Busse Hard Use Stories: Let's hear 'em!!!

[drjones]

Alright.

You guys collect some of the baddest-ass blades on the planet, let's hear your stories of how hard you've used it and if it's ever saved your hide!!!


Apologies from the Busse NOOB if a thread like this has been posted before, but I've been lurking for a little while & not seen anything similar, soooo.......let's hear those stories!!!!!!

 

[Dark Nemesis]

This one time at band camp....... ***BFC Censored to Protect Young Piglets***

 

[Bigfattyt]

This one time at band camp....... ***BFC Censored to Protect Young Piglets***

that was a good one!.



I just chop stuff with my bigger ones, like the FBMLE. I have not really abused one yet. I have thrown the FBMLE a tiny bit, and thrown my Ash1 a bit too. Throwing can break a normal knife faster than just about anything (don't ask me how many knives I have broken over the years throwing them). I would never throw most brands of knives. ( Probably would throw Rat Cutlery, Swamp Rat, Scrap Yard all because they all have the same warranty).

I have designated throwers that are either meant to be thrown, or my inif, which I secretly hope I am able to break by throwing (but I don't really throw that much).

I don't have any bullet stopping, car door cutting, free my self from the wreckage of a plane at 20,000 feet in the Andies mountains stories.

I have accidentally chopped some rocks while splitting wood, but that sharpened out.

I guess you can call what I did to the edges of my knives abuse. I hand convexed them. I took an SS and removed the reverse curve to make it a straight edge knife.

My Ash1 cg took some minor edge damage while butchering an elk. The guy I let use it was making repeated contact with the rough concrete table we were butchering the elk on (there was a layer of butcher paper between the meat and the table so at least it was sanitary, but not enough to stop the edge of the Ash1 from doinking the table a bunch).


This frozen DQ cake was hard, and has a crunchy center. That was pretty abusive. I had to pry the pieces off. Good thing I have huge muscles, and a strop to touch up the edge after that one.

 

[dobywon]

Where's Jarvis when you need him??


Ok, you ready for this.......................... I once let my daughter use my Steel Heart to cut her birthday cake.:thumbup:


True freakin story too!!!



edit to add: BF seems to use his in this extreme way also.

Hardcore, Harduse, Bad to the Bone Blades I tell ya!!!!!

 

[Guyon]

 

[Guyon]

All the picture frames in my house are now made from Busses.

 

[Guyon]

Some real hard-use stories...

Actually, Jerry won't mind. How's this for an INFI testimonial!

A buddy-o-mine is on his local PD Tac Team. The AI (After Incident) investigation is over and the story is now clear to be discussed.

During dynamic entry training he was accidently smacked by one of his team members with a .40, close range. Get this.....he was wearing his favorite Busse (old Badger 5/16") John Wayne Green Beret Style inverted on his vest in an Okuden rig. The .40 smacked the Busse and Okuden Sheath dead center of the blade profile. Ready for the finale.........

The sheath is cracked and I think has a hole from the last time I saw it, but the Badger sustained only slight coating removal, PERIOD!

Probably saved his life (I forgot to ask if he had his armor on), that is rest of the story Paul Harvey and it definitely taint no BS. Can anyone truly love their Busse as much as he must?

I'll get in touch with him and get a pic. He is not a forumite. Just one of the many who specifically demanded an Okuden rig for his biggest knife investment. What a Busse payback eh!

Out.

Here it is boys. . . The CSI Knife was a standard black Ergo Steel Heart as well as a Paul's Hatchet as seen in the photo from the set.

We would've let you know sooner, but we weren't sure ourselves!!!

The knife was apparently blown up in the actual final scene of the episode and bears the burn marks to prove it.

The folks at the studio sent along some cool pics from the episode.

If you guessed correctly, please contact me via email at jerry@bussecombat.com

Jerry

A few nights ago, Jennifer and I were returning from Toledo (The Big City) down State Route 20. It was about 10:00pm and pitch dark. About 200 yds. in front of us a pretty bad accident occurred. A semi-truck full of grain had pulled out of one of the fields and was going about 10 mph when the Chrysler mini-van in front of us (going a bit over 70 mph.) slammed into the the rear of the truck. We were able to react quickly enough that we avoided becoming part of the accident and were able to offer some assistance to the injured man in the mini-van. Long story short, the front of the van was completely crushed, airbags were deployed, the guy was NOT wearing a seat belt and had crushed the steering wheel flat against the dashboard in spite of the airbags. Jennifer called 911 and stood in the middle of the highway with a large flashlight trying to stop three oncoming trucks form slamming into the now dark and impossible to see mini-van. I ran to the crushed up mini-van to check on the driver. The front quarter panel had collapsed into, and over the door making entry impossible.

INFI to the rescue!!!! I had a Satin Jack with me and was able chop and pry the crushed body panel back and then pry the van door open far enough to talk with the victim and assess the situation. By the time the paramedics arrived they had easy access to the victim. The victim was in pretty bad shape and had suffered massive internal injuries. He was ultimately life-flighted to Toledo. I have no idea whether he survived the accident or not. I tried calling the hospital but was unable to get any info on his condition due to the fact that I am not a family member.

He and his family are in our prayers,

Jerry and Jennifer

Source: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=281054

 

[on_the_edge]

This is the most I have ever put ANY Busse through...

 

[Bigfattyt]

That bread looks pretty tough. I hate to be a one upper, but consider your sandwich slicing one upped!!!!!

thats right! The horror, The Horror!

Sure the tomato, and the crispy bacon were tough. The Cheese was aged Tillamook cheese, and the bread was toasted (TOASTED I TELL YOU). But the hard stuff peaking out was the handful of Cheatos i put on the sandwich just to make it tough to cut.
If you look closely, I think I rolled the edge (either that or the mayo is still on the edge)

 

[BushcraftBrainTrust]

This is the most I have ever put ANY Busse through...

You better be careful, that looks like crusty bread. It should polish out.:thumbup:

 

[Guyon]

Cheetos are brutal on a blade edge.

 

[Bigfattyt]

Cheetos are brutal on a blade edge.

you aren't kidding. That is why I usually just eat them with a fork. Saves my knife edge from having to slice them up.

 

[Soulrack223]

Back Hair?

 

[Guyon]

Back Hair?

We're not entirely sure. The "lone shaver" has made that claim publicly, but there have been rumblings of dissent.

 

[MustardMan]

Much hilarity to be had here!

 

[mymindisamob]

I don't know about hard use but my HHFSH hit more rocks and metal clearing my property than anything else. It gave me my real lessons in reprofiling and sharpening INFI.
Jaxx FBM got a serious workout when she came to visit me,

and my Black Tie Game Warden got an edge beating today stabbing concrete bags.

It's all clean and sharpened again tonight, but even wet and unmixed concrete is hard on a blade.

 

[on_the_edge]

you aren't kidding. That is why I usually just eat them with a fork. Saves my knife edge from having to slice them up.

You should try them in the morning in a cereal bowl with a spoon and a little milk...that milk makes the Cheetos comply much more readily.

 

[kdstrick]

hard use... well... you can be the judge. I use a Meaner Street that I have modified a bit as my primary hunting knife. Cleaning and processing deer, hogs and small game generally wouldn't be considered hard use in my book.

Still, I've seen nothing that will hold an edge like my meaner. The convex edge cleaned and processed 4 deer this last year and the edge is still sharp enough to shave my face (although I'll stick to the Gillete). Add to that tons of general use like cutting haystring and feedsacks and it has had plenty of use.

I've never sharpened it... never had to. I own several customs and many factory and factory-custom knives and I've seen nothing that will hold up to use like INFI.

Here is a pic... (before I stripped her)

Man... I love that knife... :thumbup:

 

[Bigfattyt]

You should try them in the morning in a cereal bowl with a spoon and a little milk...that milk makes the Cheetos comply much more readily.

that is so gross. That may be grosser than the back (ok maybe back hair) shaver

 

[Jaxx]

My "slightly mad" CGFBM experiment back in the summer of 2007...

The Slightly Mad CG FBM Experiment... With Pix... (THREAD LINK)

Ok, so my very large front landscape beds were completely out of control... For years. LOL This year raspberry bramble grew in with a vengeance under optimum growing conditions, plus every other freakin' type of weed! These were hiding the planted stuff and rocks, lots of those typical large rocks used to decorate landscape beds so I hired these 2 landscaping guys to come in and weed it all out. When I came outside later this morning to see how they were doing, I noticed that they hadn't removed any of the bigger tougher stuff, and that they didn't have any machetes or cutters...
I've wondered that if because knowing the value, and quality or that maybe because I collect these too, I 'coddle' even my users in ways that I might not be even aware of... So, in a fit of minor insanity, LMAO, I go back in the house and get my CGFBM user, and thought about that even though I know the knives from Busse are tough, will it stand up to these two and my hellish yard?
I decided to test that thought. I just asked them if they'd like to use it to help them, and just handed it over. I warned him that he was probably gonna really like using it, mentioned that it was a Busse knife (No reaction, these 2 never heard of Busse I'm sure.), and then I walked off, back into the house.

For 6 hours, they took turns using it to do whatever needed to be done... Cutting, slicing, digging, whatever. Well... The weeding is done... brambles cut, saplings felled, etc. Then came the hard part. The guy hands me the knife in its sheath, I thank him, and him and his partner depart exhausted. (I will ask him what he thought of it tomorrow when they return to spread mulch; he looked pretty whipped this evening, so I didn't ask.)...
I pull it out of the sheath... ( Drum roll, please.........)

Dirty! LMAO, They did really take it to the edge... Literally. A few glancing blows off of the rocks, one of which seems to have sheared maybe 1/8th of an inch or less off of the tip, a lot of little nicks & dents in the edge (emphasis on "little"), but that's about it. I'd like to see the same tip blow given to an inferior knife, probably would have taken much more off!
The closeups:

I think that considering those guys used it without fear and not knowing a thing about it or even its cost, for most of the day, this knife can take it!!! Oh sure, it's gonna take a little time to get that edge back, up around the curve and a li'l more for the tip, but it WILL be back. Hey Jerry!! Love your knives, Boss!
How'd it look after cleaning up from this "mad experiment", you ask?

Well...

...Very not bad... Not bad at all!!

As always, thanxx for readin'!

Jaxx

Some shots of the same CGFBM after I put a new edge on it. This the very same FBM that mymindisamob posted about on this thread also. It has seen some action!!