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HOG, BACON, PORK, ETC - What gives?

Discussion in 'Busse Combat Knives' started by Kenneth F Huls, Sep 14, 2019.

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  1. Sep 14, 2019 #1
    Kenneth F Huls

    Kenneth F Huls Gold Member Gold Member

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    SO this is slightly embarrassing and I have resisted asking this question for a long time 'cuz, well, I think I am somehow supposed to just know about this and all.

    What is the deal with the whole pig/porcine connection here with all things Busse? If there is a thread that lays out the genesis and history, please direct me, ok?

    Was the HOG (Heavy Ordinance Grade) editions the chicken or the egg? If not that, then what?

    Please be gentle! (HaHa! - yeah, I know that ain't gonna happen, but then, I like to think I ain't so shrinking violet of a snowflake, so bring it on!)
     
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  2. Sep 14, 2019 #2
    SpyderPhreak

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    Oink! Squeal!!!
     
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  3. Sep 14, 2019 #3
    Currawong

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    It all started here

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  4. Sep 14, 2019 #4
    Kenneth F Huls

    Kenneth F Huls Gold Member Gold Member

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    . . . I see . . . . Not. :rolleyes:
     
  5. Sep 14, 2019 #5
    SpyderPhreak

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    HOGS, RATS & DOGS...

    IMG_4326.jpg

    Let's Drink!!!

    :D :thumbsup:
     
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  6. Sep 14, 2019 #6
    Kenneth F Huls

    Kenneth F Huls Gold Member Gold Member

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    and . . .

    I am not going to get an answer, am I? :oops:
     
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  7. Sep 14, 2019 #7
    SpyderPhreak

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    Nope. :) Just trampled at the trough. ;)







    The truth is out there.
     
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  8. Sep 14, 2019 #8
    AntDog

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    It’s simply the “mascot” of each branch of the company. Busse Combat is the hogs. Scrapyard Knife Works is the dogs. Swamp Rat is, of course, the rats.

    I’ve been here since well before this and noticed it, but AFAIK it’s just the mascots for the different branches.

    Or, the different steels are infused with bacon grease, dog blood, and rat blood... muahahahaha
     
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  9. Sep 14, 2019 #9
    Kenneth F Huls

    Kenneth F Huls Gold Member Gold Member

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    AntDog, thank you, Kindly thank you, for attempting a sincere answer to a sincere, but playful, question. The rest, well, I appreciate the playfulness! And about what I expected!

    Yes, I get the mascot connex. That is, for two out of three. Dog makes sense with the yard. Junkyard dog and all that. Rat for, well, a SwampRAT. Got it. Yup.
    Hog for . . . Busse???? Nope, I don't see the connection. Which is why I ask. Seems there must have been something more to it at one point, but then, perhaps not. No less fun if there is nothing other than whimsy involved. Truly. Just wanting to know.
     
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  10. Sep 14, 2019 #10
    Ironkid883

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    Scrap yard = gaurd dog junkyard dog
    Swamp rat = big effin rat
    Busse = boar sign of power and masculinity in olden days thats the best i can figure the boar was used a sigil of power and a symbol of royalty .
    Hence why busse has it cos the are the topline of the knife group .
    Just my take on it
     
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  11. Sep 14, 2019 #11
    AntDog

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    Nope, he doesn’t see the connection. It had to have meaning, dammit! :rolleyes:
     
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  12. Sep 14, 2019 #12
    OnceBitten

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    Damned Ohio pig farmers gettin' the customers confudged...

    Hogs in the barn, Bull Terriers in the yard guarding the broken-down crap, rats in the sheds, and then.......someone comes along looking for logic.

    There is NONE.

    :p

    :thumbsup:
     
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  13. Sep 14, 2019 #13
    bikerector

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    I imagine he had trouble getting trademark rights for the bourbon to use as his mascot. It would fill in that list nicely for you.

    Bourbon, the real mascot of Busse.
     
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  14. Sep 14, 2019 #14
    d762nato

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    Only the Janitor knows for sure and I believe he's drunk again. Cheers! :D
     
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  15. Sep 14, 2019 #15
    littlehoot

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    A razorback boar hog is a dangerous beast, indeed.
     
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  16. Sep 14, 2019 #16
    tuica

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  17. Sep 14, 2019 #17
    Kenneth F Huls

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    So, like lions, bees, and the color purple. I see.

    No, seriously. That is good enough for me, thank you, Ironkid!

    The lesson I take it is that no one (yet?) has a mythical story to tell about an improbable event involving Jerry, a wild Russian boar, a finely made but tremendously robust knife, and a bottle of "the good stuff" at that old, cold, drafty cabin in the woods where he did his grinding in the late '70's?!
     
  18. Sep 14, 2019 #18
    Kenneth F Huls

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    o_O Well, no, it does not have to. But I thought it might just the same. Hence, my inquiry. I knew I was taking a risk here! :eek:
     
  19. Sep 14, 2019 #19
    Kenneth F Huls

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  20. Sep 14, 2019 #20
    Kenneth F Huls

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    My parting word on the subject is that I see John the Texican had the same question in '07, I believe, and that is pretty darn good company! :D
     
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