Busse, toughest knives on Earth?

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MaxPower

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It seems that's Busse's biggest selling point is there knives being "nuclear tough."
They might be but I've found some knives that are even tougher. I know that a good knife doesn't always mean an indestructable, sharpened crowbar, but that's what some people want.
I love my Battle Mistress, but I would put both my Strider and my Greco knives up against it any day as far as toughness goes.
My Greco is a 14in. Chopper made from 5160 steel, and it feels alot more solid than my BM. My Strider is a 11in. utility made from ATS-34 and let me tell you that only God Himself could damage this knife.
Don't get me wrong, my Battle Mistress is incredible and was deffinetly worth the money, but to anyone out there looking for the absolutely toughest knife on the block check out Greco and Strider you won't be dissapointed.

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Max, tell me more about the Greco. These seem to be very handsome and reasonably priced. But I never would have expected them to match the strength, hardness and edge holding ability of Infi. Can you elaborate?
 
I must admit that I have not put my Greco or my Busse in a vice and tried to break them, nor have I worked them into the ground. I'm basing my testimony on a superficial observation. Like I said, my Greco feels more solid and tougher than my Busse, as of yet I have no proof that it is, but if my life depended on the strength of a knife I'd bet on the Greco.
As for sharpness, after a good deal of PROPER use, both knives are still quite sharp. But, my Busse's edge has shown some very minor chipping, but nonetheless it's there. My Greco, on the other hand, has had no problems with the latter.
Do you have any experience with Newt Livesay's knives(every knife enthusiast should)? If so, then let me offer a comparison: John Greco's knives are kinda like Livesay's pumped up on sort of atomic steroid. From one knife lover to another, I whole-heartedly endorse and recomend Greco to anyone loves tough user-grade knives. You may find the Busses more to your liking, but I think that you would find that the Greco's are everything I said they were.
 
Has anyone posted any pics of the Greco knives? They have been praised as tough working knives at unbeatable prices. However, a few folks have noted that Greco does not have a website but rather, still does business the "old fashioned way."

So, can anyone share pics or point to some already available? Thanks --

Glen
 
Hello,

I think every maker and Manufacturer makes the best knives they can make with whatever Equipment and skill they bring to the table for there specific Knives,,does this make on better than the rest, NO!!

As far as BUSSE saying there Blades are " NUCLEAR TOUGH" that is just a Marketing Phrase, Which is completely NONSENCE to a
Rational Person because there isnt a KNIFE designed that can Take a ATOMIC BLAST and survive. this you can QUOTE me on.


To make the claim to either MAKE or have produced the "TOUGHEST" knife on earth ,it better Perform all asspects of Knife use without Fail. And even with BUSSE this isnt possible.

Ok as an example and not a DIG:

take one Mastersmith Blade that has been hardened to Bend 90degrees this one knife outperforms BUSSE right there because BUSSE cannot bend to 90 ,,that has been proven.

Does this mean the forged blade is the best,,yes but only in that circumstance, See my point?

I think you have to find what you want in a knife and consider its usefullness as a Knife and not whatever TAGS the maker or manufacture puts on them.

Allen Blade

[This message has been edited by Allen Blade (edited 05 December 1999).]
 
Re Greco :

I haven't seen a copy of AG Russell's "Cutting Edge" for a while, but pre-owned Greco knives often came up for sale at reasonable prices. With b&w pics.

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If there's a nuclear war (God forbid), the only creatures left will be giant cockroaches wielding Battle Mistresses.
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-Greg

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Greg, you're right. They'll need the Battle Mistresses to open up the Twinkie wrappers.
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Don LeHue
Royal Oak, Michigan

The pen is mightier than the sword...outside of arm's reach. Modify radius accordingly for rifle.

 
Don (I know this will probably be for another thread, but...), didn't they do a bunch of tests on Twinkies and found that they could survive certain "stressful" situations?

-Greg
 
I own a Battle Mistress and had a chance to buy what John Greco called his "kukri" model, which was actually not a kuk, but rather a heavy-duty clip-point (if memory serves) utility chopper with a noticeable drop angle on the blade, somewhat similar to Rob Simonich's SRT "Kukri" (see photo on his website). I met John at a show in Birmingham. He is a very nice man, willing to answer any questions, no matter how inane.

I must say all his knives are well built, and very sturdy, with immaculately finished black micarta slabs--about the best craftsmanship I have ever seen on a hand-made knife. Every Greco knife I have ever seen has been flawlessly symmetrical in both the steel and handle slabs. This man is an ATTENTION-TO-DETAIL FANATIC, like no other. There are lots of talented & highly skilled men who make great knives, but no one pays attention to detail like John Greco. And his prices are too good to be true. My ONLY gripe is that he doesn't grind the corners of the tang at the pommel (near the lanyard hole) and guard very much--they have no burrs, and they won't cut you, but they're still kind of sharp and uncomfortable.

I love my Busse. It is very well-made. Perhaps INFI is the ultimate knife steel so far. But when you factor price into the contest, dollar for dollar, Greco knives might be the winners. The question is, if Mr. XYZ's custom hand-made knife is twice the price of a similar model Greco, does it give you twice the performance of said Greco? If not, you have to say that dollar for dollar, the Greco outperforms it.

Of course I realize that some people are willing to pay that extra $100-200 just to have that little extra edge in performance (and justifiably so), because that little extra edge might mean the difference between life and death.

[This message has been edited by X-Head (edited 09 December 1999).]
 
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