I have not had this blade to long and even though I truly love it, I would like to see what kind of offers I can get. There are only about 15 or so of these B.U.S.K.s made and I have haven't seen one up for sale or trade since they were originally released years ago.
Specifications:
Steel: L6
Grind: Hollow ground spearpoint
Rockwell: 57-58
Blade Length: 6.75 inches
Blade Thickness: 0.25 inches
Handle Length: 6.75 inches
Overall Length: 13.5 inches
Handle Material: G10 Birch Bark Pattern (removable)
Sheath: Original Kydex with Tec Lock plus an OD blackhawk Airborne Deluxe sheath (slightly moded)
Other: KC gun-kote
Misc: Michael Burch has been acknowledged as a maker to watch in 2008 by Blade magazine. Here is a link to the article.
Condition: Gingerly used, but in excellent overall condition. Kydex rubs and general scuffs on gun-kote. This can be re-coated and sharpened to be back to 100% at no charge from Burch.
More Info from the Maker: "The knife is designed to be an all around heavy-duty camp/combat knife that is comfortable to use for a variety of tasks. The handle is long (about six inches from the butt to the front of the scales) so you can easily chop with it, or choke up for fine work. The choil gives even more room to choke up and it trails into the edge so material won't be caught in it. A checkered thumb-ramp is placed right were your thumb would naturally lay and all edges are smoothed over except for the spine for those of you that like to smack firestarters." - Posted by Burchtree in Bladeforums.com on 1/4/06.
"Nice to see one of those around! I probably put more thought into the designing of the BUSK than any other knife I ever made, but it didn't hit off as well as some other blades. I made them to be around 57-58 HRC so they can take plenty of abuse. I wanted them to be easily "sharpenable" in the field (without a diamond hone ). The handles are removeable so the blade can be sent back to me for a fresh coat of gun-kote if ever needed. The reason the handles is a little long is so you can hold it in the back for serious chopping or choke up for fine work. The finger-groove/choil is radiused out toward the edge so you won't cut your fingers while choking up and it allows material to slide towards the edge is it gets caught in there." - Posted by Burchtree in the Jerzeedevil.com forums on 3/4/08.
I reserve the right to pull this off the trade table at anytime. I'm interested in bigger Busse's, Fehrman's, Dozier's, customs and who knows. If its a bigger hard use camp knife and I will take a look at it.
Please email me HERE if you have something to offer.
Specifications:
Steel: L6
Grind: Hollow ground spearpoint
Rockwell: 57-58
Blade Length: 6.75 inches
Blade Thickness: 0.25 inches
Handle Length: 6.75 inches
Overall Length: 13.5 inches
Handle Material: G10 Birch Bark Pattern (removable)
Sheath: Original Kydex with Tec Lock plus an OD blackhawk Airborne Deluxe sheath (slightly moded)
Other: KC gun-kote
Misc: Michael Burch has been acknowledged as a maker to watch in 2008 by Blade magazine. Here is a link to the article.
Condition: Gingerly used, but in excellent overall condition. Kydex rubs and general scuffs on gun-kote. This can be re-coated and sharpened to be back to 100% at no charge from Burch.
More Info from the Maker: "The knife is designed to be an all around heavy-duty camp/combat knife that is comfortable to use for a variety of tasks. The handle is long (about six inches from the butt to the front of the scales) so you can easily chop with it, or choke up for fine work. The choil gives even more room to choke up and it trails into the edge so material won't be caught in it. A checkered thumb-ramp is placed right were your thumb would naturally lay and all edges are smoothed over except for the spine for those of you that like to smack firestarters." - Posted by Burchtree in Bladeforums.com on 1/4/06.
"Nice to see one of those around! I probably put more thought into the designing of the BUSK than any other knife I ever made, but it didn't hit off as well as some other blades. I made them to be around 57-58 HRC so they can take plenty of abuse. I wanted them to be easily "sharpenable" in the field (without a diamond hone ). The handles are removeable so the blade can be sent back to me for a fresh coat of gun-kote if ever needed. The reason the handles is a little long is so you can hold it in the back for serious chopping or choke up for fine work. The finger-groove/choil is radiused out toward the edge so you won't cut your fingers while choking up and it allows material to slide towards the edge is it gets caught in there." - Posted by Burchtree in the Jerzeedevil.com forums on 3/4/08.
I reserve the right to pull this off the trade table at anytime. I'm interested in bigger Busse's, Fehrman's, Dozier's, customs and who knows. If its a bigger hard use camp knife and I will take a look at it.
Please email me HERE if you have something to offer.