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I made a resolution to make more time to actually use my Busse knives. No dying man ever said he should have spent more time working.
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Has anybody made a BUSSE related New Year's resolution?
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ARMYOf1
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I made that same resolution a few years back!!! I feel ya!
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Yes. I will hold my breath until BCG makes a chisel ground knife.
Happy New Year!
Rolf, How's that working out for you? Turning blue yet?
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I tell myself this regardless of the day of the year. It hasn't worked for some reason...
This also makes sense
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Touche you win!!To only buy knives that I need.
Which being a sheath maker I need every last one so it's an easy resolution to keep.
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This wasn't specifically Busse oriented - but, since the only knives I have been buying for the past few months were out of Operation 2 Weeks, it pretty much is - I've reaffirmed my resolve to limit my purchases to knives I really want...and to sell off a chunk of the collection. (Toward that end, I cancelled my double talon mistress before the last call went out
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Sell all that aren't being used.
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Let me sum up....
The group resolution is to buy only as many knives as we can use and keep secret from our wives while selling everything we are not using so we can use the money to buy as many knives as we can use while keeping them secret from our wives.
Does that about cover it?
The group resolution is to buy only as many knives as we can use and keep secret from our wives while selling everything we are not using so we can use the money to buy as many knives as we can use while keeping them secret from our wives.
Does that about cover it?
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At the risk of getting too sentimental and long winded, this is a special new year for me.
In October 2013 after 18 years of marriage and not being able to have kids my wife and I adopted a newborn baby girl. We had about 5 weeks notice from the time we were picked by her birth mother until she was born.
Some of you may know me, many may not, but back about 15 years ago I started making Kydex sheaths for resale which expanded into leather working, blacksmithing, knife making and holster making. All of this was possible in large part because my wife travels for work 2-4 days a week and I would come home from my 50+ hour a week career in IT then go work in the shop until 2 or 3 in the morning. We didn't have kids so it was a lot of time for me to play and hang out with the dogs. Since about 2008 when Obama was elected I spent the vast majority of my time making pistol holsters for the booming firearms market.
Once we found out about our daughter I immediately stopped taking new orders and basically shut down my business. Although I have never regretted that decision those of you who make things for a living or hobby know it's never truly out of your blood. I kept making leather gear and the occasional knife for personal use and have had plenty of honey-do's to keep me busy in the shop, but have wanted to get back to making things for others as well.
Over the past few months, now that the baby is older, I've gradually noticed I can get a little more time here and there to go work in the shop. It's still tough to be separated from the family and impossible to do while my wife travels, so during the past 4-6 weeks I have relocated my leather working equipment into the house. After a lot of thought on how best to use my resources I settled on focusing on my first love, knives, and my passion for Busse knives in particular. Starting in the next few weeks I will be making ready to ship custom leather sheaths. For now I just plan to make them using the fairly extensive collection of Busse knives I own, as well as the ones I have on order.
So that's my Busse New Years Resolution. Back in business making some cool leather for the best knives on the market.
In October 2013 after 18 years of marriage and not being able to have kids my wife and I adopted a newborn baby girl. We had about 5 weeks notice from the time we were picked by her birth mother until she was born.
Some of you may know me, many may not, but back about 15 years ago I started making Kydex sheaths for resale which expanded into leather working, blacksmithing, knife making and holster making. All of this was possible in large part because my wife travels for work 2-4 days a week and I would come home from my 50+ hour a week career in IT then go work in the shop until 2 or 3 in the morning. We didn't have kids so it was a lot of time for me to play and hang out with the dogs. Since about 2008 when Obama was elected I spent the vast majority of my time making pistol holsters for the booming firearms market.
Once we found out about our daughter I immediately stopped taking new orders and basically shut down my business. Although I have never regretted that decision those of you who make things for a living or hobby know it's never truly out of your blood. I kept making leather gear and the occasional knife for personal use and have had plenty of honey-do's to keep me busy in the shop, but have wanted to get back to making things for others as well.
Over the past few months, now that the baby is older, I've gradually noticed I can get a little more time here and there to go work in the shop. It's still tough to be separated from the family and impossible to do while my wife travels, so during the past 4-6 weeks I have relocated my leather working equipment into the house. After a lot of thought on how best to use my resources I settled on focusing on my first love, knives, and my passion for Busse knives in particular. Starting in the next few weeks I will be making ready to ship custom leather sheaths. For now I just plan to make them using the fairly extensive collection of Busse knives I own, as well as the ones I have on order.
So that's my Busse New Years Resolution. Back in business making some cool leather for the best knives on the market.
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Time to increase the beatings with the old AK.
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Hey bud. Yep. Still puttin' the fear into them.
How you been? Any chop offs lately? My email went a little wonky so I will have to check again. Teasing me with pics of a certain Rat chopper?- Joined
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