Busse In Field And Stream!

I just checked to see who was on this thread. I feel very honored to share this thread with great HOGS.
Ron Athay
 
I'mGatMan! said:
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.
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Good on you, GatMan.

Actually, as long as I can keep giving TonyG and a few others here some grief from time to time, I'll be happy. Don't get me wrong. It's an honor to be counted among the OINKers, but people are more important than a title.

I've gotten my share of INFI. I'm not a HOG in the sense of big hoards of multiples, but I sure like one or two each of a wide range of knives, and I like to use them. There are only a few older models I still want, and I expect I'll snag them in time. What interests me most though is what's next out of that JWB-soaked mind in Wauseon. :p
 
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Now...


Is ANYBODY ever going to scan those F&S pages???!!!

My issue still hasn't gotten here. :mad: :grumpy:
 
Hogwash said:
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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Exactly. :thumbup:

And thanks, Guy.
 
Ron Athay said:
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
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Your right, sounds like the man knows a thing or two about knives.
I need to get this issue, thanks for the heads up:thumbup:
 
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Thanks, Andy. David Petzal knows his guns as well as anyone. However, I wasn't aware he is tuned into the knife world as well.

Is that basically an LE with different slabs? Jerry? Garth?
 
Guyon said:
Thanks, Andy. David Petzal knows his guns as well as anyone. However, I wasn't aware he is tuned into the knife world as well.

Is that basically an LE with different slabs? Jerry? Garth?
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I'll tell ya...An LE with black G10 or black paper sure would be sweet.
 
Contrary to what the little blurb says, it appears to me that the FBM is NOT a conventional design. I have very rarely seen a blade with the "clips" the BM has in the spine. Also, what's conventional about a .32" thick blade?

Not trying to pick at nits, but I think most people who see that blade for the first time in F&S are DEFINITELY going to be intrigued by the blade's design.
 
I'mGatMan! said:
Contrary to what the little blurb says, it appears to me that the FBM is NOT a conventional design. I have very rarely seen a blade with the "clips" the BM has in the spine. Also, what's conventional about a .32" thick blade?

Not trying to pick at nits, but I think most people who see that blade for the first time in F&S are DEFINITELY going to be intrigued by the blade's design.
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I think what he was trying to convey is that it looks a lot more conventional than that Knives of Alaska blade.
 
Guyon said:
I think what he was trying to convey is that it looks a lot more conventional than that Knives of Alaska blade.
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I see what you're saying, but I'm sure most of us can agree that THAT looks like a modified Nessmuk, right? (Well, all except for that radical grind:eek:) I guess the point is that the gentleman is writing for people who are not necessarily knife-educated the way we are. But I can tell you that either of those knives would look pretty unorthodox to my pops.
 
I'd gladly buy a satin and black G10 (mag) FFBM!

Hey Skunk, when are the Satin/Black Fat Fusion Battle Mistresses hitting the store?!?!
 
I actually never expect to even be considered for induction last year. :o :o



This year maybe...
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Hogwash said:
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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The article looks pretty good but I wouldn't want to use the same brand of razors that the author buys.

That flat ground FBM is a very conventional design, spine details are cosmetic and people have been trying to make pretty knives for a very long time. The full tang and CNC scales are the least conventional parts but not really out of the ordinary. Thick knives are nothing new either.

If they had an FBM CG there, the CBT would have been highly unconventional but that's about it.

A Scotch Dispenser is an unconventional knife, a flat ground FBM does not break any new ground but the sum of it's parts is very hard to beat.
 
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