Matteo Escobar said:
Believe me, it's not hard for any Busse fanatic to agree with any post here. But at some point the idea of "tough love" has to come into play.
So you all are saying that the current production protocol is the best possible system?
All of you Busse fans think that it is fine that the BM has not been available for a few years now?
Like I said, my knife money has gone elsewhere recently.....reluctantly.
heres a scenario that may help to explain why the fbm hasnt come out yet *or rather, a possible reason*
say busse combat is capable of making 20,000 blades a month (this is a totally arbitrary number - please do not take it in an literal sense. i have no idea what busse makes or is capable of making)
this 20,000 blades a month is okay for 2 or 3 models, because each model gets about 10,000 orders in that months time. this is all the company can handle.
the fusion battle mistress, wich *lets say* has the highest draw of any of the knives in the new line, will however bring in 60,000 orders. without first setting up the shop to handle that kind of overtime capacity - the production schedule would be shut down for 3 months just to keep up with the battle mistress orders. and thats if its only kept up for 6 weeks. if its kept up longer, the number of orders goes up with it.
given that scenario - you have a choice of
1 - there is a set of main line knives available SO iether having your "main line" knife orders wait for a rediculous amount of time in order to get the battlemistress's out in a decently punctual fashion, or have everything start shipping out later because of the production line drain caused by the bm's backlog
2 - the production schedule is as is, but busse rushes to get the battlemistress up without first setting up the shop to handle the massive amout of orders first SO you get your battle mistress order in, but have to wait a year and a half to get it, plus the rest of the line will be delayed because of the shop having to constantly be working on the backlog of orders
3 - the production shedule is as is, and busse releases knives that will *probably* sell moderately well compared to the battle mistress and not over run the shop with excess orders so that they can both test the limits of their production (and test new technology like the cnc beveling) in order to properly prepare for the battlemistress SO when you do order it it comes within 4 months time.
in all three situations you have to wait a year+ for your battle mistress, but in the first 2 busse combat gets screwed by overwhealming production expectations. it may not be the best production situation for me as a customer - but i would rather have busse combat do what they need to do to run smoothly (or at all) then to try to force them into trying to give me what i want NOW and have their bussiness suffer for it (and i dont just mean bussiness as in sales - i also mean the employee's).
but make them available please. The new protocol isn't working even close to what it was supposed to, and it's frustrating. I only buy through the secondary market now because i don't feel like chasing the carrot on a stick. 
