Collecting INFI for love or money?

Are you collecting INFI for love or money?

  • I collect INFI mainly to own and use

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  • I collect INFI mainly to resell

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  • I'm bi-curious: I collect INFI to use and for profit!

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I only own one Busse,a CG ASH-1 with a jungle green blade,and black G-10 magnum handles and I fell in love with this knife the minute I picked it up.I will never sell it,and I will buy more Busse's.If there weren't people out there who only bought these knives to turn a pofit then brand new models wouldn't show up on the exchange immediately after they were no longer available at an inflated price.Makes sense though that some people may fall on hard times and that Argonne Assault may have to go to make ends meet.
 
Its no secret to anyone here that I have bought and sold many Busse's. But I dont do it for a profit. I have only sold 1 knife on the bay and thats cause no one wanted it here.
I have several times sold for less than what I have in it but Im ok with it because I got to do with it what Hotrod does with his.:eek:

I have a few knives that I use and I dont need anymore than that so mostly when I buy now its for my collection.

I have narrowed down what I like to collect to only satin Busses. So thats why I do it and thats just fine with me.:thumbup::)
 
dobywon said:
Its no secret to anyone here that I have bought and sold many Busse's. But I dont do it for a profit. I have only sold 1 knife on the bay and thats cause no one wanted it here.
I have several times sold for less than what I have in it but Im ok with it because I got to do with it what Hotrod does with his.:eek:
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It's fun isn't it? It's really funny if you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror with camo paint all over your face. ;)
 
I buy some to use and some to sell and lots to give as gifts.

I also buy awkward hard to explain, maybe even embarrassing Busse knives, things like The Hood Knife number 18 out of five made, a ZTBM that shows grinder burn, a ZTNO that is Mis-marked as a ZT Steel Heart.

Looking back, it looks like that last knives I sold on the exchange were sold back in December 2004, So while I may buy for Resale, it would appear that I seem to hold onto them for several years before I actually resell them.

I did trade away a knife I bought for resale just 3 or 4 years ago, I traded it for some cash and a Busse NICK that I gave to my Wife.(I nearly doubled my money and Now my Wife's Nick is worth about double what I took it for as trade)

Yes it would appear that I am an EVIL Profit Maker from the Sale of Busse Knives.

Prolly a holdover from when I was a Busse Dealer nearly 7 years ago.

Part of the Whole "No Regrets" thing.
 
I buy mostly to collect and use. I sell the ones I receive that don't seem to fit into my user rotation or the collection. I've sold a few for profit but most close to even or at a loss. Some knives I buy purely for trading fodder. Mil Overruns especially. For some reason people go crazy over the overruns. Probably my only hope of ever getting a force one is getting some obscure overrun in a ganza and trading it off.
 
silverdragon33 said:
i sell if i need to (which happens to be more often than i'd like). i'd like to keep all of them (except for the ones with handles that don't work for me).

and i use every one that i own
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well put:thumbup:.....I have had alot of INFI flow through my hands......and now I only have my HOGASH...and that is gonna go to the grave with me...

(until I see the first one for sale on the exchange and the seal is broken)
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which brings up a good question.....would any of you buy a personalized Busse like the HOG edition ASH off the cove.....it is still INFI right?
 
I buy them to hold down my house in case of tornado.
 
Oh I forgot to add that Busse seems to come out with models I like more and more, meaning some potential users have to go. I do wonder if the PD will ever come back though other than the few customs released now and then :confused:
 
beefangusbeef said:
Probably my only hope of ever getting a force one is getting some obscure overrun in a ganza and trading it off.
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I had one of those once early on in my all-things-Busse life. I had it for awhile and eventually sold it off because I did not feel like I could put it to good use, especially with that American tanto edge.

FWIW though, I will say that that knife evoked the involuntary, spontaneous "Holy S***" and gasp out of more people than any other knife I have ever seen, including very nice customs, my Silent Knight, etc. It is like the knife equivalent of Dirty Harry's 44 mag when he first pulls it out and starts pointing it at bad guys. Awesome to be sure, but not always practical. I wonder--has anyone ever used a Force 1 at Fogos??? Anybody?
 
I have never really sold a piece of infi yet. I put a bad up for sale or trade specifically to pick up a midsized user. I really liked it, but had no money to buy a mid sized user, and I already had a GW, and a SS, I had the smaller size covered.

If I had sold the bad instead of trade, I would have been on the exchange the instant the money hit to pick up another.

They are all users (my very limited 4).

I would have a really hard time not using any piece I purchased. AA, Terror monkey, I think I would eventually have to use them. Perhaps if I had lots, and every size was covered, then I would be ok with not using one.
 
Busse collecting for profit, lol, that's funny. My wallet is so much thinner as a result of the INFI bug that I don't think profit comes anywhere close to the reason for doing it! But your three options don't really capture why I do it. I don't use most of the knives I have, only a few. The others I like to collect, but not for profit or to resell. I just like owning them, seeing them first-hand. I let the ones I'm not as into go, and rotate 'em through like that. I try to buy smart, but I'll lose money on a knife sometimes if I really want it.
 
I only have four, a CGFBM, a GW, a skelly Warden, and a skinny Ash,i use the hell out of em, somebody told me thats what Busse's are for, keep a sharp edge,G.M
 
I buy Busse knives for profit... Not my profit mind you, but Jerry's!! I have bought many extras that I keep saying I'll sell... But here most still remain as I have trouble actually parting with them. Most I feel that I bought to eventually make a little off of will probably wind up being traded instead for others, some will be sold here & there, but If I ever manage to break even, I'll be surprised! :) Ah, well... I'll always have my user #27's, other users, and the core group of my collection, even if I'm forced to shed the rest.

The new problem now is... Some will have to go soon. Too many knives, too little room for storage. :(
 
I have to touch em...I cant help it.:o

I have to too really know if its the one .

I have made some on some and lost some on others. I pray it all evens itself out.


The main reason I buy Busse's and guns though...... is to keep my investement banker honest and scared to death of screwing me:D:D;)
 
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