It's time to call BUSSE

desmobob said:
Right. That's why I said "I don't think that's a Busse." Busse blades are Infi. Swamp Rats are SR101 (very close to 52100?) which is a wonderful blade steel, but no match to Infi when it comes to abuse.

Calling a Swamp Rat a Busse is sort of like calling a Toyota Corolla a Lexus. And I mean no disrespect to the OP. I have a Swamp Rat (an original Camp Tramp) and several Busses and I think they are all excellent knives. But the blade steels are different.
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They really aren't that far off from each other. I've got more than a few in each steel and they perform very similarly.
 
unwisefool said:
They really aren't that far off from each other. I've got more than a few in each steel and they perform very similarly.
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As I mentioned, I do think they they are both excellent knives. I prefer SR101 actually, because I try to avoid abusing my knives and that steel will take a high polish and sharpen to an incredible edge. The INFI is proven to be tougher and more resistant to abuse (and corrosion). Not that SR101 is fragile, by any means! I remember being shocked by what Cliff Stamp did to a Camp Tramp and Howling Rat in his testing.

I generally use a knife as a knife and carry a small axe or hatchet if needed. But you never know what kind of situations you might end up in... my Busse knives are my "day after the end of the world" kind of knives for that reason. That's about the only time I could see myself toting my Battle Mistress or Anniversary Steel Heart 1, for example. ;) Until then, my Camp Tramp and my smaller Busse knives will get the most use.

The original version of the Swamp Rat Camp Tramp was the knife that led me to try my first Busse. I always figured I was going to pick up a Howling Rat but never got around to it. I love the Resiprene handles on the Camp Tramp and Howling Rat.

What's your favorite Swamp Rat and Busse Knife?
 
Doesn't a butcher use a saw on bone? I used to work in the meat room of a grocery store when I was a kid. The butcher used a saw on beef and pork that had bones; usually a band saw or hand saw in some cases. I only remember him using the cleaver to split chickens. That was a long time ago and my memories are limited! I'm sure the cleaver got used for other tasks.

Since bone is mostly made of minerals, I think of it as kind of like a rock and avoid hitting it with the edge of a blade!
 
desmobob said:
What's your favorite Swamp Rat and Busse Knife?
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For swamp rat i like the original vex in satin D2 and i use my kill devil tomahawk a lot. Its taken a ton of abuse. For Busse, I generally use my B11, comp finish SJTAC and my game warden. But my favorite busses are the original urban grudge and the mil overrun HG55.
 
desmobob said:
Doesn't a butcher use a saw on bone? I used to work in the meat room of a grocery store when I was a kid. The butcher used a saw on beef and pork that had bones; usually a band saw or hand saw in some cases. I only remember him using the cleaver to split chickens.....!
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Here is a good read on the subject from 1904. Notice that beef splitters were expected to split the cattle spine when cutting the sides.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1884862

n2s
 
not2sharp said:
Here is a good read on the subject from 1904. Notice that beef splitters were expected to split the cattle spine when cutting the sides.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1884862
n2s
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Interesting. I recently watched a documentary on the history of the beef industry moving from Chicago westward. It showed a lot of old processing footage but I don't remember the specifics. Tough work, breaking down the carcass into the primals.

That mention of the axe does bring back the memory of watching a guide in northern Quebec quarter a moose I shot. He used a cheap Fiskars hatchet. But he didn't cut with it... he used the poll to pound an Old Hickory (I think) knife down through the spine to split it.
 
desmobob said:
Doesn't a butcher use a saw on bone? I used to work in the meat room of a grocery store when I was a kid. The butcher used a saw on beef and pork that had bones; usually a band saw or hand saw in some cases. I only remember him using the cleaver to split chickens. That was a long time ago and my memories are limited! I'm sure the cleaver got used for other tasks.

Since bone is mostly made of minerals, I think of it as kind of like a rock and avoid hitting it with the edge of a blade!
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Don't be absurd, using the proper technique or tool for a specific task is literally advocating for facists.
 
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