A holey question

[golok]

I have studied numerous pictures of Busse knives.

There's one little nagging thought: what is the purpose of that litle hole near the hilt?

 

[Eric Isaacson]

It's a registered trademark of Busse Knives. Since most of them are not marked "Busse" that is how you know you have the real thing.

 

[Wilco]

Nice one Eric!

 

[Andrew Lynch]

It was originally for the attachment of knuckle guards (both paracord and, IIRC, solid ones) IIRC.

 

[Dark Nemesis]

Originally posted by Eric Isaacson
It's a registered trademark of Busse Knives. Since most of them are not marked "Busse" that is how you know you have the real thing.

Damn Eric, how much were you paid to memorize that line?

 

[Bravado]

Keeps your bloody hand from sliding up the blade.

 

[Strabs]

The holes, when properly used are part of the integral showcasing system. When placed onto two specially positioned pins/nails/pegs, it allows your Busses to adorn the walls of your war room rather than lay around in heaps, wrapped in blue microfiber polishing cloths

Coolest thing since bobby socks and plaid mini skirts

 

[Jerry Busse]

Golok,

Eric is on the numbers with this one. The front guard hole is a Registered Trademark of Busse Combat Knife Co. It often serves as our only mark on our blades.

Thanks,

Jerry

 

[MikeH]

The hole also:

Enables the knife to be used as the top spindle support when starting a fire by the bow method. (Insert pointed top end of spindle in hole.)

Allows a balanced center point for attaching a line when you fall in an old shallow well while hunting and need to use the knife as an anchor to throw between boulders so you can climb out.

As a sighting hole when using your polished blade as an emergency reflector mirror. (I believe that I read this somewhere.)

As a fulcrum, as when you are hiking alone and a boulder falls on one of your arms and you have to use the other hand to amputate the arm.
You tie a shoelace to a fixed object and through the hole, which gives you increased leverage with the one hand.

I am pretty sure that the Busse patent application spelled all of this out.

 

[FrodotheHobbit]

Wait, I thought if you were hiking with a Busse and a boulder fell on your arm you would just hack the boulder to pieces.

Frodo

 

[MikeH]

"Wait, I thought if you were hiking with a Busse and a boulder fell on your arm you would just hack the boulder to pieces."

Yeah, but what if you didn't want to scratch the coating?

 

[bakerj]

I thought the little holey was because it was the official knife of the Vatican