Charlie Ridge "Survival" an ongoing beating.

Mark is a great guy and take a great deal of pride in his knife building. He has helped me with mine. I just hope I can come close to his talent.
 
cgd160 said:
Guys, I am not trying to be a jerk. I am just telling the truth. The hole is a trademark, just like the Spyderco hole. It is trademark infringement using it. It may seem silly, but a hole can be trademarked. Just ask Sal Glesser (Spyderco) or Jerry Busse (Busse Combat Knives).
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Well lets keep the thread on the topic of the knife itself. I'm not going to debate the semantics here. Feel free to start your own thread if you like.
 
Great knife bruce. Reminds me of an AK bowie. Is that what drew you to it?;)

Id like to get me one of these. I just got 3 more from Mark. He is a great dude, and a good friend of mine.:thumbup:
 
That thing is a mutha of chopper! I like that thing-looks good in design and by your workout it looks more than capable of getting the job done. The more I look at that thing the more I want it!
 
Man that looks like a great knife. Trade the black scales for green or natural micarta and I'm sold.
 
j williams said:
Great knife bruce. Reminds me of an AK bowie. Is that what drew you to it?;)

Id like to get me one of these. I just got 3 more from Mark. He is a great dude, and a good friend of mine.:thumbup:
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where's the pics of your new CR knives J...:D
 
That is really a great looking knife and very durable to boot!!!

Is there a place to see more of this makers work?
 
j williams said:
Great knife bruce. Reminds me of an AK bowie. Is that what drew you to it?;):
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Just for the record, The Maine Survival Knife as built by Dan Gray influences my survival knife. Sorry, Mr. Gray. I used to drill a hole in the spine to make a spear, but dropped that later due to concerns over strength. It does get compared to a certian maker's knives alot, but this knife was never designed to "compete" with him, and was designed before I was really familure with his products. Me "competing" with him is not possible anyway.
This knife was refined after telephone conversations with a collector, and two different military pilots. Hence the light weight. It was designed by them more to fight with first and survival duties second. In a survival senario behind enemy lines, I was informed that building fires (batoning or chopping) is not a concern. Cutting your self out of a downed aircraft would be critical.
So it was designed with all of this in mind.
Bruce, I am glad it held up. Thanks for the review.
 
I really like that design!!

I would love to have one 5/16ths with a 10" blade!!!!:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Uncle_Jarvis said:
The talon hole is a trademark of Busse...
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If that's the case, then Busse had better get on the job defending their "trademark" as it is a very common design feature, especially in knives designed for "survival".

It's been around a long time.....

Just do a google search, and see what comes up.

Andy
 
CDG is right, there is a trademarkor patent or something, but I thought the hole in the Busse that was trademarked was the one in the "hooked" part of the pommel, not the one up by the hilt portion.

Back to the knife at hand. That thing is a beauty...although I like sharpened prybars, so I would say 1/4" thick would be better!
 
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No offense guys, but this thread is not about a hole in a knife. It is a review of a knife and how Bruche liked it.

Mark(Charlie Ridge) is a stand up guy and makes a heck of a knife. I have 5 from him, including one of his survival knives and they are all well made workhorses. Thanks for the review Bruche:thumbup:
 
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