propbuildervash
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Happy Friday! Greetings to the fellow pork purveyors, perusers and pack rats.
I am in need to some Busse biased opinions. In my collection is a singular blade that is different than all of the other blades. This blade has its origins starting back 15 years ago, Britney Spears shaved her head (not with a Busse.....I assume), the original iPhone had just made waves in the cell phone market and so many fewer bottles of spirits had been slain by
Jerry Busse
and crew.
The 2007 HOG ASH Special was released as a special induction for those piglets that wanted in on a sweet bundle offer.
The one in my possession has been through at least four sets of hands if you include the Hog Fathers himself by my count, possibly more. There was a 7-10 year gap in which its resting place remains shrouded in mystery to me. In that time the blade was sold, mostly stripped, and maybe used?
The blade still retains the "Slab O 55" HOG inductee name, and Busse logo, but both quite faint. It also has a battle scar on its inductee side, not sure what it had a run in with, the cutting edge looks great so maybe this was a gremlin under the coating but its not too deep but it can be felt with a finger. I am trying to decide what I should do to bring this Fat HOG a more appropriate and deserving finish. I cannot recoat or laser finish as I dont have the equipment for that. I can leave it as is, partially stripped and sad or I can tape it off and run it though my bead blaster. I have never bead blasted INFI before but I feel like the finish would be comparable to that of the BIG DC finish. I am worried what little details left in the blade will be lost and only the scar will remain. I have a palm sander, I could sand down the one side to remove the scar, but then the logo and name for sure will be gone. I am leaning away from removing the scales, but thats an option...I just dont want to damage my scales, and then getting it custom cerakoted locally. What say you? Opinions, thoughts, suggestions, I am open to seeing what other Busse users think.
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https://postimg.cc/gallery/KyXmmtk
I am in need to some Busse biased opinions. In my collection is a singular blade that is different than all of the other blades. This blade has its origins starting back 15 years ago, Britney Spears shaved her head (not with a Busse.....I assume), the original iPhone had just made waves in the cell phone market and so many fewer bottles of spirits had been slain by

The 2007 HOG ASH Special was released as a special induction for those piglets that wanted in on a sweet bundle offer.
The one in my possession has been through at least four sets of hands if you include the Hog Fathers himself by my count, possibly more. There was a 7-10 year gap in which its resting place remains shrouded in mystery to me. In that time the blade was sold, mostly stripped, and maybe used?
The blade still retains the "Slab O 55" HOG inductee name, and Busse logo, but both quite faint. It also has a battle scar on its inductee side, not sure what it had a run in with, the cutting edge looks great so maybe this was a gremlin under the coating but its not too deep but it can be felt with a finger. I am trying to decide what I should do to bring this Fat HOG a more appropriate and deserving finish. I cannot recoat or laser finish as I dont have the equipment for that. I can leave it as is, partially stripped and sad or I can tape it off and run it though my bead blaster. I have never bead blasted INFI before but I feel like the finish would be comparable to that of the BIG DC finish. I am worried what little details left in the blade will be lost and only the scar will remain. I have a palm sander, I could sand down the one side to remove the scar, but then the logo and name for sure will be gone. I am leaning away from removing the scales, but thats an option...I just dont want to damage my scales, and then getting it custom cerakoted locally. What say you? Opinions, thoughts, suggestions, I am open to seeing what other Busse users think.
Full Image Gallery Here:
https://postimg.cc/gallery/KyXmmtk
