hdd big brother

[boring]

In the early 1990s there was a company based out of Lima Ohio. they manufactured a boot style knife called the bodyguard.

 

[boring]

Here is an original sheath

 

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finished knife

 

[boring]

the knife in the middle is an unfinished bodyguard knife. the knife on the left is a finished bodyguard. same steel/ handle dimensions as the hdd a decade or two later. I thought that interesting.

 

[B.F.U]

So it is or isn't a Busse?

 

[boring]

it is not a busse. don't let anyone tell you different

 

[boring]

so in fact it is not a busse copy either. it predates the hdd.

 

[boring]

now you know the rest of the story. anybody familiar with the bodyguard knife or info on that company?

 

[B.F.U]

The left two knives look different. Jimping, coating, handle. Are they from the same company?

 

[boring]

yes. the middle knife is an unfinished knife. It would have became the knife on the left.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

Are you saying that Busse copied the knife? What was the name of the company?

 

[boring]

don't know what the name of the company was.

 

[leatherman]

That sheath is very unique! I like it.

 

[boring]

works very well. push your thumb into the center and withdraw. I have been thinking about filing the inside of one to try to get the hdd to fit. I don't know if its the coating, but the hdd will not go in....smoothly. so I didn't force it. I would like to see a big gulp infi version of the hdd.

 

[boring]

it has a boot clip on the back that can rotate 360 degrees.

 

[sictimmy]

..........................

 

[sictimmy]

That is interesting. How did you come by the unfinished version?

 

[sictimmy]

Well now I'm super curious the full story just made me more curious

 

[boring]

local flea market. if they wouldn't have been in the original sheaths, I wouldn't have recognized them.

 

[boring]

when the company called it quits they sold of remaining stock.