Early BM Question

OilMan

OilMan

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Did the early BMs have the resperine handles? Is the included pic a BM? If so is it rare at all? To me it looks like a Basic 9 but the one's I've held were full flat grinds if I remember correctly and this one is a high sabre grind.??

Thanks,

greg
 
That looks cheesy to me:D But I don't really know much about the older knives. Someone that does should be along to help.

(as in a rat)

OilMan said:
Did the early BMs have the resperine handles? Is the included pic a BM? If so is it rare at all? To me it looks like a Basic 9 but the one's I've held were full flat grinds if I remember correctly and this one is a high sabre grind.??

Thanks,

greg
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I agree, something isn't right about it. Here's what the guy originally had to say:

Here are some Photo's of the 1998 Busse Mistress this Knife was bought at the Indy 1500 Gun & Knife Show in the fall of 1998 by the original owner and it has been in the Safe ever since it is MINT.

He's also telling me that Ratweilers originally went for $375 and I'm thinking it was around $190 or so but I may be wrong. He's actually into other knives though so I'm thinking he's just relaying what he was told.

Any info is appreciated.

thanks,

Greg
 
Maybe Jerry made a few odd variations back then, but that's not what I remember the first Battle Mistresses looking like.

They were more like this:

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thats a swamprat battle rat. it originally retailed for less than 200.00, i believe around 150.00 or so.

of the early swamprat line, of which the ratweiler was one, none were anywhere near 375, unless it was a custom shop. but i still find that hard to believe.
 
That is nothing more than a Swamp Rat Battle Rat....Retail was in the neighborhood of 140ish they currently go for 200-250 depending on color and condition. The FIRST Busse with a Res- C handle was the Tali-Whacker. Only 68 were released to the public and it says "Tali-Whacker" on the side. Ratweilers were 170ish when released. I would call the fella "mis-informed" RWs go for 200-250 these days.
 
It has a penetrator tip....a small, but nice feature.

Here is the Swamp Rat Price list....Thank Paddling_man for the effort
Camp Tramp $128.95
Battle Rat $148.95
Paul's Ratchet $98.95
Howling Rat $88.95
Bandicoot $88.95
Desert Battle Rat $158.95
Desert Camp Tramp $138.95
Bog Dog $78.95
Rat Tail $68.95
Ratweiler $178.95
Safari Skinner $108.95
Rat Trap $138.95

Mischief 6 $168.95
Howling Rat LM (Little Mischief) $128.95
Mini-Mojo $198.95
Mini Uncle Mojo $198.95

Crash Rat pre-order $178.95
Battle Guard $228.95
RIP intro Price $29.95
RIP current $38.95
Rat Mastiff $238.95
SAR Rat (shadow camo) $138.95
Howling Fat $98.95
Green Ratchet $108.95
Rat Daddy Combat Grade (black crinkle coated) $248.95
Rat Daddy LE (satin finish) $298.95
Rat Hunter $108.95
Dog Skinner $118.95
Desert Jack $138.95
Satin Battle Rat $198.95
INFI Bandicoot (INFICoot) $128.95


Blade West Rat Hunter (Sheep Horn and Desert Iron Wood) $258.95
Blade West Ratweiler (Sheep Horn and Desert Iron Wood) $358.95
Blade West Safari Skinner (giraffe bone bolsters and black G-10 handles. Double cut blade finish) $238.95
Blade West Dog Skinner (giraffe bone bolsters and black G-10 handles. Double cut blade finish) $238.95
Blade West SAR (black G-10 bolsters and Desert tan canvas handles. Double Cut blade finish.) $218.95
Blade West Ratweiler (Beater Green G-10 bolsters and black G-10 handles. Double Cut Blade finish.) $298.95
Blade West SAR (black G-10 sandwiched between Ivory and blue paper micarta handles. Double Cut blade finish.) $248.95

Knob Creek
OD & Desert Ratweilers $178.95
Urban Shadow and Desert Shadow Ratweilers $198.95

SAR Variant (Green G-10 with a vicious serrated recurved ) $249
SAR Variant (wicked recurved blade and hand shaped custom made G-10 consisting of alternating layers of desert tan and olive drab) $249
SAR Variant (hand shaped red G-10 handles) $249
SAR Variant (serrated recurved blade and Snake Skin Micarta Handles) $249
SAR Variant (wicked recurved blade and hand shaped custom made G-10 consisting of alternating layers of desert tan and blue spruce) $249
SAR Variant (hand shaped red G-10 handles, serrated or PE) $249
Rat Shaker $58.95
Rat Tail (without wrapped handle) $68.95


Minumental Extravaganzaa
A2T Ratchet - $88.95 or $58.95 with purchase of another Minumental item
Custom Dog Skinners (black and tan g10) $198.95
Safari Skinner (desert olive) $98.95

Microscopic Extravaganza
Battle Rat (thru hardened, black blade, tan res-c) $118.95

Blade West 06
Mudweiler $188.95
Mud Mastiff $238.95
Mud M6 $178.95
Howling Rat Custom Variant $158.95
 
Blade West Rat Hunter (Sheep Horn and Desert Iron Wood) $258.95
Blade West Safari Skinner (giraffe bone bolsters and black G-10 handles. Double cut blade finish) $238.95
Blade West Dog Skinner (giraffe bone bolsters and black G-10 handles. Double cut blade finish) $238.95
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Wish i talk someone out of those... oh man, this isn't the rat forum, is it???? :foot:
 
hmmm, a resiprene handled BM, what a novel idea, lets call it a Basic 9 :D

But yup that is definitelly a battlerat.
 
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