even ask as the user knows what they did is considered intentional abuse :thumbup:
 
I did some searching and found some more details about the warranty. Unreal warranty! Can't wait to join the club.
 
Look up knife test Noss and his test of the FFBM on YouTube. This will give you and idea of what would happen as he cuts through steel bar and steel tube
 
I would use a lump hammer on the spine of YOUR favorite busse to get through that obstacle.
 
Yeah Noss' videos were excellent examples of the hell a Busse can survive which, in my opinion, saves us the trouble of wondering.
 
meh.. I dont know about all that. Whats the point of buying a knife that is 3/8" thick, has special a great heat treatment, some of the toughest handle materials a knife can have, if all youre gonna do with it is slice tomatoes? Or just use it for cutting in general? You can buy a whole crap load of GREAT knives for under $100 for that purpose and most of them these days come with lifetime warranty. But You cannot rip a car door with them without causing major damage or breaking a knife in half, not to mention that most of these knife companies wouldn't even talk to you about warranty the knife. This is why you buy a Busse instead, IMO.
 
hmmm ... didn't someone here chop into a bed frame, similar mild steel to this one here? Can't remember the result.
 
Busse makes great blades and infi would have less damage, but it would still be damaged. It is still steel which is not meant to chop steel with. Just because you can do it dosn't mean its a smart idea. But if you want to destroy your knife its your money.

Knives are intended to cut things. Not chop steel or rocks or bricks. You will get damage from those items. Hard use or a survival tool dosn't mean use them like your a tool.
 
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a busse does take damage from such testing. it fair's a little better than your test knife did. i wish i had some pic's for ya. mobile home frame's are hell on an edge. mine did not "chip" or break out anywhere near that bad. But i was also not trying to cut the frame in half.
 
oge14 said:
a busse does take damage from such testing. it fair's a little better than your test knife did. i wish i had some pic's for ya. mobile home frame's are hell on an edge. mine did not "chip" or break out anywhere near that bad. But i was also not trying to cut the frame in half.
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thank you man.

i like pushing the blade to the limit , i always wondering that is there a knife can cut through a "L-BAR" and just get minimal wounds , is there a knife can do that ?
 
dingy said:
that is a good Q, my answer here is that if you wanna know the limit of a thing , you should go beyond the limit first.
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Ok, well it just sounded like your primary use for the knife was chopping steel.

Any razor sharp edge would suffer damage from chopping steel, but a Busse would not be beyond repair. Useless you do it repeatedly.
 
I've hammed a Team Gemini tip first through some 10 gauge mild style sheet, and hammered my NMFBM into similar angle iron with a 2 lb steel hammer for a baton. There was no edge damage to either, though I did smack the scales on the TG with the hammer and messed them up a bit. Needless to say, Jerry sold some knives to the guys on my crew at work that day :D
I'll dig up the pics if you're interested
 
I feel confident (from watching various videos) that A Busse knife would suffer a lot less from that kind of abuse.

However, I'm not really certain if it would still be hair shaving sharp.
 
Oh, they'll be dull. But dull is far, far better than broken or severely damaged
 
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