Bring back the SHBA ! (Thin Please)

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MustardMan said:
We've got enough sharpened prybars - give us an EDC that's actually designed for cutting stuff
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Then make two versions, one thinner LE and the CG a fatty just like the original....... Make everyone happy that way.....:thumbup:
 
lsheldon said:
Then make two versions, one thinner LE and the CG a fatty just like the original....... Make everyone happy that way.....:thumbup:
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No no no, make the LE the fatty, since that's the one the collectors will buy, and they don't actually use their knives so they can have them a half inch thick :D :D :D

make the CG the thin one, for practical use.

Do it just like the BWBM :thumbup:
 
I think that a BOSS SHBA sounds interesting. :thumbup:
I do not want to see a remake of the original as I have plenty of those. :p
If made I would like to see them in .200 or thinner.

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From a collector standpoint, I don't want to see any re-release of older discontinued designs. I don't feel it is fair for those who paid a premium price (or ones that bought them at the original price and they are worth more now because they held onto them) and then to have the same design released 10yrs later for half the price. It would have to be changed enough not to be mistaken for the original, which would take away all the cool features that make the SHBA such a great knife.


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randucci said:
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From a collector standpoint, I don't want to see any re-release of older discontinued designs. I don't feel it is fair for those who paid a premium price (or ones that bought them at the original price and they are worth more now because they held onto them) and then to have the same design released 10yrs later for half the price. It would have to be changed enough not to be mistaken for the original, which would take away all the cool features that make the SHBA such a great knife.


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I appreciate randucci's sentiment and can completely understand it.

Having not handled a SHBA, I can only speculate, but this seems to me to be a perfect woods knife. Other forum members hold the SHBA in high regards also. Ten years ago I had no idea that they existed.

I would love to see some version of SHBA re-released. I agree with MustardMan about changing the placement of the talon hole. It appears to be such a great knife design that it would be sad :( not to create more.
 
MustardMan said:
Just put the rear talon hole on the opposite side, worked for the BOSS Street :D
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Well, sort of, the BOSS Street is alot bigger than the original MS, so they are actually quite different, there is no mistake which is which. In fact it is so much larger, it really doesn't feel like the original.


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Seems to me that there are plenty of SHBA's out there to be had and that if someone wants one all they have to do is do a little rooting around.
Ya, ya, I know, you guys don't want to pay collector prices for user blades.
I have no problem using my old school SHBA or SHSH as that's what they were made for.
I've even offered up a SHBA passaround so that some of you get a chance to see just how awsome the SHBA is.
I do these passarounds so that the user crowd can see just what they are missing by not rooting out one of these fine old blades.
 
down with collector values. these aren't sock investments and shouldn't be treated as such. sad to see such interests/thinking messing with the values of what are, simply, tools intended for use. no wonder so many amazing tools/knives just sit in safes. arg...

IMO. ;)

edited to add: haha, sock investments.
 
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randucci said:
Well, sort of, the BOSS Street is alot bigger than the original MS, so they are actually quite different, there is no mistake which is which. In fact it is so much larger, it really doesn't feel like the original.
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Yeah I know, i was just hoping no one would bother to point that out :eek: :D

Bring on the slightly modified anorexic SHBA!!!
 
Well then spread those around a bit and you won't have as many. I will be happy to take a couple off of your hands.....:cool:

Mulder said:
I think that a BOSS SHBA sounds interesting. :thumbup:
I do not want to see a remake of the original as I have plenty of those. :p
If made I would like to see them in .200 or thinner.

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DowntownDM said:
down with collector values. these aren't sock investments and shouldn't be treated as such. sad to see such interests/thinking messing with the values of what are, simply, tools intended for use. no wonder so many amazing tools/knives just sit in safes. arg...

IMO. ;)

edited to add: haha, sock investments.
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O.K., let me put it another way. Lets say you buy a 1968 Z28 Camaro in mint condition for $60,000 because you love everything about the car, I.E. style, performance, handling, etc. Then, a week later Chevrolet, announces they are going to make the exact same car on the original tooling and sell it for $30,000, wouldn't you feel disappointed and maybe cheated? Or putting it in more normal terms, you buy a TV for $1000 and the next day, the manufacturer lowers the price on the exact same one to $500 and you can't get the difference refunded, your stuck with a $500 loss basically. True, you do have the '68 Camaro or the TV to use, but you would have paid twice as much, just doesn't seem fair. I know, someone is going to say life is not fair, but if the market says the SHBA sells for $700 and you can't afford that, sorry, life isn't fair, right?

My basic point is that Jerry has said he wasn't going to re-release the same model, so the older models are priced and purchased with that in mind.
 
Bring it back as a SHBA LE or choiless.

No one seems to be in these old blades for profit as they are rarely sold, so it's really no loss in value for those who have them. They were only about $167 new back in 2000? and regardless of thickness, those who have them can easily double their investment even with a new release. The design is a decade old now. Time for a new release as an LE.
The ones that are out there for sale seem to be near .300 thick which aren't in demand at all, nor do I ever see them to be ever again. Even if an old fatty is offered for sale stating it's INFI, it may sit a long time in the exchange as people tend to be past the crazy thick Busse era and want thin usable tools if they are paying these prices.
This recession has changed the way people spend the money they have. I don't see the crazy spending from a few years ago ever happening again in our lifetimes. If you have collected for later profit, it's a chance you take.

It's a good design, possible the best ever IMO, in a blade this size.
Bring it back in a LE or choiless. Don't change anything else.
 
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yeah, I know 'Ducci. we've been around this topic before, and I've no beef with you. ;)

for me, honestly, I don't worry about such perceived losses, in anything in life. and not because I'm uber-wealthy or the like, but because life is just too short, and sans a time machine it's a pointless mental exercise anyway. no regrets right? seems apropos.

like diamonds, such 'markets' are based on speculation and artificially inflated prices/values, and serve little purpose other than to protect the (generally monetary) interests of a few, while keeping the shiny/useful/interesting hidden away from most.

and trust me, I believe in a free market economy and absolutely respect your right to engage in such activities, but when such leanings intersect with common tools (and not that Busse blades are all that 'common' but they are tools) it rubs me the wrong way.

respectfully, and with no animosity,

DM

(that said, I do like the SHBA and an updated thINFI version would be cool to see).
 
DowntownDM said:
yeah, I know 'Ducci. we've been around this topic before, and I've no beef with you. ;)

for me, honestly, I don't worry about such perceived losses, in anything in life. and not because I'm uber-wealthy or the like, but because life is just too short, and sans a time machine it's a pointless mental exercise anyway. no regrets right? seems apropos.

like diamonds, such 'markets' are based on speculation and artificially inflated prices/values, and serve little purpose other than to protect the (generally monetary) interests of a few, while keeping the shiny/useful/interesting hidden away from most.

and trust me, I believe in a free market economy and absolutely respect your right to engage in such activities, but when such leanings intersect with common tools (and not that Busse blades are all that 'common' but they are tools) it rubs me the wrong way.

respectfully, and with no animosity,

DM

(that said, I do like the SHBA and an updated thINFI version would be cool to see).
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I have no beef with you or anyone else either.

Contrary to what most might think, I don't buy Busse knives or custom folders to re-sell at a profit, I buy them because I like them. Now, that is not to say that I haven't sold knives for more than I purchased them for, I'm just saying that I didn't originally buy them just to sell them later for a profit.

Most of the older straight handle knives I have, I purchased back when they were priced much lower, so I wouldn't have much to loose. I guess I would mostly like to keep their uniqueness for what they are, rather than mass producing them again. That is what collecting is to me, finding the unusual/unique knives, its not about how many I have. I only have two SHBAs now, one that has "BUSSE" etched on the handle spine and one of .305" thick INFI, both pretty rare.


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I would think Busse is in business primarily to earn a living, not to safeguard the investments of their customers. The SHBA is a great user that would appeal to many. I vote for a reissue with a thinner blade. Enough of the crowbars already....No regrets! Let's drink!
 
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