Is Busse the new Randall?

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Just looking through the Busse for sale forum. I had a BME at one time traded it. Bought it for something like 250.00 new, seems they go for a lot more now:eek:

So with the pricing and apparent collection status are Busses replacing Randalls as the new production/semi custom knife. Or is the niche solely for BFC members?
Just thinking out loud:D
 
I had an original Steel Heart, and a Badger Attack.
They were less than $300 each.
I thought they were nice, but I sold them both a long time ago. I don't see what all the fuss is about.
 
Sam nailed it. The determining factor is standing the test of time as well as being deeply engrained into American culture to the way Randalls have. Not an easy thing to accomplish.

twl said:
I had an original Steel Heart, and a Badger Attack.
They were less than $300 each.
I thought they were nice, but I sold them both a long time ago. I don't see what all the fuss is about.
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Did you ever use them? That is actually where the fuss comes alive. ;)
 
Yes, I used them.
I found the factory edge to be not nearly what was advertised.
A simple tin can dented the edge on the vaunted Steel Heart's convex edge which was purported to be practically indestructible.
Totally not impressed. I wouldn't buy another one. Certainly not for what they are costing now.
The fuss never came alive for me.
 
Originally Posted by twl
I had an original Steel Heart, and a Badger Attack.
They were less than $300 each.
I thought they were nice, but I sold them both a long time ago. I don't see what all the fuss is about.
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The Steel Heart you sold would be worth about $500 now . Too bad you didn't hang on to it . As for weather they will last or not , Busse Combat was started in 1992 and is going strong . Busse does alot of military contracts .

Although they do have a custom shop I wouldn't call Busse Combat a custom knife maker per say (although that's how Jerry Busse did start out back in the 70's) . Thier custom shop is more for customizing their production knives for some people . But I think they will do a one off .


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Bro, Busse's INFI is the closes thing to adamantium that i'm ever going to come, so i am pretty sure that until i can manage to get mutant powers, Busse is my holy grail
 
BePrepared said:
Bro, Busse's INFI is the closes thing to adamantium that i'm ever going to come, so i am pretty sure that until i can manage to get mutant powers, Busse is my holy grail
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That's great. Hope you're happy with whatever you end up with. But let's forget about being a fanboy and talk about the practical things here, please.
 
Practical things... okay I can't predict the future so all i can contribute is the fact that Randall knives had fantastic fit and finish, and so do Busse knives

How i'm supposed to provide a concrete answer to the OP, i genuinely don't know... it seems to be a topic that is specially oriented toward fanboy type statements... ergo mu statement
 
Yeah, it's just really simple, when you stop and think about it. Busses are good knives. Not arguing that. Randalls are good knives. I doubt anyone's arguing that.

Here's the deal: Don't get into the whole "one is better than the other" thing. Because you really have nothing to back it up.

Isn't it enough that they're both great knives?

As far as how history will judge them, it's already spoken about Randalls. As I said earlier, let's wait and see on the Busses. Too soon to say.
 
Only time will tell really I think.

Busse has a huge following so there are a lot of them out there so who knows what might happen in the future.
 
To me Busse are vast superior over the Randall, sorry to say but different generation different technology and more newest is the techno and better it Is. Although Noss disappear completely "wich give Him credibility Zero" however, Noss left a mark verry deep about Busse indestructibility on ppl mind.
Randall vs Busse is more like... window display knife vs user knife:D
 
Destruction tests speak for themselves, but Randalls have that classical luster that doesn't really call for chopping cinder blocks.
That being said...I love the fact that my Busses could chop cinder blocks...even if I never have to.
 
Randalls have been carried all over hell's creation during WW2, through Korea, through Vietnam, into Orbit...

Busses get carried into the backyard to film destruction tests. ;)

I do not think that Busse is the new Randall, at least not at this point in time. Busses are popular with the Bladeforums crowd, sure, but I do not get the feeling that they have a very significant following among normal, non-'knife nut' type folk.
 
Dorito Monk said:
I do not get the feeling that they have a very significant following among normal, non-'knife nut' type folk.
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On the contrary...That statement fit more Randaｌｌ than Busse!


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Randalls have a long history having been proven on the battlefields and hotspots of the world.

Busse still has a long way to go.
 
kurodrago said:
On the contrary...That statement fit more Randaｌｌ than Busse!
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Really? You think Busse has a more significant following among normal folks than Randall has gained in the past 70+ years, or are you just joking? I'm not being sarcastic or anything, I just want to clarify, cuz I feel like I missed something here. :confused:
 
CWL said:
Randalls have a long history having been proven on the battlefields and hotspots of the world.
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You bet that between The Gulf War 1 and 2 there were more Busse around these hotspots.
Randalls is an old company, Old Ain't synonyms of better.
 
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