BOSS Jack: Hit or Miss?

1/2" HI AK vs. 1/4" TTKZ
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1/2" thick 30" ang khola
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busse's version of anorexic: CABS vs. .220 proto BOSS jack
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My use of the moniker on mine is based on it being 1/8" thick, a true (in terms of busse's use of the word) CABJ;
CABJ (1/8") vs. Proto BOSS Jack (.220)
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at 3/16" (slightly under) the CBJLE is just thinner LE version of the CGBJ. Certainly thinner, but no "anorexic" thin.
 
Got my CABJ CG a few weeks ago and though it can't replace my NMFBM and NMSFNO as choppers, it has definitely found a secure spot in my Maxped Lunada as an "Everything Else" knife.
But it can certainly chop when necessary.
+1 on BJ being a HIT.
 
BIG HIT!

I love the LE and Proto (don't have a CG). I like the large choil more (I kept wanting to choke up to where the choil should have been on the no choil).

I like the slightly thicker handle on the Proto over the LE but that is no big deal considering how much lighter and thinner it is. The Proto got the most use out of all my fixed blades this past winter!
 
Last Visible Canary said:
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 nearly 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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Noted. I'll try to be more accurate in the future.
 
LVC, does your beautiful ABJ have thicker scales to compensate for the thinner tang? I have heard some folk wish that their BJLE had a thicker handle, and it seems that problem would be exacerbated in your Custom shop variant.
 
resinguy said:
LVC, does your beautiful ABJ have thicker scales to compensate for the thinner tang? I have heard some folk wish that their BJLE had a thicker handle, and it seems that problem would be exacerbated in your Custom shop variant.
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The scales are actually a bit thinner on the CABJ then it is on the Proto. The Proto's scales are an even 1/4" thick each, where the CABJ's are 7/32". To be honest I don't mind that they are thinner, that the handle in it's entirety is thinner. If I bulked up the handle with spacers, it would become very round which for me reduces the feeling of being able to blindly index where everything is on the knife, and I feel like I have a reduced grip for keeping the blade from turning in my hand while cutting things like stiff plastic.

The ergo handles are the best example I have for how a flat thinnish handle can help keep the blade from turning in your hand. When you went to turn the knife in your medium, like trying to torque the blade through plastic, you got a ton of leverage on the ergo handles. If you tried the same thing with a magnum scaled fusion handle you don't really get 'leverage', your more relying on the tension of your skin against the scales, and your muscles ability to force grip the round object to keep the tension bearable.

A more severe analogy would like trying to turn a baseball bat hard vs. a 2x4. I don't really know which one would allow you go get greater force applied to the object, but the 2x4 is going to give a lot more feedback with regards to the position of the edge of the board.
 
Yes, I can see how the height/width ratio will affect certain operations. I find the Ergo handles too tall and thin, while admitting to not trying a NO-E, just the bigger blades.

Note that a classic bushcraft knife has an ovoid handle, but maybe those woodcraft manipulations don't involve those twistinglleverage motions.
 
The BOSS jack handle isn't very tall, so even with 1/4" thick scales it maintains a fairly rounded shape. On something really tall like the BME it starts to feel like a bit much for a chopper, you start wanting to round out those edges so they don't bite into your hand as much. The proto is rounder then my CABJ, but the CABJ is still round enough that it doesn't feel sharp or squared anywhere on the handle.
 
Last Visible Canary said:
. If I bulked up the handle with spacers, it would become very round which for me reduces the feeling of being able to blindly index where everything is on the knife, and I feel like I have a reduced grip for keeping the blade from turning in my hand while cutting things like stiff plastic.

The ergo handles are the best example I have for how a flat thinnish handle can help keep the blade from turning in your hand.
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Jerry's comments on the MUK handle don't directly translate to the BOSS Jack, but his reasons for the flatter handle on the MUK are the same concepts I describe above :D

Jerry Busse said:

I went with the flatter handle based on what I considered to be the primary intended use of the Muk which is as a skinner and hunter. I personally find it much easier to acquire "edge location" with a flatter, thinner handle when I can't see the edge, as is the case when you have your entire knife covered in blood or up inside the body cavity of a larger animal that you are dressing. A thicker and more rounded handle on the Muk makes this much more difficult. The thicker handle, likewise, will rotate in your hand much more easily when wet or covered in blood.

As a pure slicer, the flatter, thinner handle philosophy holds true as well since it so effectively prevents rolling on the hand. :thumbup:

Yours in spreading nuclear mayonaisse,

Jerry :D

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I bought a Boss Jack as my first intro into the busse world. (choice being made by the fact it is in current production, and a good balance between a standard busse chopper and a more general purpose knife.) Im hoping it is a hit haha but it looks very capable and is made of infi and has the busse warranty. So when i get it i'll head to the woods and go wild with new blade lust.

all that aside, the cgbj looks like a constant companion. i have a feeling that if you were to just head off into the woods or backpack to a campsite you would subconsciously reach for the boss jack. its big enough to get the job done (it wont chop like the bigger ones but im sure it will power through anything) but light enough that you will want to carry.

I wonder if ppl who love their basic 11s carry them on their person or would take it hunting/ camping for the weekend?
 
The BJCG and the BJLE are both a HIT:cool::thumbup: and a MUST HAVE:D:thumbup:
I'd get a couple of each if I could afford it.
Al
 
Just bought a second CG Boss Jack - I think it's that awesome.

The only other Busse I've owned multiples of has been the BWM, for the same reasons.
 
To me Boss Jack is a BIG HIT!
Especially for people with smaler handles. Usualy handles on busses are qiute big and heavy.
With boss jack it's different and that's a plus for me. The handle is not big but very very comfortable.
The blade shape is beautiful and very useful. And you can have it choiless. So what's not to like?!
 
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