Busse In Field And Stream!

Im not worried about them coming over and affecting our company, so to speak. :)

you guys are right about them not wanting to spend the $ on high end knives. ALL of my frieds are like dude why do you pay 200+ for a knife!! swamp rat? whos that? busse who is that? those are the things they say to me.. i just have to say you dont understand.... i then try to tell them about sr101 and infi. then they just go ohhh ok, so dude which bar we starting off with tonite? they arent interested.
 
I laugh at those same guys you all are talking about! :thumbup:

BUT, my wife laughs at me when I carry a Busse blade hunting that cost MORE than my trusty ol' Marlin lever gun... But the Marlin does the trick ---- and I suppose that's the same reasoning behind their Bucks and Walmart knives...

I prefer the HOG way --- Knife first, then do the best you can on the rest of your equipment with the little money you have left... :D :D

BUT, one of these days I'll sell a few knives and buy that Wilson Combat or Les Baer so that my firearms can match my Uncle Mofo (sorry Guy!) :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
My father in law is the same way. He gets so excited when he can 5 blades for $25.00. He thinks he is getting such a deal. His reasoning is that the knives are good enough for him. Only problem all his knives are dull, have broken blades, or their rusted out. Good enough I guess.
For me I will stick Busse and always feel safe knowing I have the best knife made. I have only been a Busse fanatic for about 3 months now. I have to say these are the best performing knives I have ever used, & it is only a matter of time before the rest of the world finds out about these fantastic blades.
 
The way I see it, long after we have run out of ammo, and the guns and parts have rusted, our knives (and many others) will still be useful, even optimal tools. There is no terminal date for one of these things. I hope that if my wife and I are ever able to have children, my knives end up in hands of my grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on.

There is something visceral about a knife. You know that before humans could fathom a weapon that shot projectiles, men were building civilizations with knives. These knives are just more advanced, and therefore more costly to attain.
 
I'mGatMan! said:
The way I see it, long after we have run out of ammo, and the guns and parts have rusted, our knives (and many others) will still be useful, even optimal tools. There is no terminal date for one of these things.

There is something visceral about a knife. You know that before humans could fathom a weapon that shot projectiles, men were building civilizations with knives. These knives are just more advanced, and therefore more costly to attain.
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such an amazing post. Very true sir.

I like xamans thoughts too - buy a good knife first, THEN buy the rest of the stuff you need with the $ u got left over ;)
 
Chiller2 said:
I wouldn't worry to much most of the Field & Steam crowd are the type that will spend $2000 for a scope and $500 plus for a rod and reel but thinks its crazy to spend more than $50 for a knife.
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I have friends like that, spends $1000 to fill up an ipod but thinks their $5 folder is the be all end all.
I have tried to educate them about knives and even get them into it but they usually say some thing like "Why would you spend $300 on a knife, if a knife can cut its good enough".
Although I wouldnt listen to them, one tried to tell me and still believes that if you drop a katana on the roof of a house it will go straight through and stick in the foundation.
Their knives are duller than a butter knife, its funny watching them try to cut.
They have to lean over the object and put pressure down on it while mine cuts like a laser.
I have also learned that if I hand them a knife someone will end up cut, I had to put a few in a hold and take kitchen cutlery away from them because they were swinging them at each other.

Sometimes I think I am the only logical teen.:o
 
macgregor22 said:
I have friends like that, spends $1000 to fill up an ipod but thinks their $5 folder is the be all end all.
I have tried to educate them about knives and even get them into it but they usually say some thing like "Why would you spend $300 on a knife, if a knife can cut its good enough".
Although I wouldnt listen to them, one tried to tell me and still believes that if you drop a katana on the roof of a house it will go straight through and stick in the foundation.
Their knives are duller than a butter knife, its funny watching them try to cut.
They have to lean over the object and put pressure down on it while mine cuts like a laser.
I have also learned that if I hand them a knife someone will end up cut, I had to put a few in a hold and take kitchen cutlery away from them because they were swinging them at each other.

Sometimes I think I am the only logical teen.:o
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$1000 to fill up an ipod? Crap, how many gallons does it hold? :D Maybe I am just old, but the idea of shelling out money for music and not having a tangible CD or tape or album to show for it doesn't sit right with me. Do your friends earn their ipod funds or does mommy and daddy give them a credit card? If your friends are swinging kitchen cutlery at one another, I suggest you a) find some new friends or b) leave the old ones at the cutlery game, let Darwin have his fun. :rolleyes: My oldest is 4 and I am already stressing about how things are going to be for him. I can just see me tossing his friends out of the house by their pants.

On the topic of F&S and more coverage of the Busse family of knives in the media, I welcome it just for Jerry's success. He's a good guy and he deserves it. At the same time I am sure I will pine for the good old days as things will assuredly change. People will be able to file for Hog status by sending in a postcard before we know it. :D
 
I'mGatMan! said:
The way I see it, long after we have run out of ammo, and the guns and parts have rusted, our knives (and many others) will still be useful, even optimal tools. There is no terminal date for one of these things. I hope that if my wife and I are ever able to have children, my knives end up in hands of my grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on.

There is something visceral about a knife. You know that before humans could fathom a weapon that shot projectiles, men were building civilizations with knives. These knives are just more advanced, and therefore more costly to attain.
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A Busse will certainly make a nice heirloom but as soon as it looks like it's going to be impossible to get new guns, I am going to buy a whole bunch and pack them full of cosmoline, seal them in plastic inside a well painted steel drum and store it in a cool dry place. As long as they are undisturbed they should last almost indefinitely, at least as well as a knife.

Ammo is another question but I'm sure I could find a recipe for smokeless powder and fulminated mercury.
 
Heck, I pry crap with my Emerson too. If a knife breaks, it wasn't worthy to carry in the first place. :)
 
Progunner said:
$1000 to fill up an ipod? Crap, how many gallons does it hold? :D Maybe I am just old, but the idea of shelling out money for music and not having a tangible CD or tape or album to show for it doesn't sit right with me. Do your friends earn their ipod funds or does mommy and daddy give them a credit card? If your friends are swinging kitchen cutlery at one another, I suggest you a) find some new friends or b) leave the old ones at the cutlery game, let Darwin have his fun. :rolleyes: My oldest is 4 and I am already stressing about how things are going to be for him. I can just see me tossing his friends out of the house by their pants.
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Yeah me too, I by CDs or steal my parents tapes.
The best music has already been made, rap just doeesnt appeal to me.
I live in a suburban area called Dublin, big houses and money.
Kids here just get whatever they ask for, they waste so much.
My parents a seperated so I usually have to work to support my habits.:D

I have lots of friends so finding more isnt a problem.
On letting them alone and letting descent through modification or survival of the fittest take over, I think I should not sit sessile and let someone get hurt.

Sorry, I just finished biology homework. :D
 
reconseed said:
its funny you say this... i was the same way when i came over to the dark side. i used to be so enthusiastic about spyderco, BM, etc... then i got ahold of a swamp rat icepick/knife and it was all done after that. i dont even buy other knives now. seriously. i dont shop or purchase others knives. the busse family makes a knife or icepick or whatever else for all my needs and the toughness of sr101 and INFI is just not even nearly matched by any other knife company so i dont bother.

im glad busse is getting promotion in field and stream. i like all of us being secretive in some respects but i always welcome jerry and BC more promotion. the more people buying em, the more Jerry WILL make!
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I am soooo this way also. All I am really missing in INFI, SR101 is a folder. I missed the Rat Trap.
I go into a shop, go straight over to the knives, look at all they have to offer. A big smile comes across my face and I just walk away.

I still own other stuff but as for buying any more new OTB (other than Busse) its just not going to happen. :cool:
 
backpacker123 said:
A big smile comes across my face and I just walk away. :cool:
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You have no idea how much i can relate to doing this myself. I get pumped about going to a knife shop, but when i get up to the knives and see the cheap china steel blades they are selling, and a few spydercos (which arent bad folders for what they are worth) i just say ahhhhh ill save up for another piece of sr101/infi. :D there is nothing like sr101 and infi. nothing.
 
Progunner said:
On the topic of F&S and more coverage of the Busse family of knives in the media, I welcome it just for Jerry's success. He's a good guy and he deserves it. At the same time I am sure I will pine for the good old days as things will assuredly change. People will be able to file for Hog status by sending in a postcard before we know it. :D
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copy that proporker.
me an doink don't agree on a lot of topics, but i must say
you aint hog til you shake the man's hand!
 
There's a good chance I may never make it to Blade, or any other gathering where I can meet Jerry and become a "real hog" - but as long as I can lovingly caress my INFI as I fall asleep at night, I know all is well. :p
 
Grimspoon said:
There's a good chance I may never make it to Blade, or any other gathering where I can meet Jerry and become a "real hog" - but as long as I can lovingly caress my INFI as I fall asleep at night, I know all is well. :p
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(wipes tear from face) :(:thumbup:
 
Grimspoon said:
There's a good chance I may never make it to Blade, or any other gathering where I can meet Jerry and become a "real hog" - but as long as I can lovingly caress my INFI as I fall asleep at night, I know all is well. :p
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(wipes blood from face) :p:thumbup:

Seriously, I hope nobody here sleeps with their INFI!
 
voracious said:
copy that proporker.
me an doink don't agree on a lot of topics, but i must say
you aint hog til you shake the man's hand!
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I agree with this, which is why I haven't sent Amy any emails outside of questions about INFI. I'm not too fazed by the fact that I don't have a hog name, as building relationships here is what really matters. And while this:
Grimspoon said:
There's a good chance I may never make it to Blade, or any other gathering where I can meet Jerry and become a "real hog"
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is probably the case for me--especially for a long while--I am happy that the knives I do have will be around LONG after I have gone back to nourish the earth that bore me. :thumbup:
 
I know many of the readers of Field and Stream do not know knives, but the man who wrote the article does. The FBM was by far not the most expensive knife on his list. He had Randal No. 3, Loveless Droppoint hunter (I saw a new one at Eugene for $9,999.99), Bark River, and some other knives that are no longer available. Yes, he did have a 110 on the list. They have now made 14 million of them. The author has had some very good knife articles in the past. I was glad to see he knew the current knife industry as well.
Ron Athay
 
At first I thought the online hog thing was good, giving Busse users or collectors (who for whatever reason can't get to a show that Jerry attends) a chance to be a hog, but lately it's people who bought their first Busse a month ago.

It's just too easy to become an IT hog.

I'm not saying these IT hogs can't become good hogs, they just haven't put in the time yet.

At blade last year, Barb didn't even think she should be considered for induction because she owned only one Busse (for about 48 hours), then she wound up being Knife Wife 2007 (and she left Blade with Busse #2, a custom shop AK47). That's the attitude we need in hogs.

At the same time, when I nominated Barb I felt like I was over stepping the bounds of my new hog status, but I knew she had what it takes after putting up with Chuck all of these years.

Before Blade I was worried that my smallish collection and only 18 months of Busse collecting was not up to hog standards. After dinner at Fogo I knew that I would be accepted. In my mind the standard for hogs was quite high. I hope that other hogs keep high standards for themselves.

I'm sure that Jerry has made it Busse policy to accept all new hogs which is the fair thing to do but I hope that people will only ask for membership when they feel they have earned it (by their standards).
 
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