Bring back the SHBA ! (Thin Please)

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busselover said:
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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True, they are in business to earn a living, but I wouldn't think they would want to screw over their established customers to sell a few knives. :confused:


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At this point we've seen quite a few very popular models brought back with some changes. The smooth bolt, hand-shaped, sabre FSH models showing up at shows is a good example among others. I don't see anyone taking a hit on old FSH models with newer ones entering the market. If anything, it would increase the price of the original ones for those wanting the original.
The BWM is another good example. It's basically the same outline as the original SHBM with a better handle, thinner blade (less pinky pinching) and the price is right!

The SHBA could return easily to please the masses without hurting the few that have the majority of old SHBA's in safes.
No Regrets!
 
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yeah, keep the same design and maybe do like some of the guys have suggested and do an LE in .25 and a CG in .2 but the coating and smooth grip would be gone and replaced by G10 and machined canvas Micarta. I would love to have some of these in the options like we saw on the TB as far as handle configurations and blade colors go. that was there would be no way to confuse the new with the old original version, yet you could have the same feel in the hand.
 
Jaxx said:
Was there ever a SHBALE??? Ya know... Keeping true to his word about never re-releasing a version of a model without change; just like with the SFNOLE, if there wasn't an LE version then Jerry could still choose to offer one...or am I just drowning in wishful thinking??? :D:D
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Let's wish together buddy! I wish I wish I wish I wish......well you get the idea.
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I don't see how making a new model SHBA would screw over anyone...whatever happened to "no regrets"????
 
randucci said:
True, they are in business to earn a living, but I wouldn't think they would want to screw over their established customers to sell a few knives. :confused:


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Your statement comes across as just a bit over dramatic.

Remember randucci,

NO REGRETS

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After some, me included, have swayed from the original intent of my post, lets keep it on topic. I don't want this thread to cause any ill feelings among HOGS.

:thumbup: or :thumbdn: about a new release of these. Post up!
 
:thumbup: to releasing them - and actually, I'd like if they did it in A2 with smooth bolt handles and original thickness, just to watch the collectors blow a gasket. That would be a fun show :D :D :D




Just playin guys, don't get all cranky. I know some of ya'll get crotchety in your old age :eek: ;)
 
agent cooper said:
Having not handled a SHBA, I can only speculate, but this seems to me to be a perfect woods knife.
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eeeeh. each iteration of the badger attack has had it's own problems, and the shba is no exception. The tac handles have a severe palm swell that bites into the hand if you grip to hard (and a massive choil for such a short blade). the 3rd gen handles had a tiny index finger heigth that made them slippy in a closed fist, the ergo handles were GIANT, flat and bit into the pinky pretty bad.

The shba had a massive finger swell with comparatively small index and pinky positions. It's handle might not seem that big, but it's got a ton of metal that makes the package very handle heavy. Even though it has a big finger swell, the lack of scale machining and the slim index/pinky positions made for a handle that felt looser then you'd expect it to in the hand.

No woods knife should ever have a thick edge and tip. If it's a one knife does all beater, absolutely, but as a general statement "woods knife" to me means something that needs to do a lot of detail work. I wouldn't want to use such a big knife with that handle for extended small tasks.

I have medium sized hands, and it seems like a lot of the guys who really love the shba's handles have bigger hands than me. I'm not discounting anyone elses opinion of the knife as being awesome at whatever they use it for, just that as someone who has handled most of the busse models out there at one time or another, it is by no means a perfect knife.
 
(sorry for my part of the thread drift)

never used a SHBA, but the new Streets looks just as interesting to me.
 
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Silas said:
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WOW! That's good looking. :cool: Too fat for me, but looks nice.

I would definitly be up for a something with the SHBA profile, but it has to be skinny. Even .20" is too much. INFI is plenty strong at 0.15"

And while we're at it, how about an Anorexic Boss Street? Then I can unload this fatty I've got. :D:rolleyes:

There was one recent knife that hurt the resale value of the originals, the flat ground SFNO and the SFNO LE. So it goes. No regrets.
 
Gravelface said:
Leave the SHBA in the past, if you want one, find one....it's half the fun.
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Of course they can be found but of those that were offered from Busse, with the exception of a few, most are near .300 thick. Not too many want those old fatties anymore.

The main point of my post was to bring it back in some form that is Thinner and useful.

It is a fine design begging to be used but needs to be thinner and fine tuned.
Thicken up the index finger area a tad, move the rear hole up, and Thin and balance it.
SHABA or SHBA LE :thumbup:
 
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You're right, "woods knife," is rather vague as many people do many different things in the woods. I was speaking of something good for bushcraft/survival use. I'm not a fan of the thinner, flat-grind "bushcraft" knives and prefer something thicker with a convex grind.

Thanks for your view. It's hard to know a knife without handling it. If you're truly dissatisfied with any SHBA you may own, I'd be happy to take it from you, free of charge! :D
 
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