Busse-type activities.

SALTY

SALTY

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Look, as much as we may want to, not all of us get to hunt Osama and tali-whack. With that said, what types of more general activities typify Busse to you?

Is it camping, hunting, destroting old decks, survival, military, what???

I do not generally view my Busse knives as delicate food prep knives or fish filet-ers. I see them more for things that involve chopping, prying and beating. I see my busse knives more in the catagory of an "anything goes - what if?" type of equipment.

When you grab a Busse, what type of activities come to mind? That may very well invite the question of whether or not you grab a Busse and then find something to go and do with it.:rolleyes:
 
Nimrod,
I'm with you on this "food prep" thing. For some reason I just feel strange standing in my kitchen slicing carrots with my Battle Mistress. :D

Generally when I go out to the yard, or the shop I grab either my ZT SH or my BA-e. Great knives to have available for trimming up the branches or removing shrubs. I don't do much hunting anymore but if I did I think I'd grab the SJ(sorry I had to add it;))

My Busses are more often used for general utility than slaying any beasts ;):D

I would like to go "hawg" hunting with one though...I wonder what I should take? :D:D
 
My landscape crews have used my mean street to do everything imaginable, then some(like opening a sewer lid and prying open a wrecked car door). The little blade will not quit! After my last "abusive episode" with my Steel Heart-E, I can't recommend prying bricks apart anymore.:(
 
Well, i for one NEVER feel strange standing with a Busse in my hand! Whether slicing tomatoes with ol' Jackie #38 on the kitchen cutting board, or cutting steak on my plate with my variant! Chopping, prying, digging in the dirt, yep, they'll do all that, too, but for most chores around the household, menial tho they may be, Busse knives "can do" that, too! Opening mail may LOOK strange with a 9+" bladed knife, to standersby, but i don't FEEL any stranger for it ;) It sure makes me feel like nothing in that envelope, come invoice or high water, is going to get ME down... Nosirree...! :cool:
as for Cutting cardboard with a Satin Jack, well, those folks wondering how they can get their big boxes in that little 4" slot in the container don't hesitate too long before they ask: ~Hey, sir? Can you cut up my boxes, too with your knife?~ "No problem." is my fond reply.
i didn't get my deer this year, so i didn't get to try out any Busse Knives cleaning a "fresh kill" but i'm looking forward to it later on.
But: Cutting brush / bushes out back is all the more fun since i discovered the wonderful world of INFI Steel !
~AH, INFI makes chores Fun!~
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~AH, INFI makes chores Fun!~
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That's my motto, & i'm stickin' by it. :p
INFI, for the discriminating cutlery connessieur,
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Before cleaning some fish I occasionally have to "calm them" using the handle of my DWMS before the SAK comes out to do the dirty work.:)

Otherwise, heating fuel preperation, pruning, clearing, etc.
Also, the BME and SHE make awesome drawknives for rustic furniture work:D
 
Hmmm, maybe I'm one of the sick ones in the bunch, but I feel really good inside while working out with Busses in the kitchen slicing up beef, chicken, or fish. I find the Basic 5 or 7 just the right size for cutting up meat, especially busting up chickens. Those bones & joints just whimper and succumb in trembling fear to the INFI blade. The B7 works wonderfully on salmon too.

I also use Busses for cutting veggies. Their thick blades suffer a certain lack of finesse for delicate slicing of crisp fruits & veggies like apples & carrots, although they work okay for softer ones like tomatoes. If Jerry puts out a thin-stock line of INFI-bladed kitchen cutlery, Emeril Lagasse would really have something to say "BAM!!!" about. ;)

The B7 likewise is my second favorite blade (behind the BM-E) for chopping up brush along the fenceline, which is a never-ending job here. I find I can work for more hours in more comfort with the B7 than with any other knife. The extra swinging weight of the BM-E puts it ahead of the B7, although I much prefer the B7's Resiprene-C handle.

As for trashing junk mail, opening packaging, cutting up food containers & cardboard, plus prying open recalcitrant drawers & computer cases, those are jobs at which the Assault Shaker excels. The AS is also really REALLY happy when it gets to open a box from the Busse shop with a new big brother in it. :D :D

My uses for Busses are actually pretty prosaic. That just means I've got TONS of headroom on the performance curve before these blades begin to warm up, let alone break into a sweat. But I find that headroom very comforting as I use Busse blades, which I do every day.
 
Originally posted by RokJok
My uses for Busses are actually pretty prosaic. That just means I've got TONS of headroom on the performance curve before these blades begin to warm up, let alone break into a sweat. But I find that headroom very comforting as I use Busse blades, which I do every day.
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Well put.
 
I like to just go into the woods and find the very hardest piece of seasoned oak or hickory (the other day I found a 5-6" thick piece of seasoned hardwood that was nearly fifty years old. Hard doesn't even begin to describe it ;) ). Then, I chop it into pieces, split it, carve the bark off, cut notches in it; basically just mutilate it :D . Therapist? Don't need 'em!

Occasionally I actually have something constructive to do, like when camping. I also sometimes use a Busse in the kitchen, especially for tough chores, like cutting up frozen food.

Busse type activities? IMHO, anything the knife is called upon to do. It will do it.
 
I've only had my Steel Heart for a few weeks, so I haven't had a chance to go into the woods yet. And lawn care season isn't here yet, either. But the handle came in handy in a pinch in the kitchen, since I don't have a meat tenderizer or rolling pin. Last weekend, I was homebrewing some Pilsner Urquell (yum), and I needed to crack the Munich malts. I put them in a Ziploc bag and went to town on them with the SH handle. Of course, I had the knife sheathed, since I was holding onto the business end. :)

By the way, the idea of making rustic furniture with these blades is a great idea. I envisioned these blades being very suitable for this type of work even before I handled one for the first time.

Of course, they would also be good for altering your existing furniture as well.
 
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