Leonardo63
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Momma always said, if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all ... Sometimes it's kind of a struggle am I right? I always try to be kind and supportive to a point but as one who knows the value of tough love it's not always easy.
I've shared all my Busse Bliss with guys and gals at work, show and tell with each new blade. Everyone now asks "get your knife of the week yet? and hey, don't get mad at me, I don't want you whipping out your Busse" and various other sack slapping that guys do to one another.
So I'm walking through the shop today and one guy goes "Hey, I got a new knife to show you" .. oh dear, .... let me prep for this mentally .... He pulls this thing out of his tool box and I say "this better not say SOG on it or I'm going to kick your ass for buying a piece of sht" They seem to be interested in those because they think it means "Special Ops" until I explained, that is not the original meaning, it's "Studies and Observation Group", as in the LRRPs from Vietnam, Men with Green Faces kind of thing? as I see their eyes glaze over .... He hands it to me, it's in a nice plastic sheath, got a Ruger logo on the handle so I know what it is - CRKT, I pull it out and it's nice looking, of course thin as hell like all the store bought stuff is, it's called a "Muzzle Brake" clip point, plastic molded handle. I look at it and he's so proud, "How much did this set you back?" ... "Oh man, it wasn't cheap" .... "yeah? less than $100 I hope" it's a $60 knife .... So I say nice, look at the edge, it's made well enough but I'm thinking, man if I drop it I wonder if it will break like a piece of glass? .... But, being the nice guy I am I was easy - Then he says, man, I know it's not a Busse, but man I can't justify that kind of money in my mind. I just laughed and said Dude, You just pulled a $60 knife out of a 10 thousand dollar tool box with 50 grand in tools inside and you struggle with a few hundred bucks on a knife? Get the fk out of here and talk to me when you snap that thing in half skinning a chicken: .... LOL! .... I walked away thinking boy, I've got a lot of work to do here with these cats but there's hope, they're getting interested
.... I struggle to find really great wisdom with style, never had to before because upside the head reality seems to last so long and it's efficient
I have one guy ask me every week "Did you get that dagger yet?" ... I had explained how that whole Nuke option thing went down and he saw how excited I was to nab one so I keep telling him "couple 3 months out bro! but you'll be the first to see it" and he's like "I don't know how you can wait so long" I tell him it's easy, got 4 others coming before that to keep me broke, soon enough, soon enough
so... I'm planting those seeds! I see a little germination happening 
I've shared all my Busse Bliss with guys and gals at work, show and tell with each new blade. Everyone now asks "get your knife of the week yet? and hey, don't get mad at me, I don't want you whipping out your Busse" and various other sack slapping that guys do to one another.
So I'm walking through the shop today and one guy goes "Hey, I got a new knife to show you" .. oh dear, .... let me prep for this mentally .... He pulls this thing out of his tool box and I say "this better not say SOG on it or I'm going to kick your ass for buying a piece of sht" They seem to be interested in those because they think it means "Special Ops" until I explained, that is not the original meaning, it's "Studies and Observation Group", as in the LRRPs from Vietnam, Men with Green Faces kind of thing? as I see their eyes glaze over .... He hands it to me, it's in a nice plastic sheath, got a Ruger logo on the handle so I know what it is - CRKT, I pull it out and it's nice looking, of course thin as hell like all the store bought stuff is, it's called a "Muzzle Brake" clip point, plastic molded handle. I look at it and he's so proud, "How much did this set you back?" ... "Oh man, it wasn't cheap" .... "yeah? less than $100 I hope" it's a $60 knife .... So I say nice, look at the edge, it's made well enough but I'm thinking, man if I drop it I wonder if it will break like a piece of glass? .... But, being the nice guy I am I was easy - Then he says, man, I know it's not a Busse, but man I can't justify that kind of money in my mind. I just laughed and said Dude, You just pulled a $60 knife out of a 10 thousand dollar tool box with 50 grand in tools inside and you struggle with a few hundred bucks on a knife? Get the fk out of here and talk to me when you snap that thing in half skinning a chicken: .... LOL! .... I walked away thinking boy, I've got a lot of work to do here with these cats but there's hope, they're getting interested


I have one guy ask me every week "Did you get that dagger yet?" ... I had explained how that whole Nuke option thing went down and he saw how excited I was to nab one so I keep telling him "couple 3 months out bro! but you'll be the first to see it" and he's like "I don't know how you can wait so long" I tell him it's easy, got 4 others coming before that to keep me broke, soon enough, soon enough

