You folks sure do like to hear yourselves talk, don't you? 6 pages of pointless BS, of the usual Bussephile "RAH-RAH, we have the coolest knives ever" crap. The reason SO many people loathe Busse knives (and the jerks who tout them as the end-all, be-all of knifedom) is your natural propensity to gang up on anyone who states the simple fact that they don't like your knife. It's as if you all have this huge, ego-crippling fear that if you can't prove how great your knives are, you just might realize that you've been taken in by a slick conman. Knives cut, prybars pry, and shovels dig. At least in the real world, where we don't feel a *need* to spend $300.00 or more on a knife with a poorly ground edge, crap handle and dangerous sheath. The ONLY reason Jerry Busse continues to make up new designs (emphasis placed on "make up") is that he knows he has a long line of dupes eagerly salivating at the chance to waste more money.
And before you ask, no, I have never, nor *wiil* I ever, buy a Busse knife. At first, when this was a young comapny, I actualy did want a Steel Heart with A2 steel. I t was a nicely made knife, and while it was somewhat expensive, it was clearly worth the oney. Now all of hype surrounding thses knives have destroyed what was a core of decent design and replaced it with a feeding frenzy by folks who consider themselves to be "real deal survivalists" because of the knife they own. How many times, in just this one thread, have you ALL stated that anyone that doesn't have a Busse is incapable of being a "true" survivalist or outdoorsman or SEAL wannabe? I feel quite certain that there are FAR more keyboard commandoes and Walter Mitty's over here than have ever been at OSF. The vast majority of hte regulars at OSF are outdoors nearly everyday, doing the stuff yu all say we *have* to have a Busse for, and doing it with Moras and Grohmanns. I don't get out as much anymore, persoanlly, due to health issues. But I gurantee that there is more collected wildwoods wisdom at OSF than there will EVER be here at Rambo central.
And I won't be coming back to see the usual sniping that will take place at my post (assuming it's not deleted). But you can reach me at the following adie:
drakon@cdsnet.net AS I've said before, and did so again just this evening, I sincerely wish that we'd just *quit* talking about Busses at the OSF, or any decent forums, since al it does is bring you freaks into our homes, spouting off about your wunderknives. You like 'em, we don't. Learn to live with it, girls.
