Dutch Bushcraft Knives

Like the ESEE he said, go the ESEE Junglas video, "A bloody amazing chopper".

Nice & reasonable reviews, not like the review that made a 3 piece puzzle out of the ESEE..
 
David Brown said:
Me either
Because I have personally cut way more than that with my own knives in my "testing"
as has Busse at live demonstrations at Blade show !!!

Almost 23 years ago with a Basic 9.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/busse-combat-knives-test-at-the-blade-show.83594/

But hey its on the internet so it must be 100% true
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David, geometry cuts.... the edge angle and thickness on some Busse choppers are to optuse for edge retention testing.
Take any knife with a very thin geometry and edge angle of 10dps. It will go through the rope 3-5 times and slice paper.

It's very easy to have a skewed result using the wrong geometry and wrong steel for the wrong purpose.

Tough steels(mid carbon) are for big blades. Big blades are used as you know on non abrasives like wood, on non abrasives the apex dulls from micro damage(chipping and rolling). Tough steels like INFI resists this really well.

All steels damage with use so thats also why ease of sharpening is important. And this INFI also does well.

Their reviews are very entertaining and I do enjoy them but don't watch them if you want feedback on how a knife/steel will really perform. This is just my opinion.

Infi is great for large knives, as Nathan said himself, INFI sets a High standard for the industry.

I miss Cliff Stamp
 
number41 said:
David, geometry cuts.... the edge angle and thickness on some Busse choppers are to optuse for edge retention testing.
Take any knife with a very thin geometry and edge angle of 10dps. It will go through the rope 3-5 times and slice paper.

It's very easy to have a skewed result using the wrong geometry and wrong steel for the wrong purpose.

Tough steels(mid carbon) are for big blades. Big blades are used as you know on non abrasives like wood, on non abrasives the apex dulls from micro damage(chipping and rolling). Tough steels like INFI resists this really well.

All steels damage with use so thats also why ease of sharpening is important. And this INFI also does well.

Their reviews are very entertaining and I do enjoy them but don't watch them if you want feedback on how a knife/steel will really perform. This is just my opinion.

Infi is great for large knives, as Nathan said himself, INFI sets a High standard for the industry.

I miss Cliff Stamp
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I agree that INFI is super tough and great for a large chopper!
Would I want it in a folder, where pure cutting performance and edge retention is needed?
No thanks.
 
number41 said:
David, geometry cuts.... the edge angle and thickness on some Busse choppers are to optuse for edge retention testing.
Take any knife with a very thin geometry and edge angle of 10dps. It will go through the rope 3-5 times and slice paper.

It's very easy to have a skewed result using the wrong geometry and wrong steel for the wrong purpose.

Tough steels(mid carbon) are for big blades. Big blades are used as you know on non abrasives like wood, on non abrasives the apex dulls from micro damage(chipping and rolling). Tough steels like INFI resists this really well.

All steels damage with use so thats also why ease of sharpening is important. And this INFI also does well.

Their reviews are very entertaining and I do enjoy them but don't watch them if you want feedback on how a knife/steel will really perform. This is just my opinion.

Infi is great for large knives, as Nathan said himself, INFI sets a High standard for the industry.

I miss Cliff Stamp
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I agree with 99%
But I think all Busse knives obtuse or otherwise could be used in edge retention testing.
Depends on the "testing" and testers.

The rest 100%


My AK, MOAB, NMFBM and my TT Killa Zilla all are razor blades and have chopped everything from bricks to paper.
They are big Busse choppers and do extremely well at both

One thing I did notice, they did a convex edge when they "sharpened" the blade with the slack belt Work Sharp grinder.
convex in my personal experience is not the best at the paper slicing "test"
Convex is pretty easy to do with those slack belt grinders, it is also pretty easy to not do well.

I miss the Apex grinds

I miss Cliff Stamp too, heck I miss that crazy Nos guy with the jason mask very entertaining.

all in all fun video

My money goes to Busse for a reason 20+ years of my personal experience they have the best bang for the buck in choppers, camp knives and little EDC blades.

but again that is me.

Now lets all go out and beat on some knives and prove it to yourself :)

And

Let's Drink
(root beer :) )
 
number41 said:
David, geometry cuts.... the edge angle and thickness on some Busse choppers are to optuse for edge retention testing.
Take any knife with a very thin geometry and edge angle of 10dps. It will go through the rope 3-5 times and slice paper.

It's very easy to have a skewed result using the wrong geometry and wrong steel for the wrong purpose.

Tough steels(mid carbon) are for big blades. Big blades are used as you know on non abrasives like wood, on non abrasives the apex dulls from micro damage(chipping and rolling). Tough steels like INFI resists this really well.

All steels damage with use so thats also why ease of sharpening is important. And this INFI also does well.

Their reviews are very entertaining and I do enjoy them but don't watch them if you want feedback on how a knife/steel will really perform. This is just my opinion.

Infi is great for large knives, as Nathan said himself, INFI sets a High standard for the industry.

I miss Cliff Stamp
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see this right here? read this.
 
elof_alv said:
There's a big IF in there!

IF INFI was run at ~62 HRC for a folder blade... you'd probably would not find any reasons to complain!
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Yes. Big IF. Not sure I would buy a folder with INFI blade, having no experience with ~62 hrc INFI.
Hopefully some testing is available before having to make that decision.
 
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