Butt Ugly Basic 7

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Ever wish you had a knife that was so ugly nobody would steal it, so strong nobody would break it, and so sharp nobody else would use it, except another knife person?

Here’s your huckleberry: Stripped and heavily used Basic 7, uglier than sin, probably has three times the life left of most brand new “survival class” knives, with a convex edge so screaming sharp that sheeple will back away in horror. It’s been stored in its original leather sheath for the last couple of years with no sign of rust, due to a semi-polished finish—not pretty, just slick. So you can feel free to throw it in a tool box or the back of…wherever, leave it in your bug-out bag or in your vehicle, and when the chips are down and you need that heavy-duty blade, you know it’ll be there for you.

SPF $175 shipped in USA, money orders only—not set up for Paypal.
 
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She is beautiful. Handle looks fairly new? am I seeing it right?
(woah, looks like I am not gold anymore... will upgrade now).
 
She is beautiful. Handle looks fairly new? am I seeing it right?

Sure, that Resiprene-C holds up fine if you just wash out the pores in the rubber ever now and then with soapy water. Sheath is in decent shape, too--no deep cuts or gouges or even any bad scratches. Cleans up honest and will never say die.
 
I've had a question on blade thickness, and for those of you not personally familiar with Busse Basics, they are nominally 1/4" thick. Even after being stripped and polished, the spine at the ricasso on this one mic's out a beefy .254".

Much lighter @ 12 oz. than any 7" blade full-tang Busse, this brute is a pleasure to carry and use for all manner of camp chores, and has enough blade to zip through most batonning and light chopping work.
 
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