Busse Basic Series... Gotta Love 'em?

ldsabinadi

ldsabinadi

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Have to say first of all, I don't care how beautiful the knife is, I am going to use it often. I have owned Strider knives, CRK's, Customs, etc. and with most of them, I want to tuck them away in a special pouch somewhere and gingerly carry them. Ironically enough, with Busse knives being equally expensive (if not more), I feel no compunction to baby them. I think that's one of the reasons I've gone so nuts for them lately. Got my first one a month ago and now have 5 and waiting to see if I can get the 6th with the latest Gaanza.

All that being said, I love the look the the G10 and Micarta designs on the knives. It's what drew me to them to begin with, but there's something about the basic series that is so comfortable and so inviting that I find they're among my (if not the most) favorites. Ergonomics are awesome, grip is fantastic, and every Basic I have is a "LE" version so I got INFI blades to boot.

Granted I've only ever held the SAR series and an ASH (hopefully an NMFSH LE soon as well) so I may be speaking out of some level of ignorance, but the Basics seem to be the under-rated, over-built, high-value, utilitarian line and I have to say I love 'em.

Your thoughts?
 
Congrats on your recent scores and welcome to the madness
I have owned these Basics (B11 and B7) but never used them. While I do like the feel of the Res C handles I prefer micarta and g10. The only one I kept was a Dumpster Mutt with the original basic handles.
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I think the more you use and appreciate a knife, the more beautiful you'll think it is. All in your head.
I used to think the B11 (and most of the Basics, really) was ugly, but heard about how great it was. I gave it a try, it ate through dozens of feet of wood and asked for seconds, and now it looks pretty hardcore to me.
 
Out of all the Busses I've owned and still own, the Basic 11 and Basic 4 have seen the most use by far. I also have a lot of love for my other Res-C blades, especially the Regulator & Dog Father CG/LE (oh and the 1311 even though I haven't got mine yet.)

I tend to carry at least three blades with me when I go camping/backpacking, even though its a bit overkill. I tend to prefer carrying a large Res-C handled blade (B-11, DF, B-10), a mid-sized full-tang blade (TG, ASH, RMD) and whatever EDC sized blade I feel like using (usually B-4.) I think it's much easier to justify a 3 blade setup with the weight savings the Basic/Res-C blades afford you, plus they are just fantastic users for so many reasons.
 
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Looking forward to the Basic 8 and still really, really regret not getting a Basic 11 when I had the chance.
 
I love the basic series! I got a couple b11's b4's and a b6. they are probably the best bang for the buck knives out there imo.
 
B4 and B10 I like them. I got the sykco 13,4, and elmax and booty. Probably gonna order the scrapivore of those scales are made.

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I really like the Basics and have the 10 and 11, along with other resiprene Busse Kin.
 
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