How do you use your knife?

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OmegaA

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Hello, everybody,
I recently got BA3, as you might seen on one of my previous topics. But now I am in a strange situation: I really love it because you can rely on it 100% and it can do variety of jobs. However, I find that while it can do all jobs, it does all of them not perfectly. I would not say badly because it is not, but for example, when it comes to go for fishing, I prefer to use a knife with narrower point, for hunting I would take a skinner and to peel vegetables another knife with thin short blade. I did not need to do a lot of chopping work while outdoors either (well, you know, most of us live close to civilisation, therefore our outdoor activities become too civilised). So far the only real use of it was to take out arrows from trees during bow shooting - Busse really simplified the job. So, my Badger remains without much job.
Therefore my question is how do you actually use your Busses? Do you use them a lot, or in general you use some other knives, axes or machettes more often? The reason for question is because I want to get something else from Busse, but so far I don't know how my new knife can become useful. Should I get a knive or Paul's Hatchet? What length of the blade? I am particularly interested in answers from Battle Mistress owners because I would like to know usefulness of long blades.
Regards,
 
In combat, I imagine one must have an all-around knife, a knife that can dig a fox hole, pry open ammo cans, and ocassionally even be used for fighting. In regular use, this can also be true. On a long expedition, a single knife that can do a lot of things can be very useful as far as weight.

That said, Busse/Swamp Rat is becoming more specialized to cater to the civilian market (Active Duty, Bog Dog, etc.).
 
Let's see, I've used my BM to fillet a couple of big fish. One being a giant 55-60 lb. snapper and another 50+ lb. ling. It did pretty dang good for not being my usual super gnarly serrated fillet blade. Then again, we're not talking about 6 lb. bass either, we're talking a slab of meat the size of mans' torso. I also use it regularly to prune away limbs as I have an abundance of oaks around my yard. I chopped down a small oak with a BM just the other day, 6-7 inches in diameter with no problem. I use an AS and an AD to clean whitetails and the AD is my usual carry. My NO worked awesome for splitting a brisquet. MY BM is my perfect camp knife and if you need a chopper like I do, it's awesome. It always goes into the bush with me, always. You just can't beat the extra length it has. In my experience, I can do smaller jobs with a big blade, but I can't do big heavy duty chopping with a small blade, it's just not near as easy. I will sometimes catch myself using my SH in place of the BM, but only if I want to go lighter and also give her some play time. I always take 2 blades into the woods, my AD and a SH or mainly a BM. Well anyway, my Busse's get regular workouts and they perform great. For the record I started with one NO and now have 1-AS, 3-ADs, 2-NOs,2-SHs, and 3-BMs and growing. :)
 
OmegaA,
I hang my BM on my bugout bag.
That being said, I may need to know how to use it if needed.
So I use it around the house from time to time to keep my skills up.
I have used it to make kindling wood, and to chop branches or young trees up to 8" in diameter.
I have used it to dig a short trench 10" deep and 8' long to bury a hose in my yard.
I have cleaned a few fish(trout and Rock fish) rabbits,and a couple of pigeons.
I use it in the kitchen as well, peeling and trimming vegies ,, cutting meat and bone.

If you want a skill, it will stand you in good stead to practice.


I use my basic#3 for all manner of casual cutting work, untill recently it was my handy knife, and the knife most likely to be used for prying, or cutting where damage might be done to the edge of the knife, like cutting hoses off of metal while working on my truck.

However, the days of the #3 being my "Handy" knife seem to be coming to a close as my SkeletonKey seems to be being used more and more.

You want a small pointy knife for gutting fish?
The SK fills that bill well (you might want to wrap the handle,I did)

In the end,,figure out what you want the knife to do, then practice that job with the knife of your choice.

If you choose to get a Big Busse for your Bugout bag, or for your handyDandy do it all truck tool, Practice, Practice, Practice :cool:
 
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