I read a lot of threads about Busse Knives (I have a bunch) and they always get to the price. They are not expensive compared to many brands of knives (think Loveless, S. Johnson, Randalls, Diamond, Customs, Fehrman's, Mission, Stryder, W. Henry, etc.) At the Eugene Knife show I looked at a "New" "Old" Loveless that was $9,999.99 and it was the cheapest one the "dealer" had. I was at the gun range admiring a $3k coustom rifle when a Guy walked up with a coustom Cooper in a wildcat cartrage that cost +$10,000. All prices are relative. Many things I want I can not afford. That is life. That does not make the thing I want "bad" or not as good as my Mora 2000 or my HOGFSH. After I have laid out the cost for what I want, I still carry what I like the best. Once I own them I judge them on their merits. I do the same before I buy them. Once a knife is in my price range I still evaluate it for its usfulness TO ME. To evaluate a knife souly on its cost and not its merits reveals prejudice.
On topic, There is another thread comparing the new Busse (Boss Street) to the Bravo 1. They are extremely similar, including thickness. Mike Stewart cannot keep the Bravo 1 in stock. He told me over the telephone he was afraid of becoming the "Bravo" knife company instead of the Bark River Knife Company. So the Boss thickness cannot be to bad.
