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1: CABS XL in 2.0
The concept is a CABS but done in 5.0-5.5" length and with the newer harder rendition of INFI and preferably in g10.
Why? because busse has historically not produced thin slicing knives of any sort. There were knives that had sharp edges, but rarely thin edges in a production model. Recently there's been the cabs, the MUK, and probably a few more that I can't think of at the moment, but even now they are very limited. And more importantly, all of them are short, 4.25" or less. When I work with wood, when I'm prepping food, any time I'm using a 4" knife I'm left wanting an extra inch or so. A 5.5" model would create a knife that wasn't just for skinning, it would be an all around user for daily carry that was more capable with tasks requiring a longer blade. In the harder 62rc it would hold it's edge longer and hold up better at thin cross sections on harder materials.
I believe the reason why the thinner knives are made shorter is because they are more liable to break in hard use, making them larger would only increase the leverage someone could apply to them and thus damage them. So I don't really expect this to happen any time soon, or ever, but man would be nice. It would be one of, if not the, best knife Busse combat has ever produced in my eyes.
2: Choiless BAE
http://hogcult.com/page5/
Why? Because the BAE was a nearly perfect model for what it was intended for. When people say "combat knife" a lot of things pop up, the BAE may not be one of them because it's so burly looking and kind of tall, taking up a large footprint. But as was brought up in a recent thread, the BAE has a feature set that makes it excellent for use when working blind, when your hands are wet and slippery, and when your hands are weak.
The tall (yet thin) ergo handle provides excellent feedback to the user telling them where the edge is at all times (blind indexing), it also allows for excellent leverage from a single hand because your turning a 2x4 instead of a pipe. These things are idea when gutting a large animal, when working a cramped hallway after coming in from bright daylight, or when working at night under low light. It's also helpful when you've already spent your hands strength (camping/survival/combat) or your hands don't have a lot of strength to begin with (arthritis, age, injury, hunger).
The only flaw (one I find in any knife) is the choil. Remove that, and I consider it as close to flawless as you can get in a single model. I'd love to see a re-release of this in choilless in it's standard form, as well as a slightly extended blade length, by maybe an inch (putting it in the NOE territory).
The concept is a CABS but done in 5.0-5.5" length and with the newer harder rendition of INFI and preferably in g10.
Why? because busse has historically not produced thin slicing knives of any sort. There were knives that had sharp edges, but rarely thin edges in a production model. Recently there's been the cabs, the MUK, and probably a few more that I can't think of at the moment, but even now they are very limited. And more importantly, all of them are short, 4.25" or less. When I work with wood, when I'm prepping food, any time I'm using a 4" knife I'm left wanting an extra inch or so. A 5.5" model would create a knife that wasn't just for skinning, it would be an all around user for daily carry that was more capable with tasks requiring a longer blade. In the harder 62rc it would hold it's edge longer and hold up better at thin cross sections on harder materials.
I believe the reason why the thinner knives are made shorter is because they are more liable to break in hard use, making them larger would only increase the leverage someone could apply to them and thus damage them. So I don't really expect this to happen any time soon, or ever, but man would be nice. It would be one of, if not the, best knife Busse combat has ever produced in my eyes.
2: Choiless BAE
http://hogcult.com/page5/
Why? Because the BAE was a nearly perfect model for what it was intended for. When people say "combat knife" a lot of things pop up, the BAE may not be one of them because it's so burly looking and kind of tall, taking up a large footprint. But as was brought up in a recent thread, the BAE has a feature set that makes it excellent for use when working blind, when your hands are wet and slippery, and when your hands are weak.
The tall (yet thin) ergo handle provides excellent feedback to the user telling them where the edge is at all times (blind indexing), it also allows for excellent leverage from a single hand because your turning a 2x4 instead of a pipe. These things are idea when gutting a large animal, when working a cramped hallway after coming in from bright daylight, or when working at night under low light. It's also helpful when you've already spent your hands strength (camping/survival/combat) or your hands don't have a lot of strength to begin with (arthritis, age, injury, hunger).
The only flaw (one I find in any knife) is the choil. Remove that, and I consider it as close to flawless as you can get in a single model. I'd love to see a re-release of this in choilless in it's standard form, as well as a slightly extended blade length, by maybe an inch (putting it in the NOE territory).
