Not an awful lot to say except to thanks to Skunk at the BCS :thumbup:
I've been chasing a warden for a good while after first spotting them on the BCS some time ago. I guess I missed the original warden run and it was total luck I came upon them when trying to track down an Active Duty, just as the tiger wardens had sold out at the BCS (so not sure how much I missed the GW run by).
I spent a while trying to track down a green linen and satin (my fav colour-combo) GW inside my price range with little success.
Luckily I was able to snag a Lep which arrived in the UK this morning.
Whilst I do still relish the prospect of a Satin and Green linen GW I love this Lep!
This is not only my first busse but my first knife of this level of quality (my most expensive knives before have been a Spyderco Military and two HI Khukuris) and I am very impressed.
The first thing which strikes me is the rather unique feel of the Micarta; I'd admired the look of the material for some time, and held what I believe was paper micarta on a randal, but in honesty the micarta felt nothing like I expected. It seems both solid and weighty with very little give, with a rather unique texture.
The blade colour is something I notice a few people have questioned and I have to concur, a few of the pictures show the coating as much lighter green than it is. Mine are included in this. It's a really nice deep olive that seems quite hard to capture in the light of the flash.
All in all, I can truly see why people fall in love with Busse knives. Before this purchase my favourite knives have been my khukuris or knives I've resepected from a purely practical perspective (e.g. spydies for their lightweight functionality). What I seem to have found in Busse knives is a combination of beauty and sheer performance!
Anyway, I'm preaching to the choir here so I'll be quiet
Here's a pic of the knife. Thanks again to Skunk for hooking me up and to Jerry for such an awesome product.
Also
Medium size pic (Click me)
Rather Large pic (Click me)
I've been chasing a warden for a good while after first spotting them on the BCS some time ago. I guess I missed the original warden run and it was total luck I came upon them when trying to track down an Active Duty, just as the tiger wardens had sold out at the BCS (so not sure how much I missed the GW run by).
I spent a while trying to track down a green linen and satin (my fav colour-combo) GW inside my price range with little success.
Luckily I was able to snag a Lep which arrived in the UK this morning.
Whilst I do still relish the prospect of a Satin and Green linen GW I love this Lep!
This is not only my first busse but my first knife of this level of quality (my most expensive knives before have been a Spyderco Military and two HI Khukuris) and I am very impressed.
The first thing which strikes me is the rather unique feel of the Micarta; I'd admired the look of the material for some time, and held what I believe was paper micarta on a randal, but in honesty the micarta felt nothing like I expected. It seems both solid and weighty with very little give, with a rather unique texture.
The blade colour is something I notice a few people have questioned and I have to concur, a few of the pictures show the coating as much lighter green than it is. Mine are included in this. It's a really nice deep olive that seems quite hard to capture in the light of the flash.
All in all, I can truly see why people fall in love with Busse knives. Before this purchase my favourite knives have been my khukuris or knives I've resepected from a purely practical perspective (e.g. spydies for their lightweight functionality). What I seem to have found in Busse knives is a combination of beauty and sheer performance!
Anyway, I'm preaching to the choir here so I'll be quiet
Here's a pic of the knife. Thanks again to Skunk for hooking me up and to Jerry for such an awesome product.
Also
Medium size pic (Click me)
Rather Large pic (Click me)
will do. Just need to read up on fitting the sheath to the knife now 
