JohnTheTexican
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Those who were around in 2007 will no doubt recall the HOG ASH-1 offer. Buy one ASH-1 LE and one CG ASH-1, and get a special HOG ASH-1 "for the original 1992 Steel Heart 1 price of only $167.00!!!!!."
There are many like it, but this one's mine:
I think this cleaning up after Hurricane Ike.
After a considerable amount of use and abuse, the muddy coating was getting sort of ratty looking around the edges (and chipped at the tip), and I thought I'd go ahead and strip it. I'd never tried stripping a knife before, but I figured that since this was the cheapest Busse I've ever bought, why not? My plan was to go whole-hog and give it the full satin treatment, but when the coating came off, this is what I found:
It looks an awful lot like Double Cut to me. In fact, here it is next to a black canvas and double cut ASH-1:
The finishes look darned near identical:
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There are many like it, but this one's mine:
I think this cleaning up after Hurricane Ike.
After a considerable amount of use and abuse, the muddy coating was getting sort of ratty looking around the edges (and chipped at the tip), and I thought I'd go ahead and strip it. I'd never tried stripping a knife before, but I figured that since this was the cheapest Busse I've ever bought, why not? My plan was to go whole-hog and give it the full satin treatment, but when the coating came off, this is what I found:
It looks an awful lot like Double Cut to me. In fact, here it is next to a black canvas and double cut ASH-1:
The finishes look darned near identical:
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