Basic Urban Survival Folder

Hello STR, I read in your blog that you have 25 numbers of the Regweed Forge's Cobbler blade. Does that mean 24 folders (one is yours) in total that are up for sale (of course discounting the 12 that have been sold/spoken-for).

Please let me know if you are planning to proceed further with the BUSSTR or if it is over. Thanks.
 
I have ten more sets of lock and liner side blanks on order to be cut out and shipped to me by Dave at Great Lakes Waterjet. You'll get a knife. It may be a couple months but you'll get one. :thumbup:

STR
 
STR said:
I have ten more sets of lock and liner side blanks on order to be cut out and shipped to me by Dave at Great Lakes Waterjet. You'll get a knife. It may be a couple months but you'll get one. :thumbup:

STR
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Hooyah! Couple a month for me is nothing! Take ur time STR, no rush. In my case I don't mind waiting as long as there is a BUSSTR folder in the end of this tunnel :)
 
I may just try to keep some of Christof's blades on hand all the time so I can make the BUSSTR a regular. The Cobblers? Well, I'll eventually run out of those and may even make some in the future with some Wharny scandi grinds from Christof if he is willing to make some and I may do some regular ole flat grinds and hollow grinds in 3/32" and 1/8" stock like I've always done in my Ouparators as well. We'll just have to play it by ear and see how it goes. Right now I'm kind of into the scandi and plan to play in that park for a time. ;)

STR
 
STR said:
Chuck I posted a few shots of your teal one on my blog.

Thanks for looking.

STR
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Thank you Steve !!!!

The "Eagle landed" this morning and my BUSTR was on it's back.... :D

Translation.... it is here and looks great!!! Fantastic workmanship Steve........ :thumbup:

This is a sure keeper.......... ;)
 
I like to think they turned out pretty good for using a $7 blade before shipping. :D Its a heck of a way to turn out a knife but the things just work man! You like it now? Wait till you start cutting with it! Grab your best folder and go whittle a piece of wood you find in the yard and then use the BUSSTR for the same job. Slice anything with it and compare. It kicks butt!

My wife is using mine to make a pouch to store it in and I've asked her to do several in orange for future Christof models using his blades with my bodies. Its been all I can do to go without mine for the time April needs it to make the pouches up. Get this. I settled for my HK14205 for the day. Settled for it! Aint life funny sometimes? :D

STR
 
How thick is the Ragweed blades and how thick are Christoff's blades? Both Scandi and same material? I may like to have one of each :)
 
Cotherion said:
How thick is the Ragweed blades and how thick are Christoff's blades? Both Scandi and same material? I may like to have one of each :)
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Ragweed's average about .065" thickness. Not sure of Christof's yet since I don't have any to measure. I believe he told me once or twice but I have forgotten. Seems like 3/32nd" but don't hold me to that.

STR
 
STR said:
Ragweed's average about .065" thickness. Not sure of Christof's yet since I don't have any to measure. I believe he told me once or twice but I have forgotten. Seems like 3/32nd" but don't hold me to that.

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I see there is no significant difference. I thought they are much different. In that case I'll be taking one then.

Thanks STR.
 
I don't remember if I put it down, but, since mine was a 4-way clip...
Could I get a dual thumbstud?

And no hurry, STR.

Really looking forward to it any time this year.
 
senoBDEC said:
I don't remember if I put it down, but, since mine was a 4-way clip...
Could I get a dual thumbstud?

And no hurry, STR.

Really looking forward to it any time this year.
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Page 7 you are listed yes. I have you down for a Koyote blade or it would already be on the bench.

Also, I don't think its a go to incorporate an ambi thumb stud in the design. If you note the blade sits low on the lock side and I'd have to reduce the lock width to do that and I'm thinking not smart there.

STR
 
STR said:
Page 7 you are listed yes. I have you down for a Koyote blade or it would already be on the bench.

Also, I don't think its a go to incorporate an ambi thumb stud in the design. If you note the blade sits low on the lock side and I'd have to reduce the lock width to do that and I'm thinking not smart there.

STR
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Ah... now that I look at the pictures again I see what you mean. That's cool, the slimmer the better :D.
 
Steve, mine came in todays mail and all can say is WOW!! It is a little stiff opening and releasing the lock but after playing with it a couple of hours it is sure getting smooth. The blade is like a light sabor but after I used a UF 3x8" Spyderco stone, could split atoms. Thanks for doing this project and what a great replacement for my Sebbie.
 
Thanks Woodysone. I've been telling folks this in private but figure I should put it up here for reference. Sharpening a scandi with the Triangle Sharpmaker or a flat bench stone works fine. You have a built in guide for the angle by using the full primary grind laying the blade down on your hone so the entire primary grind which is a zero grind edge sits on the stone flat to the bevel grind. For the Sharpmaker simply take the hones out of the vertical stand and lay them flat on the rest they were on when it shipped to you and that you use to pack it away with the lid. You just need to lay one hone flat on the stand. Then from heel to point you sharpen it with some light swipes. If the apex of the edge doesn't seem to be affected just tilt the blade enough to catch it still keeping it relatively flat to the primary grind and they usually touch up in a few swipes.

As to the action. I use the same washers material as Emerson and these do require a break in and the bead blasting does rough the liners up so you have to use them to polish those down. Once it is used it will smooth out. This one I did for myself is silk now! I carry this thing all the time and I really really like it a lot! I know I use the hard wood slicing as a simple test because if you wanted to make fuzz sticks to start a fire real quick this blade makes short work of that task but it actually performs well for just about all kinds of slicing and cutting jobs with such ease that its just hard to put down. Not only that but I have to say I've been very pleased with the edge holding of this little blade too. They need an initial touch up and have somewhat of a 'wires edge' when you first get them out to use them but you can knock this off with a few swipes on the white hones on the Sharpmaker. Since doing that to this one I have not had to retouch it since and I've been using it a lot.

I hope these perform as well for all you guys and impress you as much as this one has me.

STR
 
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I got mine today and can't believe how much I like it. STR- you must have played with mine as it is already opening VERY smoothly. It's funny- I own 6 puukos and this is my first knife with a true "scandi edge".

I had to take some pics to show everybody waiting. I don't know why but the size surprised me a bit- I thought it would be bigger in hand, but fills the hand nicely and is small in the pocket.

Drool guys:
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Comparison shot:
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My red micarta outdoors collection:
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Hope you don't mind the pics up here STR, couldn't wait to show it off!
 
CLAK---Can i have that folder? :D I love the Red.
Steve---I hope you will offer these folder again. You nailed a great folder design!
 
Thanks. I think they are all about the same really but its probably possible some got used more than others a little if I was taking longer or had to put one together and take it apart more than another. I thought most came out pretty close anyway other than the Micarta diff. I think Dave nailed them all pretty much identical in shape and size and the blades are fairly close. I still think for a $7 basic utility blade they make for a heck of a great user no matter if you stick it in a folder or just slap some handles on them. I mean granted its not going to be the strongest blade you could use but for anyone wanting a pure slicer/cutter for most general purpose lighter to some medium duty cutting the things are hard to beat IMO.

I appreciate the pics anytime. Really it saves me having to use up valuable MB of space which is limited every year.

I note the last pic is already showing signs of the red coming out more from being in the hand. Won't be long before those appear all solid like mine. People look at my brown one now and ask me all the time what kind of wood is that? I get a kick out of that personally. :)

STR
 
So Steve---Do those blades for the BUSTR come double ground or do you grind them?
 
They come with the grind done and a wires edge on them that needs knocked off and of course no handle. I guess I should say they 'came' that way. They have of course been discontinued now. Not having to grind them doesn't mean its any less work for what I'm doing with them since I still have to grind to shorten the blade and then shape the tang and lock contacts, drill the holes in hardened steel in two sizes for the pivot and the thumb stud which requires carbides of course and then fit it all in a handle. So its not cut and dry even with the blades having an edge and primary bevel to begin with. I just personally saw a need for a Scandi folder and had not developed a blade shape or anything for this handle I drew up eariler in 08 and when I looked over the first blade that I bought it was like a light bulb going off.

Actually what happened was the single blade I ordered arrived here as I showed in my first post and I took it to the shop. I happened to lay it down on the bench near and almost over the handle drawing from the card board cut out for this knife I had been playing with and at that point I hadn't really thought to do the blade into a folder and when I saw both the blade and this handle together thats what started it all. From that point I started playing with the idea and at first the blade thinness messed with me. But the more I thought about it the more I realized that it would probably work fine for a light to medium duty folder and that a lot of guys would probably like a really thin blade. I toyed with several ideas even considering a lockback or licensing with Sal and Spyderco to use the compression lock but finally just went with what I'm doing because I felt it would be the one with the best price point. I'll do the ones I've committed to in this thread but I obviously will run out of blades at some point soon so I really don't expect it to be ongoing in this configuration.

I do like the handle and as I said I may actually do some others with various blades different than these in conventional grinds when these run out but truthfully I am terrible at keeping a routine and get so easily bored that I'm sure eventually this will wear off and I'll move on to something else. I hate repetition which is probably why I like the variety of production work so much.

STR
 
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