Busse Boss Street Fake?

[Jon E Walker]

Where are my historical busse experts? Just picked up a Busse Boss Street off of fleabay(Yeah, yeah I know). However, this knife is really really close to real maybe? Except it is Aluminum, or something else non metallic. Also it is unsharpened and i mean like a trainer unsharpened. The badging is a little off and on both sides, other than that (and non metal), it is right on. And i mean down to the cross hatching on the micarta, and the swirls in the coating. Fake? It's really, really good. What else am i not seeing?

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

that's alarming

sorry you got hosed

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

Are you saying a magnet will not stick to it? As in, you've tested and confirmed? The thickness seems off, the CG Boss Street should have been .22" thick from what I recall though it's possible there were some which were other thickness.

 

[TheGrownUpKid]

Wow it has the BUSSE logo on both sides. Has to be fake unless it was requested that way from the custom shop. What does it weigh? I have a mint real one. Just weighed in at 8.7 oz.

 

[TheGrownUpKid]

Also I think you mean non-magnetic (not non-metallic). Aluminum, gold, silver, iron/steel are all metals. They are not all capable of interacting with a normal magnet. Only iron/steel will normally do that.

A magnet sticks to my BOSS.

All those metals have different weights. Even different knife steels are different weights. So the weight will tell us.

 

[ScoMa]

Custom trainer? Seems a stretch.

 

[grizzle]

i didn't think that crinkle coat could be faked, atleast i've never seen it on another knife

 

[AntDog]

Etch looks faker than shit, and it’s on both sides. That’s a red flag in my eyes. Non-metallic? I think you mean non-magnetic unless it’s plastic.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Well. if the one responsible for faking this one is watching the thread they now know what to fix for next time.

 

[Jon E Walker]

Here's the weight. Correct it is non magnetic? Here is the magnet holding up the Moabolo's wont touch this knife.

 

[Jon E Walker]

Pic of Moabolo and magnet

 

[Jon E Walker]

Coating compare

 

[TheGrownUpKid]

So it's like half the weight. Must be aluminum. If so you should be able to bend it in a vise.

Really sorry about that. Any recourse with the seller?

 

[Gravelface]

Try another magnet. And hold the calipers flush, not at an angle. Zero the scale.

 

[TheGrownUpKid]

Yea that thing sure looks pretty real other than the logo on the back side. If you try Gravelface's suggestions and it still comes up light, it's fake fo sho.

 

[Jon E Walker]

Oh yeah. He listed it as Infi steel. Ebay will pay me back no problem. Its very intriguing tho. Not a high end Busse knife, why put in so much work to fake it? If the weight was close and it was sharp, i probably wouldnt have noticed until it was to late to get refunded.

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

Sorry to inform but the scale says it's a fake if nothing else does. 4 oz. is impossible for that knife at .25" thickness, that is stunning fake no doubt.

 

[TheGrownUpKid]

Where's the seller located?

 

[Gravelface]

Send it to Busse, let them make the final determination.

If it’s aluminum. It’ll deform drastically on......anything.

 

[Jon E Walker]

Guy is out of CA with 200/100% feedbacks. Kinda hard to get a thickness pic without angling the caliper. Jerry you out there?