Forsaken Mistress poll

Did you order or not.

  • I got one or more

    Votes: 83 44.9%

  • I passed on this offering

    Votes: 92 49.7%

  • I am still on the fence.

    Votes: 10 5.4%
  • Total voters
    185
I can definitely see the appeal of the fully convex finish in spydies an Jaxx's posts.

makes me wonder, hypothetically, could the CBT be ground away on a blade I plan to keep forever?

(assuming we don't care about warranty or resale because infi will last forever by itself)
 
David Brown said:
One of the Busse's that I sold years ago and still regret (yep regrets I have a few but then again to few to mention ...........) is the old Military Overrun Bowie tipped FBM, man I loved that blade. If you ever see one come up for sale they are well above what these are going for.

For me it was an easy choice to get this one, its like a MO FBM that you can get any way you like and its over 12" long

I can not wait.

Congrats to all who scored

Those that passed............its not too late but it is getting later :)
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That’s exactly what made me jump on this one, those old MO FBMs. Always wanted one but they kept getting more expensive!
 
Finely, made some tea, and checked out my Comp with machined black canvas lol
The only reservations I had, weren' about this mistress being Bada$$ enough, (Cuzz she is)
The only reason I was on the fence for a min, was the thought of what' coming next, if the trend continues, it' only Gona get better, I don' want to run out of beans, by the time TGLB LE comes out lol
Still kicking my self for not getting Busse credit on black Friday, but that' another story.
 
I got one-comp with black canvas. I think this is the first time I've gotten canvas handles since my very first Busse but I'm tired of being bent over the table for G-10.
 
Well in my opinion Micarta feels better on big choppers. I am probably passing on this one as I saw a sweet PTR-91 in .308 I want to pursue.
 
mpjustin said:
Have many blades have been offered with LB treatment? Are there more than just this and the TGLB?
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No not many. I believe this is the largest Busse to be offered with the LB treatment. It’s what pushed me over the edge for this one! There’s at least one other blade with it, the Argonne Assault Light Brigade. It had knuckle gaurds.

What else had the light brigade treatment you ol HOGS? Is this only the 3rd Busse to ever offer LB treatment?
 
I tried for 10 minutes to get a nuked with smoothed black g10 but the site kept freezing. That is ok since I probably wouldn't use it in so-cal. 6-8 inches is about my sweet spot anyway.
 
Currawong said:
Makes sense. I was kinda hoping you intended to skin and process rabbits or similar with it, would be cool to see.

I've seen there's a technique where you tie a loop of cord to the handle of a large knife and hang that around your upper forearm, then use your hand to hold the blade near the tip. Lets you handle a large knife like it's a small knife. Never seen anyone do it though.
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I've done it and it works well for flat spined choppers like the BB13 or NMFBM, but it does require more attention to where you move that arm in between cuts.
 
Dadgummit said:
I tried for 10 minutes to get a nuked with smoothed black g10 but the site kept freezing. That is ok since I probably wouldn't use it in so-cal. 6-8 inches is about my sweet spot anyway.
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Username checks out, dadgummit!
 
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Ulf Krogstad said:
Think most are, have been told by custom makers they don't understand why Busse charges so much for g10 as its not much more expensive than micarta and easier to machine. Can see being charged something extra, but on some of these models being around $100 just for g10 is nuts.
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I think the G10 has multicolor options and some shaping that the micarta doesnt get, but regardless I appreciate the pricing because the G10 looks an feels like an upgrade so it makes sense to charge it as such. If it wasnt, everyone would be going for the free multicolored G10. This way they incentivise the somewhat plainer option of micarta.
 
Leonardo63 said:
One might argue that the work being done on the HOGB8 could be considered the LB treatment for Res-C ? o_O
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L63 that ResC work is actually even LIGHTER than the light brigade treatment on LB knives. At least when making comparisons to blades that are similar lengths and thicknesses, like the TGLB and Basic8LE. At what is sometimes a better price tag but same warranty. Which is one place my growing love for ResC blades is founded. :):thumbsup::thumbsup:

The problem is, in my opinion anyways, and as mentioned above, is we have so few LB treated knives of which to compare to the vast array of ResC knives available!

A fourth LB model that just hit me is the TGMLB. I think most of us would consider it separate from the full sized TGLB? Anyways, there are a few of them out there, but they were only available at shows and such I believe so are rare and hard to come by. I think Zombieassassin might have had one for sale awhile back on the X. I would love to compare that blade to the DS6!!! But my guess is the DS is lighter! ;) I would also love LOVE ❤️ to see how they compared in a stress test to failure! But I wouldn’t make any guesses on how that would turn out! :)
 
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