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Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
HOW MANY BUSSES ?.
- Thread starter blademan_007
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Busse Knives: (Originally entitled "Why I couldn't pay rent.")
First, and foremost: Infi, Straight handled Steel Heart II; soon to have "Graduating Class of '99" engraved upon it. That's right; some guys get class rings, some get jackets, I got a Busse. (Figured if my parents were willing to shell out $300 for some dinky piece of gold plated metal; maybe I could talk them into something a little more useful; never expected it to work; hehe.
Next, and almost as near and dear to me: Straight Handled Badger....the brass tube prototype; in Infi of course. Went to a show in Las Vegas, talked to Dave for awhile and discovered that he'd let me purchase the knife I was fondling...looked about, noticed my father and grandfather staring at it with hungry eyes, drooling, poised to snatch it from the table, and decided not to put it down. Mostly use it in the kitchen.
Next Aquistion: Handy little Basic 3; general work knife; great for potatoes; veggies, etc, etc. Seems like overkill, until you see some of the stuff I cook.
My most recent knife: Custom police recruit; Infi; satin finished; cut down to 2 1/4 inches so it's nice and legal on a college campus...beautiful work; got it for my Birthday.
I want to own more; will when I can. Until then I just have to stare at my Father's collection and drool.
--Morg
First, and foremost: Infi, Straight handled Steel Heart II; soon to have "Graduating Class of '99" engraved upon it. That's right; some guys get class rings, some get jackets, I got a Busse. (Figured if my parents were willing to shell out $300 for some dinky piece of gold plated metal; maybe I could talk them into something a little more useful; never expected it to work; hehe.
Next, and almost as near and dear to me: Straight Handled Badger....the brass tube prototype; in Infi of course. Went to a show in Las Vegas, talked to Dave for awhile and discovered that he'd let me purchase the knife I was fondling...looked about, noticed my father and grandfather staring at it with hungry eyes, drooling, poised to snatch it from the table, and decided not to put it down. Mostly use it in the kitchen.
Next Aquistion: Handy little Basic 3; general work knife; great for potatoes; veggies, etc, etc. Seems like overkill, until you see some of the stuff I cook.
My most recent knife: Custom police recruit; Infi; satin finished; cut down to 2 1/4 inches so it's nice and legal on a college campus...beautiful work; got it for my Birthday.
I want to own more; will when I can. Until then I just have to stare at my Father's collection and drool.
--Morg
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That's m' boy!
Now the way I remember it, his momma wanted him to have a class ring, but I figured a high school class ring wouldn't have much value/importance after he started college, so I told him for about the same money, he could get one of these as a class knife (Steel Heart II or Battle Mistress), he choose SH II.
By the way, my youngest son, Seth, choose the straight-handled badger as his class knife. (He got to pick his 'favorite' out of fifteen badgers I received). See, life is good when your daddy is 'The BUSSE Guy'.
Enough bragging about my boys for now, time to go back to bragging about me. Since last I posted here, I have become the proud owner of what Jerry tells me is one of the first three hundred straight-handled Battle Mistresses, and a (34") thirty-four inch piece of INFI, sharp on one side, with a handle on one end, BAD!!! all-the-way-around, that my wife refers to as the Big Bad Busse, and I just call 'that Bad Boy' - (which is one of the names my wife calls me..., by the way, so did my momma).
Enough for now, back to sorting my pile of knives. They all long to be touched every day. It isn't easy, but somebody's got to do it. My children volunteer, and often offer to take them home when I'm going on long trips.
Fingers are tired.
Must stop typing.
Must touch BUSSEs.
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Andre DuMouchel,
West Coast Regional Coordinator
BUSSE Combat Knife Co.
[This message has been edited by papathud (edited 03-13-2001).]
Now the way I remember it, his momma wanted him to have a class ring, but I figured a high school class ring wouldn't have much value/importance after he started college, so I told him for about the same money, he could get one of these as a class knife (Steel Heart II or Battle Mistress), he choose SH II.
By the way, my youngest son, Seth, choose the straight-handled badger as his class knife. (He got to pick his 'favorite' out of fifteen badgers I received). See, life is good when your daddy is 'The BUSSE Guy'.
Enough bragging about my boys for now, time to go back to bragging about me. Since last I posted here, I have become the proud owner of what Jerry tells me is one of the first three hundred straight-handled Battle Mistresses, and a (34") thirty-four inch piece of INFI, sharp on one side, with a handle on one end, BAD!!! all-the-way-around, that my wife refers to as the Big Bad Busse, and I just call 'that Bad Boy' - (which is one of the names my wife calls me..., by the way, so did my momma).
Enough for now, back to sorting my pile of knives. They all long to be touched every day. It isn't easy, but somebody's got to do it. My children volunteer, and often offer to take them home when I'm going on long trips.
Fingers are tired.
Must stop typing.
Must touch BUSSEs.
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Andre DuMouchel,
West Coast Regional Coordinator
BUSSE Combat Knife Co.
[This message has been edited by papathud (edited 03-13-2001).]
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I know there is more BUSSE knife owners out there than this, where are you all show your selves, take care all.... from the one and only....
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I have two.
1 Basic #7
1 Mean Street.
I am waiting on a Busse folder and to see what the straight handled line will look like.
Shawn
1 Basic #7
1 Mean Street.
I am waiting on a Busse folder and to see what the straight handled line will look like.
Shawn
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Hey MrCas, so do you have a Busse folder on order, and how long of a wait do they have to get one, do you know, I would really appreciate if you could help me out on this, I really wanna see a pic, of it badly, very very badly if you know what I mean, thanks, and take care.......
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