How did you get started?

I was looking for a survival knife for my BOB and eventally found knifetests.com.

I thought the FFBM would be too big for my bag so I was looking at the skinny Ash since it tested high also. Then I found the company store, and at that time they had the NMSFNO and I knew what knife I was looking for. But before getting a $300+ knife I wanted to handle and fondle it. But I thoght I never would since all I was was Busse going to Knob Creek and Atlanta for Blade.

But at the Indy 1500 my dad and I were walking around and out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a satin MOAB, then got to looking, and it was the Busse table!

So, my first Busse was a NMSFNO with a tanker grey blade and black micarta scales with ribbing that I got from Mike (thatmguy). Now it's stripped and the scales smoothed, my how it's changed. That was in September? 2009.

And since that time, I've found out that the FFBM is not too big for a BOB :D

And I've only been into Busse for a little over a year, and since then I've been to Blade and Knob Creek. And both were AWEsome!!
 
Apx 3 years ago, I heard of Busses through a family member, once he told me the prices, I backed off. About a year later, a bf member responded to a spyderco trade thread I had posted. He had a meaner & scrofa le that he offered for 6 or 7 of my spydercos, I was skeptical but went ahead and made the trade.
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A few months later, I fell in love w/ Busse when I got my first Mistress (will be buried w/ it).
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Recently stripped her (my first) and I must say, she looks so much better naked.
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1996 iirc, Saw the infamous skeleton in the casket with a Birds Beak Steel Heart 2 and a Mean Street in its hands. I fell for them then. College came first.

Fade to 2001, got my Steel Heart Ergo from a friend of mine that sells military style gear at the gun shows I used to sell at as well. Its been down hill from there. :p

So, I guess you can say I've been a fan for over 14 years. yikes.
 
Always collected military style knives (kabar, camillus, lan-kay, etc.). Considered a $30-$40 knife as a really nice knife & considered those occasional $70-$100 knives as rare safe queen purchases.

My buddy whom I had been going to Knob Creek with since 1995 & who was at a higher level of knife collecting than I was talked me into buying a Ratweiller in 2004. Took this home & realized the indestructibility of this knife compared to what I thought was a good knife. The next year I stepped up to the Busse's & the addiction just started from there.

I must of been sick for a week after buying my first higher dollar Busse, but after the shock wore of I never regretted it.
 
I blame "Bully" :p

Actually I was searching for a new hunting knife and came across Bladeforums.
Lurked for a while and finally took the plunge on a HD when they were first offered.
Been refining my collection ever since.
Have had lots of help along the way.
Thank you Ducci, Skunk, PapaThud, Leatherman, Walkingman, Bully, Lil'Foo and others.

piglet
 
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Ordered my first one over the phone before I knew about bladeforums. Wanted an upgrade from my Blackjack Mamba.

Patrick
 
I was looking for a good sturdy knife for my son that was going to be joining the Marine Corps. I checked out Scrapyard/Busse/SwampRat. I ended up ordering the Scrapper 5 LE for MYSELF. I did eventually buy him a CG Scrapper 5 after his training. My first Busse came from the Indy 1500 show in Oct 2009. It was a Bama clay NMFBM. Since then I have acquired 2 SAR3s, 2 Chopweilers, 1 HRLM, 1 Ratmandu, and 1 NMSFNO. So often the question is asked "Why Busse?". My answer: Hold a Busse in one hand and a competitors knife in the other hand. The answer will be obvious.
 
As a long term custom knife collector I joined BF to correspond with other custom collectors.
I soon found the Busse Forum and decided I had to have one to see what all the fuss was about.
I purchased a CG ASH-1 direct from Amy and I was hooked!

Now I have more than 2:D
 
Saw a video on knifetests.com (guyon will love this lol) of the skinny ash. Bought my first busse, a cg ASH1 sage/tan from c4man.
 
I got into blades a long time ago...back when my Dad, and everyone else, was carrying a Buck folder- I blame Dukes of Hazard. :)

a couple years ago I got into steels-
SOG Team Leader in Duratech 20CV
Kershaw Shallot in 110V
etc.

But was never quite happy with the performance.
Started trolling around BF and researched INFI- thank you knifetests. :)

Swoopmaster was selling a BATAC SE that my wife gave to me for X-mas last year. I loved the steel, but I sold it inside a month because I hated the G10...and got a BATACLE off the exchange- which got sent to Okuden for pants.

That was quickly followed by a SJTAC off the exchange (and more Okuden pants).

Then got a SJTAC direct from Busse for my cousin going to the Sandbox- again. (Everyone @ Busse & Okuden was super quick to get it to me before his deployment and he loves BTW.)

I got a NMSFNO this fall off the exchange with hand-shaped tan micarta mags and OD green- (which got sent directly to Okuden for pants again)

Now I have a CABS on order and I'll be getting an IWB sheath from David Brown to go with it.

I'm definitely slowing down on Busse acquisitions- mostly because all my knife needs are met.

I had a chance to try out a B11 and a FSH with a fusion handle- but the b11 wasn't quite long enough and I don't care for the Fusion handle design....so now I'm waiting for something long with a open handle and paying off the CC :)
 
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I think I read about Swamp Rat in Blade, picked up a Bog Dog, and that was it. A few Bog Dogs, Howling Rats, Battle Rat and Camp Tramp later, I traded into a Game Warden and a Meaner Street. All are long gone, I had a few stripped and sharpened.

Now, I am "into" them again. Been hemming and hawing about a skinny Game Warden with a satin blade. My Camp Tramp and Battle Rat were great users. Hindsight is 50/50.
 
My first Busse takedown was done back around '07... I developed a slow burn of envy after reading some of the exploits written about right here on Blade Forums. I don't remember who I got it from, but I purchased a CG ASH1 right here off the exchange. Once I held that awesome hunk of infi in my hands I knew I NEEDED more than just that one... Since then I've bought a Dumpster Mutt, Harry Carry, Regulator, Chopweiler, BAD, Culti, Tuxedo Warden, M9LE, Dog Father, SOD, ScrapMuk, and a Waki... the only thing slowing me down from adding more to my meager collection is the lame excuse of needing food, clothing, and shelter, otherwise I'd have at least one of every Busse-kin I could get my grubby little hands on.

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I blame Paddling Man..........

Camp Tramp was the first one I saw and it was instant love, I eventually got a through hardened Battle Rat from Stacey as my first Swamp Rat and my first Busse was a FNMOASH.
 
I found Busse in 2000, and could not justify the price. I read Cliff Stamps reviews, and still no go for me.
Then in 2007 I was hooked by a pic of the FBMLE. I had to have one.
I bought a Dog Father LE, and loved it.
I then had to have an FBMLE. It was hard to make that $700 purchase, but all the other purchases after that, were easy.
I bought my first Busse, the FBM LE, from Skunker at the BCS.
Al
 
I saw some of Lunde's pictures over on SigForum and after doing some digging found the company store and blade forums. Now I don't get to shoot as much because my ammo money gets spent on Busse's :-)
 
I remember seeing some back in the mid-90's but could not afford anything while in college. Then I saw reference here on BF and started to read on them. Then in 08 I decided to get a SOD from the Yard, and since then I have "accumulated" a lot of fine Bussekin steel.
 
Back in '04 I joined bladeforums. Had heard a little about Busse knives. I lurked a bit in the forum and the old crew is what got me into them. I bought my first Busse, a PT-5 from ThatHamGuy and for some reason, threw in $5 extra bucks for something I can remember haha. Sold the knife like an idiot later on and the rest is history. Sadly, that history entails getting Busse's and then having to sell them. :(


argoone said:
i was at northern knives in anchorage in 2004. someone had one on consignment. it was a public defender the owners son said it was indestuctable i said right so he showed me be stickin it in the floor. i was sold i have been hooked ever since.
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Haha love that store. That would've been Ryan and he co-owns the shop now with his dad. They are still going strong up there.
 
UDDwaine said:
I saw some of Lunde's pictures over on SigForum and after doing some digging found the company store and blade forums. Now I don't get to shoot as much because my ammo money gets spent on Busse's :-)
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I suspect Ken's fine photos have cost many men and women many many dollars.

I'm actually surprised more folks/companies aren't using them for ads and such.
 
Mulder said:
I blame "Bully" :p

Actually I was searching for a new hunting knife and came across Bladeforums.
Lurked for a while and finally took the plunge on a HD when they were first offered.
Been refining my collection ever since.
Have had lots of help along the way.
Thank you Ducci, Skunk, PapaThud, Leatherman, Walkingman, Bully, Lil'Foo and others.

piglet
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I too was looking for a new hunting knife. My CRKT would not keep an edge for $#!@. While searching the internet, I found bladeforums, then the Busse subforum. The rest, as they say, is history. It was 2007, I got a GW from the company store, a SS from BC not too bad but then the ASH-1s came out and I went all in. The addiction was manageable until my first 2 Battle Mistresses guaranteed I'd be keeping more than one Busse in each size range. Needless to say, I don't need a good, edge-holding hunting knife anymore. :foot:
 
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