Why INFI? What does it mean?

My experience with INFI and SR101 has been great. I don't like the design of the pig one (SR77/) of the Busse family kin. I found out about Busse back in 2010 and have a duffle bag full of them. I have no experience with the latter. With INFI and SR101 I will tell you this. I have never once felt the need to take advantage of the warranty. While we have all seen the torture tests and reviews on these two steels, they change occasionally but who cares you know that you're getting something built for a purpose and easily repaired with a strope. Do we wish a sheath was included? Yes, contact David Brown and he will make you your dream sheath.

I will probably get banned for this part though... Whoever puts the the edge on their knives has some sort of disorder. Only recently has there been a similar grind on both sides. I swear! The first bushwascker mistress I bought new unused was literally unground half of the blade. Not upset but very disappointed, Im kinda an accuracy guy when it comes to grind lines. Aren't we all!?

Jerry!!! can you please open the custom shop for guys who want "that one knife" again!? I have been calling every few months and waiting, for over 12 years! The custom shop knives keep showing up online but when I try to throw money at you, I'm told "we don't know when or if ever", but somehow there's a new custom shop knife for sell every week.

Lastly, I have a little gripe about the tnt-15 third ganza. No one likes the cbt thing, well some do, because of the cool factor but it took three rounds and you're still trying to sell them. I bought well over a few both on the ganza and afterwards. I spent more money coating them myself and sheathing them then your selling them for now. They are awesome, if you keep this up though, us knife guys kinda feel like you put the whole 15" up our backsides.

Lastly, lastly! give David his saw back slicers in Elmax!
 
resinguy said:
Holy Chit!!!

Been here 15 years, don't recall seeing this OG HOG.

Welcome home.
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Yo, Resin Guy, Howdy.
Not sure if that was meant for lil ol' me, but I'll apply that *Welcome Home* adage personally-like, as it was like home to me for quite awhile in life. It was good to see a thread I participated in "back in the day" still active, Ha!
An injection uplift is always a good thing around here, I've thought.
This place has been an outlet of encouragement for me in times gone by, so I like to do the same for others if I can.
Peeps come & go, but as you can see,
INFI Stays Forever... Yeah... 🔪😎

. . .
(PS = What's an OG? 🤔)







 
Climber said:
Yo, Resin Guy, Howdy.
Not sure if that was meant for lil ol' me, but I'll apply that *Welcome Home* adage personally-like, as it was like home to me for quite awhile in life. It was good to see a thread I participated in "back in the day" still active, Ha!
An injection uplift is always a good thing around here, I've thought.
This place has been an outlet of encouragement for me in times gone by, so I like to do the same for others if I can.
Peeps come & go, but as you can see,
INFI Stays Forever... Yeah... 🔪😎

. . .
(PS = What's an OG? 🤔)
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Climber!!!

Welcome home, my friend!

Drop me a note with your contact info and we can catch up! jerry@bussecombat.com

Let's Drink!

Jerry

.
 
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha !!!!
Nemo & TFH-Timmy, I will wear both those monikers:
Gettin' my Original Gansta On, and my One Guy Hat On as well...
Thanks to You Both...!

Feeling Newly En-Lightened, but not with my Beer;
That's Almost Always Dark...
Where are all the Dark Beer Emojis? That swill they portray is a bit limiting, Don't Ya Think?🍺🍻-->🥃🥃
 
Climber said:
[Climber Writes on 02-02-2022; a mere 20 years after this thread started... ]

'Taint nothing Necro~ about a thread that touts the merits of INFI Steel by J~ Busse.
Because it's going to last forever:
"To INFI-nity and Beyond!"
I think I heard an oddly helmeted little spaceman say that a few times in a most familiar voice; my mind is just Toying with the Story of who said it...
Just re-read this thread. I did; and found myself reading some posts for the first time, because life as I knew it ended in 2002; Glad to see my peeps missed me in 2011 and again in 2017...
Brought veritable tears to my eyes... Did a lot of missin' as well...
So, in Honor of those who asked then,
and for those in the Present who DO ask,
and for those in the Future who WILL ask,
and in Utter Heartfelt Respect for All Things Busse,
and strong items composed ala INFI,
I have penned a Summary in answer to the original thread question,
the question that Haunts all blademakers, blade-users, noobie blade wannabe'ers, and veteran blade aficionados: "What is INFI?"
Yeah, Twenty Years Later: (Is that called showing up fashionably late to the Party...?)
More Importantly:
Does that make this the Longest Running Thread on the BF/Bladeforums...?
Inquiring Minds wish to know...
Well, without further ado:

WHAT is INFI...?

INFI is:
8.5% Chromium, 1.3% Molybdenum,
0.95% Cobalt, 0.74% Nickel,
0.5% Carbon, 0.36% Vanadium
& 0.11% Nitrogen in an 87.54% Iron Matrix
for the remainder of the Steel Composition.
This Matrix of Seven Alloying Elements
is shape-ground in each design into an extremely usable knife configuration
Conformable to the human hand,
as well as Aesthetically Pleasing to the Eyes & Providing a Tactile Pleasure to the Touch.
Then INFI Blades are Heat Treated with the utmost care within a three-day process
unlike any other in the History of Humankind.
Some are slow to Realize:
Steel Heat Treatment counts for More than mere Steel Composition.
After steel hardening, a process itself Unrevealed by the makers as to its exact nature,
A Transversion-Wave Tempering is applied to each knife blade,
a Dynamic instead of Static application of heat
Coupled with a Cryogenic or extreme-sub-zero portion of the tempering.
(These) Perform at least three functions,
to draw off the high hardness
so as to reduce the innate brittleness of the hardening process.
thus (1) produce a greater amount of malleability than found elsewhere,
(2) refines the grain structure to unheard of proportions within a fine grain matrix
(3) to evenly distribute the various carbides --
formed by the alloying elements combined with the carbon -- throughout the Iron Matrix.
This results in Greater Cutting Ability & Edge Holding,
Toughness & Lateral Strength.
Wear Resistance & somewhat of an innate Corrosion Resistance,
Due to its 17 to 1 Ratio of Chromium to Carbon content
Than found anywhere,
in any steel or other blade material,
made by anyone, from any substance, upon the face of the Earth;
without being either a "Stainless Steel," or a "High Carbon Steel," per se,
but a near-perfect complement of what all blade steels & materials are trying to achieve;
at a knife hardness of 58-60 (Rc),
so as to be visually indistinguishable from other knife blade materials...
UNTIL INFI IS USED.
THEN, ITS FORTE COMES THROUGH IN EVERY TEST,
EVERY CHALLENGE, EVERY COMPETITION,
EVERY HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON WITH EVERY BLADE MATERIAL IT IS PITTED AGAINST.
INFI SURPASSES ALL CHALLENGE EXPECTATIONS,
ALL-COMERS, ALL CONTENDERS,
and ALL REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
of what a knife blade can do...
This is Not Hype; This is Not Hyperbole;
This is Not a Boast Nor Braggadocio.
Not Fanciful Fable, But Faithful Fact,
& Repeatedly Proven Reliability.
(For the record, "A Fact is a Value with a Variable Error of Zero." Dr. Gordon H. Clark)
At that point, there is But One Question:
"Have you ever used one?"
Cut frozen oak in the chilly morn for your breakfast fire,
awakened fresh from your blade-cut lean-to;
Cut it with any knife you choose, and you may find a chipped edge, unless it's a Busse-Kin.
The Experiential Performance Distinction is, as we shall say, Clear-Cut.
Busse's INFI is nothing short of:
What You Wish A Blade Could Do.
It's A Cut Above The Rest.
Appreciate the Best in Bladeware.
Its Name is INFI.
Originally crafted by Jerry Busse with continued craftings by the Rest of The Kin...

[ With Intermolecular Nitride, Finely Intermingled, firmly in hand;
Let Us Go: Into Nature's Fury Indomitably ...!! ]
. . .
Written By Climber, aka Clif-Bar, on 02-02-2022 AD]​
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Holy crap! I've been here since 1998, and I do not believe I have ever run across Climber Climber or "Clif-Bar." I have been missing out EPICALLY!

Climber said:
Hey There, John the Texican
(Great Handle, by the way! I just added "Texican" to my Google Dictionary Pop-up menu: Yep, Darn Tootin' I did, Tex~)
Perhaps Jerry wasn't the only one doing a little drink-in'...
You misspelled INFI... Youza got INFE, clearly a whole 'nuther animal. Either that, or you meant to say: It's Not For Iveryone, or perhaps It's Not For Inyone, which would keep that Acronym intact. ;)
But I do grasp the sentiment:
I believe it was KDSTRICK here on the B/F back on Sept 10, 2010 that said,
"The fewer mouths at the trough the better... OINK!"
So I get that Concept & Acquiesce...

Keep being the TexiCAN, John; It's a whole heap better than being a TexiCAN'T...

May the Intrinsic Nitrogen Fired Intrusions be with You, Now and Always.
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Classic! :D :D :D
Jim malone said:
So it's basically H1?
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Oooooh.... gotta agree with Climber on his reply to this one. I've used H1, and I've used INFI. Even if the composition is close (even if it is the SAME), they are two completely different blade metals.

tinfoil hat timmy said:
INFI SINGS
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That it does. To the point I'm pretty sure you could give me two identical blades, unmarked, one INFI and one something else, and I'd be able to tell you which was INFI as soon as I could put them to stone.

Climber said:
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha !!!!
Nemo & TFH-Timmy, I will wear both those monikers:
Gettin' my Original Gansta On, and my One Guy Hat On as well...
Thanks to You Both...!

Feeling Newly En-Lightened, but not with my Beer;
That's Almost Always Dark...
Where are all the Dark Beer Emojis? That swill they portray is a bit limiting, Don't Ya Think?🍺🍻-->🥃🥃
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For some reason, when I read this, I suddenly got a vision of Climber Climber being that guy on the recent Jim Beam commercials, with the long beard, that is pushing the yuppie to drink dark beer.
 
BDCcollector said:
My experience with INFI and SR101 has been great. I don't like the design of the pig one (SR77/) of the Busse family kin. I found out about Busse back in 2010 and have a duffle bag full of them. I have no experience with the latter. With INFI and SR101 I will tell you this. I have never once felt the need to take advantage of the warranty. While we have all seen the torture tests and reviews on these two steels, they change occasionally but who cares you know that you're getting something built for a purpose and easily repaired with a strope. Do we wish a sheath was included? Yes, contact David Brown and he will make you your dream sheath.

I will probably get banned for this part though... Whoever puts the the edge on their knives has some sort of disorder. Only recently has there been a similar grind on both sides. I swear! The first bushwascker mistress I bought new unused was literally unground half of the blade. Not upset but very disappointed, Im kinda an accuracy guy when it comes to grind lines. Aren't we all!?

Jerry!!! can you please open the custom shop for guys who want "that one knife" again!? I have been calling every few months and waiting, for over 12 years! The custom shop knives keep showing up online but when I try to throw money at you, I'm told "we don't know when or if ever", but somehow there's a new custom shop knife for sell every week.

Lastly, I have a little gripe about the tnt-15 third ganza. No one likes the cbt thing, well some do, because of the cool factor but it took three rounds and you're still trying to sell them. I bought well over a few both on the ganza and afterwards. I spent more money coating them myself and sheathing them then your selling them for now. They are awesome, if you keep this up though, us knife guys kinda feel like you put the whole 15" up our backsides.

Lastly, lastly! give David his saw back slicers in Elmax!
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Just got 2 hellrazors. Grinds are horrible, had to put a edge on both.
 
number41 said:
Just got 2 hellrazors. Grinds are horrible, had to put a edge on both.
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Interesting. The last.... 4 or so knives I got from Busse had great edges. I'd go so far as to say MUCH improved over the edges I was getting 3 or so years ago. I mean, of the last 4 (more... including Hellrazors and TGULBs), I've yet to actually touch up the edges. And at least one of the Hellrazors and one of the TGULBs have been used a LOT! Not cutting any metal, not hitting any rocks. But plenty of wood, some meat, etc. And my great edges, I mean they make great feather sticks, and will shave hair off my arm.
 
YO, Dogboye !
I've seen Your posts for two decades, here and there!
Sorry to hear my scintillating syntactical summaries have eluded your attention for all this time! I do try...
Admittedly, tho, I've been off-radar for many a moon.
Verdict isn't in yet whether OG means Original Gangsta, that One Guy, or Old Guy (Who'za callin' Whom "Old?"), Old Guard, Original Guard or something else; But, I definitely am Original Guard, ask Jerry B~ on that, I'm that One Guy, yet Never an Old Guy, as Blades & Climbing keep me Perennially Young, and Learning what it is to put my Original Gangsta on, so Take Your Pick, Ha!
Yet, however you picture me, I don't have a long beard (Didn't mean to ruin that cool ZZ-Top image ya had goin' on there:), Never been on a Jim Beam commercial (But Would LOVE to be!), but I Do ALWAYS Push the Yuppies to try drinkin' the Dark Beer: YEAH, That's definitely My Trait !! I could cite references on that account.
In the meantime, Much Gratitude to You, Busse Blade Bro~ for the Kudos, as I'm humbled to proclaim the merits of INFI and Busse's advanced heat treatment of steels used in the astounding Busse-Kin lineup.
Jerry's creativity in steel inspires mine in wordsmithing, so there is NO End to my expressions of such worthy "steel sculptures," as it were...

Yours, in INFI-nite Nitride-Fired Intensity!
The AcroNamer:
Edge-Climber Clif-Bar (Just to be Formal :)

 
dogboye said:
Interesting. The last.... 4 or so knives I got from Busse had great edges. I'd go so far as to say MUCH improved over the edges I was getting 3 or so years ago. I mean, of the last 4 (more... including Hellrazors and TGULBs), I've yet to actually touch up the edges. And at least one of the Hellrazors and one of the TGULBs have been used a LOT! Not cutting any metal, not hitting any rocks. But plenty of wood, some meat, etc. And my great edges, I mean they make great feather sticks, and will shave hair off my arm.
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2 mega ratweilers and 2 hellrazors.... horrible edges on all 4. I don't mind, I sharpen every new knife out the box. Because im good at it.

I think everyone has a different idea what a good edge should be.
 
Climber said:
YO, Dogboye !
I've seen Your posts for two decades, here and there!
Sorry to hear my scintillating syntactical summaries have eluded your attention for all this time! I do try...
Admittedly, tho, I've been off-radar for many a moon.
Verdict isn't in yet whether OG means Original Gangsta, that One Guy, or Old Guy (Who'za callin' Whom "Old?"), Old Guard, Original Guard or something else; But, I definitely am Original Guard, ask Jerry B~ on that, I'm that One Guy, yet Never an Old Guy, as Blades & Climbing keep me Perennially Young, and Learning what it is to put my Original Gangsta on, so Take Your Pick, Ha!
Yet, however you picture me, I don't have a long beard (Didn't mean to ruin that cool ZZ-Top image ya had goin' on there:), Never been on a Jim Beam commercial (But Would LOVE to be!), but I Do ALWAYS Push the Yuppies to try drinkin' the Dark Beer: YEAH, That's definitely My Trait !! I could cite references on that account.
In the meantime, Much Gratitude to You, Busse Blade Bro~ for the Kudos, as I'm humbled to proclaim the merits of INFI and Busse's advanced heat treatment of steels used in the astounding Busse-Kin lineup.
Jerry's creativity in steel inspires mine in wordsmithing, so there is NO End to my expressions of such worthy "steel sculptures," as it were...

Yours, in INFI-nite Nitride-Fired Intensity!
The AcroNamer:
Edge-Climber Clif-Bar (Just to be Formal :)
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Much love of this posting, for a whole lot of reasons! :D
 
Climber said:
YO, Dogboye !
I've seen Your posts for two decades, here and there!
Sorry to hear my scintillating syntactical summaries have eluded your attention for all this time! I do try...
Admittedly, tho, I've been off-radar for many a moon.
Verdict isn't in yet whether OG means Original Gangsta, that One Guy, or Old Guy (Who'za callin' Whom "Old?"), Old Guard, Original Guard or something else; But, I definitely am Original Guard, ask Jerry B~ on that, I'm that One Guy, yet Never an Old Guy, as Blades & Climbing keep me Perennially Young, and Learning what it is to put my Original Gangsta on, so Take Your Pick, Ha!
Yet, however you picture me, I don't have a long beard (Didn't mean to ruin that cool ZZ-Top image ya had goin' on there:), Never been on a Jim Beam commercial (But Would LOVE to be!), but I Do ALWAYS Push the Yuppies to try drinkin' the Dark Beer: YEAH, That's definitely My Trait !! I could cite references on that account.
In the meantime, Much Gratitude to You, Busse Blade Bro~ for the Kudos, as I'm humbled to proclaim the merits of INFI and Busse's advanced heat treatment of steels used in the astounding Busse-Kin lineup.
Jerry's creativity in steel inspires mine in wordsmithing, so there is NO End to my expressions of such worthy "steel sculptures," as it were...

Yours, in INFI-nite Nitride-Fired Intensity!
The AcroNamer:
Edge-Climber Clif-Bar (Just to be Formal :)
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