Limited Edition "Drunken Janitor Edition" Basic - 11 asymmetric grind - tanker grey infi blade with the resin handle. 1 of 30

I think that in order for you to extract the max amount of money for your knife, you should put it up on fleabay and let the bidding go. Start it low as the low starting bids seem to draw the most money according to a friend of mine.

The reason why I say this is because right now you are on a forum of enthusiasts who trade and sell only to go to what they feel works for them best. Most sales on this site go for less than you could likely get there. And since you are not really interested in what Busses are about, and just trying to gather info to sell, fleabay is likely your best place. Good luck and enjoy life. bye
 
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GMUGNIER said:
There are ONLY 30 copies of this rare piece. I have 1 and i am asking for the BUSSE community to offer a true fair price.
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The Busse community has given you numerous opinions, none that you’re satisfied with however.

If you’re wanting to sell it, list it in the Exchange for $1000, $2000, whatever you think is a fair price.

Ultimately the buyer will decide the fair price.
 
I would not pay any premium for a factory edge, I can put any edge I want
Which mean, I would also not pay any premium for any limited run. I can get a "normal" one and it will perform the same.

all my knives are user (except one ... that one I just can't use it, it came with a bag so I had no choice, i might just sell/trade it at some point)

so paying a premium for a user would be a no go for me. you got people that said between 400-500 and I think that is what I would maybe pay if I wanted one. (more closer to 400)
 
Spirch said:
I would not pay any premium for a factory edge, I can put any edge I want
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Same here. To me, it doesn't matter what the factory edge is. I reprofile the knife's edge 99% of the time.

As for the OP's question, the only time that most people would pay more for a limited edition would be if it was a Competition Finish or some kind of special pattern Cerakote. A run of the mill coated blade doesn't really move the needle.
 
A few thoughts on the asymmetrical edge B11’s sold at Blade Show 2010 in Atlanta…

The price was $267 on all B11’s sold at the Show, with no premium charged for the asym edge. There was no announcement by Busse of the asym-edged knives as being a special edition and no announcement of the number of knives sold at the Show with asym-edge grind. As I recall, the number mentioned of 30 asym knives was an estimate floating around based on the memories of people in attendance who watched the distribution of chits literally thrown out into the crowd at the Busse booth. You had to snag a chit in order to claim your knife, which is where the term “trough warfare” originated. Competition was fierce. I do recall a couple of the asym knives were actually ground “backwards”, meaning the convex and flat sides were reversed. Jerry joked that he must have been drunk when he ground them.

Among Busse knife owners who had experienced asym edges on earlier knives and liked them, there certainly was increased demand. I had been a vocal supporter of asym edges and had lobbied Jerry to bring them back. He ground the asym B11’s as a commemoration of sorts for those of us who had continued our vocal support for asym edges over the years since the last of the Basic line had been produced.

For many others, maintaining the asym edge proved problematic, and for them demand was diminished. In my memory, there was no mention from Busse of the asym edge being labor intensive to apply at the factory. The reason Jerry discontinued it was because so many people sent knives in to the shop to be re-ground with standard V edges, and complaints about maintaining asym edges were running rampant for a while. Rather than fight the tide, Jerry discontinued the asym edge altogether, except for those B11’s he ground in honor of us “asym diehards” attending Blade 2010.

As I recall, in the years after that show, the asym knives brought a premium of about $50 over standard V edge B11’s, topping out in the mid-$400’s. Of course, since then we’ve seen the introduction of the BB13, the 1111 and the 1311, each of which claimed a little of the B11’s turf. But certainly a mint-condition Basic 11 with asymmetrical grind would be a high-demand piece for some Busse “asym aficionados”.

In my memory, the highest price charged by the factory for a B11 was about $400 for a satin-finished limited-production model with standard edge, sold at a show a few years later. From reports of people at that show, I believe there were only 6 offered. On the secondary market, those brought as much as $550 IIRC.

I personally owned three of the original asym-edged B11’s from the 2010 Blade Show and sent them all in to Garth to be satin finished. I sold one of those knives a couple of years later for $450 and then in 2019 sold another for $450. Shortly after, that knife in turn was sold again, also for $450 as I recall.

— Will York
 
GMUGNIER said:
Well - I have seen threads go sideways many times here - I am in no way trying to be negative, and i edited my response accordingly - I was only trying to get some honest feedback on value - My intention was not to make waves - "context" is impossible to decipher without knowing that person.
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Wish i saw your post haha!!!
 
GMUGNIER said:
Well - I have seen threads go sideways many times here - I am in no way trying to be negative, and i edited my response accordingly - I was only trying to get some honest feedback on value - My intention was not to make waves - "context" is impossible to decipher without knowing that person.
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Its not really a personal thing, If youve been around the busse crowd.. i cant believe it wasnt said sooner
 
BTW, I still love asym edges. I had three V-edge B11’s from the 2010 show and re-ground two of them to asym myself on a 2x48” belt grinder with slack belt (platen removed). In my opinion, they performed just like the factory version asym edges, which is the only reason why my asym-edged knives from the show became safe-queens.
 
Ironic said:
A few thoughts on the asymmetrical edge B11’s sold at Blade Show 2010 in Atlanta…

The price was $267 on all B11’s sold at the Show, with no premium charged for the asym edge. There was no announcement by Busse of the asym-edged knives as being a special edition and no announcement of the number of knives sold at the Show with asym-edge grind. As I recall, the number mentioned of 30 asym knives was an estimate floating around based on the memories of people in attendance who watched the distribution of chits literally thrown out into the crowd at the Busse booth. You had to snag a chit in order to claim your knife, which is where the term “trough warfare” originated. Competition was fierce. I do recall a couple of the asym knives were actually ground “backwards”, meaning the convex and flat sides were reversed. Jerry joked that he must have been drunk when he ground them.

Among Busse knife owners who had experienced asym edges on earlier knives and liked them, there certainly was increased demand. I had been a vocal supporter of asym edges and had lobbied Jerry to bring them back. He ground the asym B11’s as a commemoration of sorts for those of us who had continued our vocal support for asym edges over the years since the last of the Basic line had been produced.

For many others, maintaining the asym edge proved problematic, and for them demand was diminished. In my memory, there was no mention from Busse of the asym edge being labor intensive to apply at the factory. The reason Jerry discontinued it was because so many people sent knives in to the shop to be re-ground with standard V edges, and complaints about maintaining asym edges were running rampant for a while. Rather than fight the tide, Jerry discontinued the asym edge altogether, except for those B11’s he ground in honor of us “asym diehards” attending Blade 2010.

As I recall, in the years after that show, the asym knives brought a premium of about $50 over standard V edge B11’s, topping out in the mid-$400’s. Of course, since then we’ve seen the introduction of the BB13, the 1111 and the 1311, each of which claimed a little of the B11’s turf. But certainly a mint-condition Basic 11 with asymmetrical grind would be a high-demand piece for some Busse “asym aficionados”.

In my memory, the highest price charged by the factory for a B11 was about $400 for a satin-finished limited-production model with standard edge, sold at a show a few years later. From reports of people at that show, I believe there were only 6 offered. On the secondary market, those brought as much as $550 IIRC.

I personally owned three of the original asym-edged B11’s from the 2010 Blade Show and sent them all in to Garth to be satin finished. I sold one of those knives a couple of years later for $450 and then in 2019 sold another for $450. Shortly after, that knife in turn was sold again, also for $450 as I recall.

— Will York
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Ha, your name change threw me off. I was reading and thinking to myself this sounds like Will York...
 
Ironic said:
A few thoughts on the asymmetrical edge B11’s sold at Blade Show 2010 in Atlanta…

The price was $267 on all B11’s sold at the Show, with no premium charged for the asym edge. There was no announcement by Busse of the asym-edged knives as being a special edition and no announcement of the number of knives sold at the Show with asym-edge grind. As I recall, the number mentioned of 30 asym knives was an estimate floating around based on the memories of people in attendance who watched the distribution of chits literally thrown out into the crowd at the Busse booth. You had to snag a chit in order to claim your knife, which is where the term “trough warfare” originated. Competition was fierce. I do recall a couple of the asym knives were actually ground “backwards”, meaning the convex and flat sides were reversed. Jerry joked that he must have been drunk when he ground them.

Among Busse knife owners who had experienced asym edges on earlier knives and liked them, there certainly was increased demand. I had been a vocal supporter of asym edges and had lobbied Jerry to bring them back. He ground the asym B11’s as a commemoration of sorts for those of us who had continued our vocal support for asym edges over the years since the last of the Basic line had been produced.

For many others, maintaining the asym edge proved problematic, and for them demand was diminished. In my memory, there was no mention from Busse of the asym edge being labor intensive to apply at the factory. The reason Jerry discontinued it was because so many people sent knives in to the shop to be re-ground with standard V edges, and complaints about maintaining asym edges were running rampant for a while. Rather than fight the tide, Jerry discontinued the asym edge altogether, except for those B11’s he ground in honor of us “asym diehards” attending Blade 2010.

As I recall, in the years after that show, the asym knives brought a premium of about $50 over standard V edge B11’s, topping out in the mid-$400’s. Of course, since then we’ve seen the introduction of the BB13, the 1111 and the 1311, each of which claimed a little of the B11’s turf. But certainly a mint-condition Basic 11 with asymmetrical grind would be a high-demand piece for some Busse “asym aficionados”.

In my memory, the highest price charged by the factory for a B11 was about $400 for a satin-finished limited-production model with standard edge, sold at a show a few years later. From reports of people at that show, I believe there were only 6 offered. On the secondary market, those brought as much as $550 IIRC.

I personally owned three of the original asym-edged B11’s from the 2010 Blade Show and sent them all in to Garth to be satin finished. I sold one of those knives a couple of years later for $450 and then in 2019 sold another for $450. Shortly after, that knife in turn was sold again, also for $450 as I recall.

— Will York
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If I recall correctly- At the Show, Jerry released a handful of 'wavy misgrinds' (JWBIB11's?) that really weren't bad at all & blew them out @...197? Lowww price. Made for great users. :thumbsup: Can't recall if they were V's & Asyms or all Asyms- faded memory. As for the "lefty Asym B11 grind", there was only one at the Trough. I have it. Wish I could remember who caught the card & passed it to me... Getting old lol.

To the OP:

If I were to sell mine here, would probably start @ around 350-375 shipped, depending on past sales, which I haven't researched. But, Basics were originally meant to be less expensive workhorses in the Busse line. Only the grind is different on an Asym B11, the knife with original Basic handle itself is still "stock"- same length, thickness, handle.

Like others here have suggested, let the market decide. List it or auction it for what you think it's worth. After all, it's your knife.
 
It's all good - thanks for all the advice guys - I think I'll go with my gut feeling - nothing like this has sold recently. It is a rare bird.
 
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