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Do you guys think I have to much free time? 
Strabs, pretty funny stuff from the PAST.........
edited to make it easier to read.
Cobalt
Sorry, I didn't mean to cause any heart attacks.
By the way, is it ok to spread chunky peanut butter with a Busse knife?
JDS
The unique blade geometry of Busse knives allows it to easily spread chunky or creamy peanut butter. In a recent field trial of the Battle Mistress I was able to make over 35,000,000 sandwiches with only minor effects to the blade. A few strokes on a piece of white wonderbread soon restored the edge to "spreading sharp". I also coated the blade with two pounds of extra-crunchy Jif and left it for 15 days. The blade showed no sign of corrosion, but the peanut butter was nasty. I plan to try Jelly this week and for our friends Down Under, Vegemite.
Yours in Nuclear Sandwich Spreads
Cobalt
JDS, LOL!
But now a question for you. When you stuck the knife n the chunky peanut butter, did you pull it out from side to side? Also, did the peanut chunks chip the edge at all? Was the bread toasted or natural? Toasted offers more abrasion. Also, try preserves instead of jelly. The fruit chunks like to stick to the edge causing increased wear.
WTF
After reading the chunky peanut butter post,
I am totaly sold. Pretty damn funny guys!
DonL
I would also like to add that I have had excellent results in spreading cream cheese with my new Mean Street. The CC spreads easily and smoothly, even when loaded up with bits of sun-dried tomatoes and chives.
The ultimate test, however, was the cutting open of day-old bagels prior to the cream cheese testing. I wasn't sure what to expect, as my Mean Street is one of the newer, slimmer designs made from .220" stock, and I was concerned that the thinner edge geometry might not stand up to this testing. Keep in mind that these were bagels from Elaine's in Berkley, Michigan. Two-day old bagels are sent to a local stamping plant to be used as caster wheels for roll-around storage carts in the factory. I cut a number of "smooth" bagels, from sesame to egg and a cheese, with no noticable degradation in cutting characteristics. The ultimate testing came with the cutting of several whole wheat honey-almond bagels. Thinking that the heavy roughage of these bagels would turn the edge or reduce the cutting effectiveness, I was pleasantly surprised when the Mean Street came through with flying colors, and easily shredded a couple of the napkins left over from the deli.
I was also quite impressed with the grip-ability of the new checkered handle design. Even after coming in contact with some butter spread on two extra egg bagels, I found no adverse slippage, and I could easily follow the outer contours of the bagel.
Kudos to the whole Busse gang on their excellent Busse Bagel Butterer.
We'll try it on some drywall next weekend. The Busse, not the bagels.
Don LeHue
Jerry Busse
Moderator
First I read where you drop my knives from 25 foot high rooftops and now lateral flexing in chunky peanut butter? Oh, the Humanity! Please remember, that they are knives, NOT cats!
I would like to note that I only make knives for you guys and in no way should be judged "guilty by association".
Question: When the voices come, (Oh, and it is obvious that they do come frequently) are they in english?
Yours in Nuclear Peanut Butter,
Jerry Busse
Geoff in Philly
my neighbor uses his cat as a sheath for his Basic 5.
Strabs
I'm thinking about using my cats to show the shaving capability of my Busses to my friends(just because if I continue to use my arms, it will look like I have some hairy patch arm disease).
Cobalt
The great thing about talking to yourself is that you need no one else to carpool with.
Jerry, I know you had to be talking to yourself when you came up with the mean street. The dam thing is thicker than it is long. I was actually thinking of using it as a rock climbing Piton. You must have had a big elephant hair up your butt when you designed that one. Simply awesome little knife.
Yvsa
I read in the Foxfire books where cat skins made good banjo heads. I like the idea of useing the cat for sheaths though.
I wonder what breed would make a good sheath for my basic 9?
They would also make it a very unique multiple carry system.
JDS
Busse Battle Mistress vs. Fluffy the Cat
Jerry's reply reminded me of another recent field trial comparing the BM to household cats. Chopping ability, drop survival, edge retention, and corrosion resistance were evaluated.
As you might expect, the BM excelled in all categories except corrosion resistance. No matter how long I left the cat in saltwater, I just couldn't get it to rust.
As far as edge retention go, it is quite difficult to get a shaving edge on a feline, but a scratching edge is no problem.
Despite the excellent grip provided by the tail, I finally had to give up on chopping a 2X4 with the cat, as no visisble damage was observed on the wood. The cat however showed considerable signs of wear.
Dropping from a height of 25 feet did not damage the BM or the cat. The cat let out a really cool scream on the way down and I found this lacking in the BM. After the drop, the cat was visibly disturbed, while the BM was very collected.
All in all I would say that a BM or any of the busse knives are more useful in the field than fluffy, after all, there is more than one way to skin a cat.
Jeff
BTW: It is also very difficult to spead peanut butter with a cat. And no Jerry, the voices are in Esperanto.
Strabs, pretty funny stuff from the PAST.........
edited to make it easier to read.
Cobalt
Sorry, I didn't mean to cause any heart attacks.
By the way, is it ok to spread chunky peanut butter with a Busse knife?
JDS
The unique blade geometry of Busse knives allows it to easily spread chunky or creamy peanut butter. In a recent field trial of the Battle Mistress I was able to make over 35,000,000 sandwiches with only minor effects to the blade. A few strokes on a piece of white wonderbread soon restored the edge to "spreading sharp". I also coated the blade with two pounds of extra-crunchy Jif and left it for 15 days. The blade showed no sign of corrosion, but the peanut butter was nasty. I plan to try Jelly this week and for our friends Down Under, Vegemite.
Yours in Nuclear Sandwich Spreads
Cobalt
JDS, LOL!
But now a question for you. When you stuck the knife n the chunky peanut butter, did you pull it out from side to side? Also, did the peanut chunks chip the edge at all? Was the bread toasted or natural? Toasted offers more abrasion. Also, try preserves instead of jelly. The fruit chunks like to stick to the edge causing increased wear.
WTF
After reading the chunky peanut butter post,
I am totaly sold. Pretty damn funny guys!
DonL
I would also like to add that I have had excellent results in spreading cream cheese with my new Mean Street. The CC spreads easily and smoothly, even when loaded up with bits of sun-dried tomatoes and chives.
The ultimate test, however, was the cutting open of day-old bagels prior to the cream cheese testing. I wasn't sure what to expect, as my Mean Street is one of the newer, slimmer designs made from .220" stock, and I was concerned that the thinner edge geometry might not stand up to this testing. Keep in mind that these were bagels from Elaine's in Berkley, Michigan. Two-day old bagels are sent to a local stamping plant to be used as caster wheels for roll-around storage carts in the factory. I cut a number of "smooth" bagels, from sesame to egg and a cheese, with no noticable degradation in cutting characteristics. The ultimate testing came with the cutting of several whole wheat honey-almond bagels. Thinking that the heavy roughage of these bagels would turn the edge or reduce the cutting effectiveness, I was pleasantly surprised when the Mean Street came through with flying colors, and easily shredded a couple of the napkins left over from the deli.
I was also quite impressed with the grip-ability of the new checkered handle design. Even after coming in contact with some butter spread on two extra egg bagels, I found no adverse slippage, and I could easily follow the outer contours of the bagel.
Kudos to the whole Busse gang on their excellent Busse Bagel Butterer.
We'll try it on some drywall next weekend. The Busse, not the bagels.
Don LeHue
Jerry Busse
Moderator
First I read where you drop my knives from 25 foot high rooftops and now lateral flexing in chunky peanut butter? Oh, the Humanity! Please remember, that they are knives, NOT cats!
I would like to note that I only make knives for you guys and in no way should be judged "guilty by association".
Question: When the voices come, (Oh, and it is obvious that they do come frequently) are they in english?
Yours in Nuclear Peanut Butter,
Jerry Busse
Geoff in Philly
my neighbor uses his cat as a sheath for his Basic 5.
Strabs
I'm thinking about using my cats to show the shaving capability of my Busses to my friends(just because if I continue to use my arms, it will look like I have some hairy patch arm disease).
Cobalt
The great thing about talking to yourself is that you need no one else to carpool with.
Jerry, I know you had to be talking to yourself when you came up with the mean street. The dam thing is thicker than it is long. I was actually thinking of using it as a rock climbing Piton. You must have had a big elephant hair up your butt when you designed that one. Simply awesome little knife.
Yvsa
I read in the Foxfire books where cat skins made good banjo heads. I like the idea of useing the cat for sheaths though.
I wonder what breed would make a good sheath for my basic 9?
They would also make it a very unique multiple carry system.
JDS
Busse Battle Mistress vs. Fluffy the Cat
Jerry's reply reminded me of another recent field trial comparing the BM to household cats. Chopping ability, drop survival, edge retention, and corrosion resistance were evaluated.
As you might expect, the BM excelled in all categories except corrosion resistance. No matter how long I left the cat in saltwater, I just couldn't get it to rust.
As far as edge retention go, it is quite difficult to get a shaving edge on a feline, but a scratching edge is no problem.
Despite the excellent grip provided by the tail, I finally had to give up on chopping a 2X4 with the cat, as no visisble damage was observed on the wood. The cat however showed considerable signs of wear.
Dropping from a height of 25 feet did not damage the BM or the cat. The cat let out a really cool scream on the way down and I found this lacking in the BM. After the drop, the cat was visibly disturbed, while the BM was very collected.
All in all I would say that a BM or any of the busse knives are more useful in the field than fluffy, after all, there is more than one way to skin a cat.
Jeff
BTW: It is also very difficult to spead peanut butter with a cat. And no Jerry, the voices are in Esperanto.
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