HOG, BACON, PORK, ETC - What gives?

Kenneth F Huls

Kenneth F Huls

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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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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
 
AntDog said:
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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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.
 
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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Kenneth F Huls said:
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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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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Ironkid883 said:
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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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?!
 
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