2007 Blade Show Cutting Competition- Why no Busse?

well those are the three ive been thinkin about for a while now, i just bought the ranger for a decent price thats why i got that one, the rat ive heard good things about, and the the other two i mentioned are a coin flip
 
which swamprat are you considering?

the battle mistress and badger are very different knives. the mistress, in all its incarnations, is a large chopper.

the latest badger is a med sized camp type knife.
 
I'll have to go over all the specs and weights, and look at different pics, the rat would most likely be something just to have.... as i am more interested in the way the edge will hold up to abuse, so that will lean me the infi way im hoping at least, between the mistress and badger for me will be a coin flip as long as the edge retention is the same, unless i can find an in between size, like i said something almost bullet proof to make short work of chores, but at the same time carry wise, thats just something ill have to weigh out, unless i can find a balance blade they offer.
 
the anniversary steel heart would fill the gap between the badger and mistress rather well.
 
fastcamo: The BADGER is the one in my push cut vids on this thread. Although mine is the SE version and is .27" thick. The CG is much thinner but still one hell of a knife. You will either love or hate the handles. I absolutely love the feel of the TAC handles. Especially on the fatter SE versions. I posted vids a while back of me batoning my CG BATAC, tip first, into a cinder block with just some minor scratching and dulling. It quickly sharpened up on a crock stick. I also did some decent prying with it. This was my "Doubting Thomas" phase where I just had to know so did some things I would never normally do to a knife.

I also have some vids of my FFBM chopping through a 2x4 in 9 chops I think.

And some good prying and chopping of my AKs.

If you ever want to see them let me know and I can email the links to them.

Let us know what you get. :)
 
Sam Salvati said:
You want an axe, you get a busse, you want a knife look elswhere.
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I'm willing to bet you've never used one, whether thick or thin edged. Was this another attempt at humor or just a feeble attempt at trolling?


And for the record, I don't like kool-aid of any variety but Busse still makes a fine knife.
 
roughedges said:
And for the record, I don't like kool-aid of any variety....
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OK! That's does it. Just what you got against Kool-Aid, huh? :D

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roughedges said:
Sam Salvati said:
You want an axe, you get a busse, you want a knife look elswhere.:jerkit:
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I'm willing to bet you've never used one, whether thick or thin edged. Was this another attempt at humor or just a feeble attempt at trolling?


And for the record, I don't like kool-aid of any variety but Busse still makes a fine knife.
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Sorry i fixed the qoute. And yeah i ahve used one, the finger bump was highly uncomfortable, edge geometry so steep and the edge that was on it from the factory was a HUGE joke.
 
finger bump? :confused: Sounds like a problem a doctor could fix......

Which knife?

Edge geometry is a personal thing, some like thick some like thin, I prefer to start off with too much rather than too little. Its easier to take it off than put it back on. :)
 
Just about every knife I've received from every manufacturer has a bevel not to my liking. Rather than throw them away, I simply rebevel them.
 
The ranger was a damn fine choice. I was going to get one but I decided to go with an Ontario Rat 7 in 1095 and it's a damn fine knife.
Too many haters though. Except for frost cutlery, most knives have more good points than bad.
Heck even if you're an anti-Strider type and are against their marketing tactic, you can't deny they make good knives.
 
Sam Salvati said:
And yeah i ahve used one, the finger bump was highly uncomfortable, edge geometry so steep and the edge that was on it from the factory was a HUGE joke.
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Busse applies a conservative edge geometry in order to reduce returns, and reprofiling voids the warranty nominally though not necessarily in practice (reference, particularly post #74).
 
SirOcelot said:
Busse applies a conservative edge geometry in order to reduce returns, and reprofiling voids the warranty nominally though not necessarily in practice (reference, particularly post #74).
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So, they grind the edge on the knives to chops bricks, cut phone books in half? Because you chop so may bricks and phone books with a knife all the time they really need that geometry. Sounds to me like they don't trust they're steel and heat treating, so they have to compensate by grinding them big and fat, or that the buyers do things with them that you aren't supposed to do with a knife like chop bricks.:thumbdn: I restate my statment, you want a knife that cuts buy a knife, you want a knife to do what an axe can? Just buy an axe.
 
Sam Salvati said:
So, they grind the edge on the knives to chops bricks, cut phone books in half? Because you chop so may bricks and phone books with a knife all the time they really need that geometry. Sounds to me like they don't trust they're steel and heat treating, so they have to compensate by grinding them big and fat, or that the buyers do things with them that you aren't supposed to do with a knife like chop bricks.:thumbdn: I restate my statment, you want a knife that cuts buy a knife, you want a knife to do what an axe can? Just buy an axe.
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Wallowing in your own ignorance doesn't lend you any credibility.
 
Sam Salvati said:
So, they grind the edge on the knives to chops bricks, cut phone books in half? Because you chop so may bricks and phone books with a knife all the time they really need that geometry. Sounds to me like they don't trust they're steel and heat treating, so they have to compensate by grinding them big and fat, or that the buyers do things with them that you aren't supposed to do with a knife like chop bricks.:thumbdn: I restate my statment, you want a knife that cuts buy a knife, you want a knife to do what an axe can? Just buy an axe.
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Why buy a Leatherman?
Just buy a knife, can opener, pliers, phillips screwdriver, flathead screwdriver, wire cutters and a pair of scissors and put 'em in your pocket.
 
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