Busse Combat Is Proud To Introduce Our Newest Model: The Fusion Force 9. . . Coming This Wednesday, July 20, 2022 At 9:00 PM Eastern.

Funny you say that. I actually called busse and thought they accidentally gave me green g10. I further looks at and saw it was in fact coated micarta which I immediately gave a light 100 grit sanding treatment to make right again. Looks like the micarta material is different too.

I definitely prefer the older micarta material and milling texture of the previous fusion handles years back.
 
wmmott said:
Bronze with tan canvas, but the micarta looks coated as well. Nuked.
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Nismo17 said:
Funny you say that. I actually called busse and thought they accidentally gave me green g10. I further looks at and saw it was in fact coated micarta which I immediately gave a light 100 grit sanding treatment to make right again. Looks like the micarta material is different too.

I definitely prefer the older micarta material and milling texture of the previous fusion handles years back.
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Bannable offence!

Unless you rectify with pictures!!
 
elof_alv said:
Bannable offence!

Unless you rectify with pictures!!
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I will say its shockingly light and the hallow ground blade would be a killer slicer / light duty chopper. Seems like in-between the size of a FBM and FSH

Getting the impression there are not too many Fusion Force 9s in circulation given that one or two week run
 
Hey Nismo. Not sure if my eyes are playing tricks on me or if there is some color editing going on with this knife. It looks like the scales are a gray color and the blade coating is as well. I do not see any gray listing on the Busse sight, except for the hammered silver. The blade finish does not look like the hammered texture though.

Did you edit the color in the pic? Either way it looks cool.


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cutchu said:
Hey Nismo. Not sure if my eyes are playing tricks on me or if there is some color editing going on with this knife. It looks like the scales are a gray color and the blade coating is as well. I do not see any gray listing on the Busse sight, except for the hammered silver. The blade finish does not look like the hammered texture though.

Did you edit the color in the pic? Either way it looks cool.
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Hey cutchu:

I did not edit photos.This FF9 is green canvas micarta and bronze coating.

My camera seems to pick up very different color tones when taking pics of this knife outside opposed to indoor fluorescent lighting. All pics are same knife.

However when I received the FF9 I honestly thought the handles were OD green G 10 and actually called the shop about it. After further inspection, I realized Busse is using different green canvas micarta stock now. Its a lot more OD, green color, and almost seems like there’s some sort of sealant on the material where it doesn’t take on any patina.

Part of the appeal of micarta is taking on patina from hand oils. I gave the entire handle a light hand sanding to remove that coating/sealer. In result it looks a little less green, but has those nice micarta properties again.
 
Nismo17 said:
Hey cutchu:

I did not edit photos.This FF9 is green canvas micarta and bronze coating.

My camera seems to pick up very different color tones when taking pics of this knife outside opposed to indoor fluorescent lighting. All pics are same knife.

However when I received the FF9 I honestly thought the handles were OD green G 10 and actually called the shop about it. After further inspection, I realized Busse is using different green canvas micarta stock now. Its a lot more OD, green color, and almost seems like there’s some sort of sealant on the material where it doesn’t take on any patina.

Part of the appeal of micarta is taking on patina from hand oils. I gave the entire handle a light hand sanding to remove that coating/sealer. In result it looks a little less green, but has those nice micarta properties again.
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Blade looks like the bronze I know, to me. Which has always looked more gold than bronze in person.
I noticed the same micarta scale treatment on my latest, stonewashed, TGULB with maroon micarta. I like the look. Haven't used it yet. I figured after I used it and see how it works, I might have to do something to mine as well. What grit did you use for hand-sanding yours?
 
dogboye said:
Blade looks like the bronze I know, to me. Which has always looked more gold than bronze in person.
I noticed the same micarta scale treatment on my latest, stonewashed, TGULB with maroon micarta. I like the look. Haven't used it yet. I figured after I used it and see how it works, I might have to do something to mine as well. What grit did you use for hand-sanding yours?
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dgboye:

Recall a few years back Jerry announced the Green and Maroon micarta will be revamped. Not sure if different supplier or what. The black and tan micarta still seems to not have this treatment. 👍

I used 80 grit sandpaper. Very LIGHTLY uniformly sand. Make sure not to remove any of the machining pattern. Higher grit will get that good porous/grippy micarta feeling again. Its only a superficial top layer of clear coat it seems.
 
Nismo17 said:
dgboye:

Recall a few years back Jerry announced the Green and Maroon micarta will be revamped. Not sure if different supplier or what. The black and tan micarta still seems to not have this treatment. 👍

I used 80 grit sandpaper. Very LIGHTLY uniformly sand. Make sure not to remove any of the machining pattern. Higher grit will get that good porous/grippy micarta feeling again. Its only a superficial top layer of clear coat it seems.
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Thanks!
 
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