Glut on the Exchange

Balislinger

Balislinger

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Hey bros, hope all is well out there! I've never seen so many freakin' Busses on the exchange! It seems like I list one and it's already on page 2 in five minutes! I'm wondering if that's more common in the month before Blade, or if you think it's the economy and that many for sale is unprecedented.

Also wondering how much the Blade Show affects the buying and selling of Busse knives, both before and after the show. Any related Ganzaas?
 
It's great if your a buyer :D

I've noticed that they come in waves. the exchange has been pretty busy lately probably due to Blade but also the SAR 4 release has surely stirred the pot as well.
 
Hey, George. I think the ITHogAssasin and Giant both have it right. There has been a lot of action coming out of the Busse camp with the HG55, Sar 4's and the KZ's possible appearance. I bet most of us are in the "infi in, infi out" mindset because of the economy AND because it's part of the fun of collecting. Now Blade is coming and a lot of Hogs wanna be prepared in case something absolutely unexpected comes up (a la Silent Knight from last year where poor Jaxx got trough-stomped by the wiley Old Physics).

This is the second time I've been around for this cycle, and it's certainly a buyer's market.

Hope you're well, man. SofiBelle is due any moment now. Wifey was 2cm yesterday. :eek:
 
trukreltrog said:
Seemed like there was a lot of sales before KC too.
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Very true, there were alot. Every year it seems like sale threads increase before blade. But who can blame someone for getting rid of a few they dont use or some excess for the chance to get some pieces at blade.
 
I've kicked myself for missing out on a few pretty dang good deals on the exchange - I'm just not quick enough!
 
Bad time to SELL INFI right now. And I've got a few blades that have to go. LOL

I will say this - there are some SHOCKING prices out there. Below-cost prices. :O I'm half-tempted to jump in on 3 of them. . . if I had the $. Plus I'm considering just buying one S5 just to have it in my hands. I have NO use for it, but just for yucks.
 
I don't think its the economy or upcomming Blade show at all.

When Busse started cranking up prodution to a much higher level than ever before is when the exchange started to be flooded. Many move INFI out to bring more INFI in.
As long as Busse is making as many knives as they are today the exchange will stay flooded.

The good thing is you can get the more recent models at Busse cost... or less than cost at times.
The bad thing is you can't by a Busse anymore unless you're possitive its one you will like and keep
In the past I would buy many to see how it felt, knowing I could sell it the day I got it if I didn't like(at cost). Can't do that anymore.
 
I tend to agree with Ken on this one. I have seen interest in some fairly pricey stuff (Busse and elsewhere), which leads me to believe that folks have the $, but perhaps the right knife has just not yet come along.

I think that Jerry has definitely poured some high methane scotch in the production gas tank, and I don't see that tank running on empty anytime soon. That said, buy what you want. You can expect great performances from most Busse knives, but it's probably unrealistic to expect that you're going to make $ buying and selling Busses (at least if you want to make more than about $1.06/hour).

Oh...one other thing...














Long live green linen!!!

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Just wait until the week after Blade, youll have flippers and people realising they spent to much trying to get rid of stuff.
 
Steelnut,
It's an old AD that I picked up before tigerhide was in. It has a Busse Custom Shop logo on it (the one with the square containing the guy working on a knife? to the left of "Busse Custom Shop") and I thought (I am pretty sure) it was the original green linen. The flash makes it look brighter than it really is under natural light. But I have had tigerhide, snake, etc. etc. and it does not look like any of those.

Here are 2 different pics of the same knife:

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The market seems flooded as hell. When i started buying Busse knives it was easy to buy one that you found and know that if you didnt like it you could turn around and sell it quick to buy another. That is not that case right now. Now it is a smart idea to do your research before you buy because you may not sell it if it does not fit you well.

I bought and sold about 16 Busse knives to find the three that fit well. The three I kept were a HH FSH, SHBM, and a NMFBM. I think Busse knives shine in the larger blades. I use different knives as my small slicers. If I would have gone through the same 16 knives now as opposed to months ago I would have taken a huge loss on them and not broke even like I did. I guess I lost money on shipping and such but thats a given.

Being in Casper Wyoming makes it hard to handle knives before you buy them, even the gun and knife shows are very small. I used to live in california and it would have been much easier out there. There is also very few pass arounds on more expensive blades, so that takes one more option away for people.

I think its partialy the economy, the knife market in general, and Blade/knob creek. Hopefully it all stabilizes, but it does make it easier for the normal guy to buy a Busse knife. It used to be annoying when it came to buying a Busse blade that was not being made anymore. Now, almost all of his knives can be found at any given time on the exchange. Thats a plus for buyers, but its making it hard for sellers.
 
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