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Eric Isaacson

Eric Isaacson

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Anyone have regrets regarding Busse Knives, ones they didn't purchase or ones they had and let go?

My first Busse was a Basic 9 that I used extensively and traded off :( after I got my Battle Mistress. :( :(

Man, did I learn a lesson from that "Don't ever let any of my Busse's go" Never again will I do that.

I suppose I will also have regrets for not picking up that LMS Proto that Brian_T has for sale, I would love to have that one. ;) :D

Anyone else have something that they let go, or didn't get and now wish they had it?
 
Yeah Eric, I let one go. When I went looking for my Badger Attack, I hit all the dealers on the net that I could find that sold Busse knives.

Well I found one dealer who said he had a Steel Heart II and a Battle Mistress coming in sometime. He wasn't sure if they would be the straight handled one or one of Busse's new designs. I told him I wasn't really interested. I wanted a Badger. But, I left my email with him.

So, I finally tracked down a Badger. Dave Roberson told me a Andre Dumochel (sp?? sorry Andre) might have one in stock. So I email Andre.
He had one Badger left. I took it!!!!!!

So, I get my Badger and I fall in love with it. (I hope that don't sound weird)

I get an email from this other dealer that the Steel Heart II came in and he would give me 1st crack at it. I took it!!!!! Then he goes on to say that he has one straight handled Battle Mistress left that came in with the Steel Heart. He wanted to know if I wanted it. I thought to myself, what in the world would I want with a knife that big for???? Told him I would take the Steel Heart, but wasn't interested in the Battle Mistress.:o :o :o

Now I could kick myself!!!!!:mad: :mad:
So, that is my story. Hope I didn't bore anybody!!:(

Yours in Nuclear Stupidity!!!!
 
I miss my Straight Handled Badger. But I have the only two Busse knives a man needs to survive my Straight Battle Mistress and my ZT Satin Jack. I wish I had a Busse folder so I could stop carrying my sebenza. Not that there is anything wrong with the sebie.:p
 
Eric,
I have no regrets as I have never sold any of my knives, and somehow
So fat, I've never pased on Busses that I wanted :)
Though there are quite a few blades that I really wish I've had.
Once or twice I was late, sometimes I saw them when it was already too late etc :(
In short I think there has to be something like the ones that you've mossed or saw to late type question too.
 
Well Guys,
I guess misery loves company, I'm glad I'm not the only one to sell one and later regret it. :(

Gator,
Tell me more, which ones have you missed because you were late and they already sold?
 
Originally posted by Eric Isaacson
Gator,
Tell me more, which ones have you missed because you were late and they already sold?
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Sigh... Jungle Assault, 2 other bolos, SH spearpoint variant that Chip has ;)
 
Passed on a LMS. The ex got the MS in the divorce and now I can't get another one. Man, I really liked that knife:D

Bob
 
Maybe I shouldn't have started this thread. Now I feel even worse about the ones I have passed up or sold. :(

From now on I will buy them and worry about the consequences later :D :D
 
I should have bought more straight handles, especially the presentation grades, to store and stare at or resell [depending on how many I bought]. Now I feel guilty using them, but that's why I bought them, dammit.
 
I passed on one of the 1997 Blade Show Limited Edition BM's this past summer, (1 of 500) and now I can't find the email.

Sold a couple straight handle BM's to get a custom Emerson...
Big mistake.
 
Chuck,
Rereading this thread, I realize that lately I don't fall into the "wished I bought one and didn't" group. I've been buying a lot lately.

I hope my wife doesn't read this forum from work. ;):D
 
I passed on a NO here on the forums. Had the $$. Later I decided I wanted it. Came back about two hours later and it was gone. Just too slow. Now I don't have the $$. I still have yet to buy my first Busse, but I will before too long.
 
I've more than regreted parting with some of my Mistresses, can't look back and be depressed though, there are plenty more out there still looking for a good home :)
 
I sometimes regret breaking my straight handle gig when I sold Mike my BM and traded off my 5/16" A2 Badger.

One thing I really regret more is all the vacilating I did when there was a flood of variants after the 2000 Blade Show. I didn't get a grab a single one:(
 
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