Just sitting here and wanted to post something that probably qualifies as nothing short of throwing a mixture of gasoline, magnesium, thermite and a touch of HE on the fire.
Want to talk about toughest knives in history? Why aren't we discussing industrial metal shears and punches? Anything that can spend weeks or months punching and cutting components out of steel seems pretty tough to me! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
You show me someone who carries an industrial metal shear machine and I'll show you a person who doesn't need a knife in the first place! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
when i was speaking of "toughest knives" i was thinking along the lines of personal knives one could carry,kind of like the ones we all collect.
as far a diamond blades and their friction forging i was under the impression that its all about the edge and its edge holding capabilities.i dont know that i would think of them as abnormally tough but thats just my assumption.
and when i said "tough" i meant in general.INFI and SR77 are known for their toughness whether it be lateral prying,repeated hard impacts by stuff like noss's mallet or how the edge holds up when chopped on the concrete blocks in noss's videos and stuff.their whole reputation is built on toughness and backed up by their warranty which shoes the faith that the owners have in their toughness.
there is without a doubt knives that will out cut any busse kin and i would suspect diamond blades to be one.
as far as using a blade for a pry-bar,yeah,i do it all the time both in the woods and out.
as far as not seeing a need for better knife technology i dont see a problem with improving things if one can.thats human nature.
most people wouldnt notice a difference in performance between 1095 and INFI but most people arent into knives like us.and while the difference may be small in some people eyes and huge in others we wouldnt bother paying for INFI if we werent into better performing cutlery.
just the fact that someone is into busse kin knives almost proves their into high performance cutlery and want the absolute best knives they can get.
