Busse knives.

[sunndog]

I traded mine from Tarzan.

I lost one once in a game of knifey spoony

 

[KenThis]

I lost one once in a game of knifey spoony

I see you've played Knifey Spoony before!

 

[sunndog]

I see you've played Knifey Spoony before!

And i still lost

 

[Dave]

Well its arrived. Oh my god. Its huge. Its also not the colour shown above.

The blade is not black but brown.

I wouldnt want to cut myself with it. Its just damn huge. and razor sharp saber grind. Handle matches the brown blade perfectly.

Its a complete beast. lol. I love it. First BIG knife Ive owned.

[Did you catch any halibut Janne? Piccie?]

 

[Dave]

Well, I spent about an hour chopping beech, old pine logs, and english elm. The beech was still pretty green, but the other hardwoods were rock solid.

And no chips at all. No rolling either. A 5 minute strop and it was back up to razor sharp again. Very impressive.

Busse Combat knives are exposed to over 60 hours of heat treating and tempering. It is in this process that the very soul of a blades performance will be born. It can also be the most expensive process involved in the making of a fine blade.
Sadly, the knife buying public has been led to believe that Rockwell Hardness is some sort of gauge by which to determine performance. This is ridiculous. Following standard ASTM heat treating and tempering protocols, a blade made from a standard tool steel can be "properly" heat treated and tempered in less than 1-1/2 hours and brought to a hardness of 57-59 Rc.
But what does that prove? One of our Swamp Rat division blades that has received our proprietary heat treat and tempering protocol of over 40 hours will also test out at 57-59 Rc. This fact is that one of our Swamp Rat transversion wave tempered blades that tests out at 57-59 Rc will greatly outperform a standard heat treated knife blade out of the same material that also has a 57-59 Rc hardness. Now imagine the performance of a Busse Combat blade that has undergone our proprietary heat treat and tempering protocol of over 60 hours that tests out at 58-60 Rc!
Grain structure and carbide distribution, are the keys to great performance NOT Rockwell hardness!


Cryogenic Treatment
Busse Combat knives undergo a deep cryogenic treatment at over 300 degrees below zero. This deep-freezing of our INFI steel to 300 degrees below for a prolonged period of time stabilizes the microstructure of the INFI. Just as retained austenite is transformed to martensite during the tempering process, the same change occurs during the cryogenic treatment.
Our cryogenic treatment improves the mechanical properties of INFI like hardness, wear resistance, toughness, and resistance to fatigue.

 

[Dave]

I added a simple kydex attachment, which I formed in the oven, to my Busse Combat Bushwhacker Mistress [16.5"] with some fancy star pattern chicago screws, aluminium rivets and a basic leather dangler.

Im not gonna change the handle as I read they apply ten thousand pounds of pressure to stick it on, so there is not a great deal of vibration on the forearm, when chopping.

I like this knife. When the finish starts to look really battered, I'll probably sand it down to a satin finish.

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[Dave]

Well, Ive been at this for hours today.

And I can see its gonna take many more hours, [or even days ] to get rid of the high spots, and attain a zero convex edge.

 

[Dave]

I dont know where my photos have gone. Must be photobucket moving things around. Anyway i ended up sending this back into busse, and they repaired it for a fee.

 

[Stew]

Looks good. What was the price like?

 

[Dave]

Looks good. What was the price like?

I cant remember of the top of my head around £80- £100 i think.

 

[Stew]

Cool. Manage to get it back through customs ok? That would havee been my worry about having to claim import taxes back again.

 

[Dave]

Busse offered excellent customer service.
[As a repair, you should not be charged extra vat, except vat on the cost of the repair, not the original knife.]

 

[robevs73]

That looks the business now.
I really don't like coatings on blades.

 

[Dave]

Cheers Rob, it dosnt look anything like that now though. it quickly became a user.