How important is the individual history of an older knife to you

How important is the individual history of a knife to you?

  • I won't buy a knife without history

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Important but not critical, but it does add value to me

    Votes: 19 46.3%

  • would love to have the history, but won't affect my buying decision and has no value to me

    Votes: 17 41.5%

  • Could care less about the history. Means nothing to me

    Votes: 5 12.2%
  • Total voters
    41
I have Aftershock Bolo LE #1, also from Progunner, the interesting note from this piece, also #2 & #3, is that they have the Busse Combat oval reverse SH-e logo. #4 & up have the standard Busse Combat SHe logo. I've never seen #2 or #3 posted, no clue where they are.

He also passed his Snakeskin satin Off Duty to me. My longest grail hunt to date 👍
Scored the prototype OD from Dark Nemesis in an eBay auction a few years later.
 
Cobalt said:
I completely agree with you. Just remember, all the original SHBM's were higher in HRc. And the two knives that gave INFI it's fame were not 300's. Ron Hoods knife had a different swedge(mild) and Cliff Stamps knife had no swedge. Sorry, I can't help myself when it comes to SHBM's.

But regardless, knowing something was an early model, pre-production or prototype is a part of history. There has been times when I have seen certain old SHBM's on ebay that I knew the history of, which may have made the knife more valuable, but had no reason to help out the person selling it on ebay. I have helped people on here by providing the history of certain knives that were being sold. I don't know if it added value or just helped sell it faster.
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Thanks for the correction, I didn't know it was all of the original SHBMs but that's cool.

I remember that Ron Hood article (how could anyone forget about his adventures) - would love to see it again if you or anyone else out there has a PDF or images within reach. I tried searching the Internet archive but no luck and keep finding red X's here on bf. I did get to drool over Lil Foo's images of Ron's knives for a few minutes so at least there's that:
Lil' Foo

Thread 'Before there was a 1 of 300 (pic heavy)…'

There was the Battle Mistress featured in the March 1998 American Survival Guide article by Ron Hood.

Yes… it was me that dove into the trough that night and grabbed this beauty. So… I finally scored a SHBM… or two… but more on that one in a bit. After I scored these, I started to do a little digging… I’ve had some theories about the article mistress for a long time… so I had to know more.

Here’s some of what I found out… she weighs in at 24.6 ounces, is a hefty .290” thick at the ricasso, and Rockwell tests at 60Rc. This Battle Mistress was delivered to Ron for the article...
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Btw- I'm thankful for all the history you and other knowledgeable HOGs have dropped here over the years. Just adds to the fun in general while also giving more to appreciate about Jerry's creations...pretty sure that deeper appreciation contributes to why I keep coming back to check in
 
Cobalt said:
With one exception. The rumor is, that one of Foo's 3 knives, the Wasp, was Ht'd at a higher Rc of 64 ish. Not sure if that has ever been verified.
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Karen Hood’s lightened pre-production BM & WASP👍🏼
Lil' Foo said:
You are correct... The WASP was one of the 2 SHBMs that was at the 65rc... The other was Ron Hood's second BM he had sent in to be lightened up for his wife.

For those interested, here are my original posts about the Holy Trinity. :D

Lil' Foo

Thread 'Before there was a 1 of 300 (pic heavy)…'

There was the Battle Mistress featured in the March 1998 American Survival Guide article by Ron Hood.

Yes… it was me that dove into the trough that night and grabbed this beauty. So… I finally scored a SHBM… or two… but more on that one in a bit. After I scored these, I started to do a little digging… I’ve had some theories about the article mistress for a long time… so I had to know more.

Here’s some of what I found out… she weighs in at 24.6 ounces, is a hefty .290” thick at the ricasso, and Rockwell tests at 60Rc. This Battle Mistress was delivered to Ron for the article...
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Lil' Foo

Thread 'Another Great Piece of Battle Mistress History'

A couple of HOG brothers were kind enough to put me in touch with another Busse addict from the past… Tom Wheeler. Tom has asked me to share his treasured SHBM with you all… and it’s definitely a piece worth sharing! :thumbup:

OK… why is this SHBM so special you ask??? This particular SHBM was THE FIRST one that Jerry made specifically for field testing. It was made especially for Tom (see the “TW” initial stamp on the pommel) with the intent of being taken out and put through some real survival situations to see how well his new INFI steel faired under such conditions. The...
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Lil' Foo

Thread 'And the WASP makes three.'

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Ahhhhh… I was finally able to pry this from Tom’s hooves
It wasn’t easy… and I know he really didn’t want to part with her but…
The WASP has landed!!!
THANKS Tom... you're the best!!!! :thumbup:

I’ll give you all more pics in a minute… :p
But for those that are new or never saw these, here’s a little about them.
This is the third and I’m pretty sure the final pre-production release SHBM,
and the second one to have a...
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Edited 03-22-2025 to fix broken thread links.

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Nuker said:
Karen Hood’s lightened pre-production BM & WASP👍🏼
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Yeah, I would love to get that one verified at 65. For a 0.5% carbon blade to hit Rc of 65 would be impressive. I tested one of mine years ago and it sat right at 61
Basically 2 points higher than current INFI and I think the ability for that may have been the 1% cobalt in that steel that is not present in everything that came after the original straight handles.
 
Jaxx said:
I have Aftershock Bolo LE #1, also from Progunner, the interesting note from this piece, also #2 & #3, is that they have the Busse Combat oval reverse SH-e logo. #4 & up have the standard Busse Combat SHe logo. I've never seen #2 or #3 posted, no clue where they are.

He also passed his Snakeskin satin Off Duty to me. My longest grail hunt to date 👍
Scored the prototype OD from Dark Nemesis in an eBay auction a few years later.
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I owned aftershock bolo #7 twice. And I wasn't the original owner. I have seen several for sale over the years, but not low numbers.
 
Cobalt said:
I owned aftershock bolo #7 twice. And I wasn't the original owner. I have seen several for sale over the years, but not low numbers.
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I haven't even seen other low #'s posted in pix anywhere, sale or otherwise lol & it's been a minute since I've seen any for sale. They're hiding 😄
I do also have #77, not a low number, but a low price- good deal 🤙
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