BOSS Jack: Hit or Miss?

slaimd said:
I don't see Busse overly marketing/claiming their knives as perfect for boot-to-ground military members (a la Strider), and I think that sometimes people look too much into the names.
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You are correct that Busse doesn't go around bragging about how many knives they sell to the military. They just quietly go about their business of selling knives to the military.
 
If you want a knife for food prep duties the BJ LE is a great design. If you want something similar but a little thicker and longer, you might look at the Desert Storm Fighters. If you want a full on military steroids knife like the Zero Tolerance bayonet, check out the Team Gemini.
 
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Does anyone have a side by side pic of the BJ with and without choil? I am enjoying this thread and am grateful for all of the good information. I was trying to get an idea of the blade profile but the pics on the company store website don't really do any justice for the choil-less version. The choil'd version looks cooler than without but that's going by the thumbnails for finish and handle options.
 
NewbKnife13 said:
Does anyone have a side by side pic of the BJ with and without choil? I am enjoying this thread and am grateful for all of the good information. I was trying to get an idea of the blade profile but the pics on the company store website don't really do any justice for the choil-less version. The choil'd version looks cooler than without but that's going by the thumbnails for finish and handle options.
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Al has 3 pics pics in his kydex sales thread: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/850151-BUSSE-BOSS-JACK-LE-kydex-sheaths-azwelke-CABJ-and-LCABJ

I'd love to see some good CG choiless pics though as well - they are intriguing and cool looking...

I always go WITH a choil just because I'm used to chocking up subconsciously and have actually cut my finger twice on a choiless BRKT Canadian Special I used to own... Maybe I should give 'em another shot.


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I'm kind of surprised that there aren't more images of them side by side...
 
Awesome guys thanks! I like them both! One thought though based on the previous thread about "not having any hang ups, including choil, ever" How about sharpening the back of the choil? The forward half...blade tip being front...get it? If it was sharp it wouldn't hang up on anything, maybe? I want one of each now, maybe two with choil's one to alter one to keep... Thoughts?:confused::thumbup::D

:D Hey Boss, if it's a good idea can I get one special for coming up with the idea? #28;) :D
 
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I have sharpened the choil before, but really it's not practical. If you have a sharpened choil it defeats the purpose of it being there, unless you like it for sharpening purposes. and it still hangs up, it just means if you pull straight back the thing that slips into the choil is more likely to slip out or be cut, it still snags a little.
 
Personally I am too clutzy to put my finger next to the blade like that and not get bit at some point but I like the idea of having the choil to ease sharpening ( here too I need all the help I can get). The only knife I own with a choil is an SWRS and I have yet to use it so I haven't even thought of sharpening. One of the key things that got me hooked on Busse and kin is Jerry's letter where he says he is basically a tard (no disrespect, I am the same way :D ) when it comes to sharpening and that INFI holds an edge like no other. I think that a sharpened choil would be a good compromise btw a "combat" and "fighting" knife as they have been defined here. I would also use it for up close work for a LOT of things (cuticle trimming comes to mind... ;) plenty of nicks too but nippers don't get close enough), but unless it was a sword you could pinch the blade just above the handle and use the "S" choil for very effective close up work regardless of the size as long as you were strong enough to hold the blade...
 
The Boss Jack would do very well in a defensive/fight role. It will cut of course, penetrate and be fast into action.
The blade shape isn't that different from Cold Steel's famed SAK, one of the best blade shapes ever made. Within its size, limitation, I think its a hard to beat general purpose knife for a ground troop or an other person that needs to carry around the knife all day.
FerFAL
 
Exactly, well stated.
Last Visible Canary said:
I don't think so. The CBJLE is a great knife that will draw people in who otherwise wouldn't have thought about buying a busse, but it still falls under the "prybar with an edge" for a lot of people.

The knife that has really drawn people in from far and wide in the knife community that have never considered busse has been the CABS. Bushcraft and edc folks who looked in for years and years finally got a thin knife with a thin edge that was under 5" long. Those who have looked in for the past 10 years got a knife that hasn't existed in the catalog in that entire time. And it really is a great knife.

I think the MUK continues that trend and will satisfy a lot of people who would have had a hard time finding a knife in the catalog to be satisfied with (thin all around), but only if it end up in a production run and becomes common. If it stays a small-online-only run then it's going to largely remain in the dark and be overshadowed by the success of the CABS.
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I love my CABJLE choiless. it doesn't have the sharpened prybar feel at all. although I'm thinking about adding spacers to the handle for a little added thickness.
 
Demonic1 said:
I love my CABJLE choiless. it doesn't have the sharpened prybar feel at all. although I'm thinking about adding spacers to the handle for a little added thickness.
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What type of handles do you have? Does anyone else here feel the handles are too thin?
 
I love the Boss Jacks now that they are thinner & no fuller.
 
I got black paper slabs. When I ordered it, Busse wouldn't make them mags or add spacers. I just like a little thicker handle.
 
DrDrifter said:
Do you think the Busse BOSS Jack knife will be a hit or a miss?......
Did Busse miss the mark with the BOSS Jack design, or has he designed another classic?
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The Boss Jack is a HOME RUN for either thin food/hunting grade tool, or as a Full on combat/field tool. You just pick your priority and choose the LE or CG to fit it more better.

Ive been carrying and using it (CG) as both. I would like to have an LE satin with orange G-10 for keeping in the house for food prep, and continue to carry the combat grade i have currently strapped to me, in pack or under the pillow. CG works in the food prep area but the thinner LE would be much better. Ill Bet Busse and crew made them in this dual grind/thickness option to sell more knives! Ha! Good concept.

I have the following (FIXED BLADE) tools of which the busse boss jack combat grade is without a doubt, the favorite tool:
First model cold steel Carbon V trailmaster
First model SOG Aus8a Trident
Blackjack/EK Model Five Paracord wrapped Bowie 154CM
CRKT dive knife
Entrek Survivor Tanto 440c
Van Sickle 4.5" VSLD drop point hunter D2
Van Sickle 4.5" VSLD drop point hunter ATS34
woodsmans pal "machete"
"becker necker" knife 1095 CroVan
rapala 7" fillet knife

BUSSE BOSS JACK **INFI** IS THE BOMB!!! if I could only have /one/ knife it would be the BJ.
i want another one before the production run concludes, and it becomes a classic.
 
Demonic1 said:
it is compared to a BATACLE ;) ....it's a lightweight at almost 1/2 as thick.
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Busse has a history of 3/16" models, including the standard cg SHSJ. Historically thats been as thin as they ever go, with a few exceptions like the ABA. Anything nearing the .125" threshold (1/8") starts into anorexic territory, but even then the moniker is kind of reserved for when jerry decides to title the knife as such, or if it's a one off where the owner wants to call it that (and it qualifies as being significantly less than 3/16").

I could say that compared to my 1/2" thick Himalayan Imports Ang Khola the TTKZ is "anorexic", but that doesn't make it thin, or qualify it for the general trend with busse for using that term.
 
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