Great points - thanks!

When I was reading around the release of the SAR4 a few guys on SAR teams were of a view that the SAR4 would be better either with a proper choil or without one.....and one referred to a SAR knife that Bill Seigle had made from their design...his knife is quite similar to the Busse 3B2 pictured below with my sage RMD...



Now I like this knife a lot as it is perfectly cammo'd for the majority of my use...but using it now for a bit I really thought it would be better with a swedge like my RMD...so keeping the blade cool by dipping it in water every time it started to heat I managed to put a swedge on it....





The knife now is able to be used just like the RMD but being slightly bigger is a better "one knife" option as it does have reasonable chopping ability and for field use it works really well.

That 3B2 is a gorgeous knife, and your swedge work looks great. Nice work <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Cheers MM....it does look good to my eyes as well...maybe not for everyone...but the benefits in working with the knife are really noticeably improved.

What about just using the edge as a striker?

This is a great thread and some great looking blades. Thanks for sharing!

It will work but will roll the edge in my experience....a bit like flint napping with the edge in that sense....ofcorse it depends on the edge angle and sharpness of the edge....but I like a sharp 23 degree convex edge....maybe at 30 degrees it might not roll....but it won't cut well either....so I prefer a swedge for tasks like this and keeping my main edge sharp.

Good read, thanks guys...

I know with the proliferation of posts on the B/F Busse about the SFNO being the ideal "one knife" it has almost become fashionable to joke about this knife...but as far as jokes go...it is only those who have'nt had the chance to use one who are probably unimpressed.

Ironically I managed to get a HOG LE version on the secondary market without being a "HOG" at the same reduced price they were offered to HOG's thanks to the kind gesture of Steelnut who offered to sell a spare. I have been giving it a bit of a go and am really impressed.



I managed to get this one with a sheath from Steelnut and one of his ferro rod accessories...the sheath works great and does'nt scratch the satin finish at all. However like most Busse's the spine has a slight rounded blending into the side of the blade and whilst it may appear to be asthetically an improvement for me I much prefer the sharp flat to flat grind I have on my DFLE. So I thought I would take the spine down slightly on this one in the area just after the upper thumb groove.



Did so by using the flat spinning grind wheel and followed it up by a fair bit of hand rubbing with wet and dry paper using a wooden block to blend the grind marks back into the Satin finish. This part of the spine now has a good sharp edge and can really make the most of the piggy back ferro rod and this knife now does all manner of field tasks like a charm. Certainly heavy enough to have some proper chopping ability I like the fact that of the knives in this category this is perhaps one of the lightest and nicest to carry.

No wonder this is the choice of many who are looking to carry just one knife.

In similar vein to the DFLE the SAR4 also came ready to go without needing any modifications for field work.



I like this knife a lot...if you were wanting an Infi "Bushcrafter" this one is as close as I have found to fulfilling this role.

But if you want some more chopping ability I like the SFNO LE...and if you want more chopping ability still...the DFLE is a real winner. I must admit to loving the DFLE...if it were made in Infi...Lord knows how much they would cost...but as is it works just fine! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />



You can carry this knife and use it all day no problem! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I like that SAR4

who's sheath is that? i like the overall look.